dan sayre asee 2013 industry day
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Introduction to Communities of Practice at Industry Day, American Society for Engineering Education, June 2013TRANSCRIPT
Fostering Communities of PracticeASEE CMC Industry Day 2013
Dan Sayre
Communities of Practice
• Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.
Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger, 1991
• Lave and Wenger first used the term communities of practice to describe learning through practice and participation, which they named situated learning.
3 Essential Components
•The Domain
•The Community
•The Practice
Lesser & Storck (2001)
Communities of practice can increase organizational performance by:• Decreasing the learning curve of new
participants• Responding more rapidly to user needs and
inquiries• Reducing rework and preventing "reinvention of
the wheel"• Spawning new ideas for products and services
ASEE-NSF Collaboration
CMC Community of Practice SIG
• The CMC Community of Practice SIG is a collaborative group of academics and professionals who share a commitment to leveraging innovation.
• The CoP SIG brings together engineering educators and business leaders in software, hardware and publishing firms that serve engineering education.
Our mission
As traditional modalities for teaching engineering (lecture, reading, homework, lab, exam) evolve to support better learning outcomes…
How should the tools, product and services we supply to educators and students evolve to best meet their needs?
Flipped, active, problem-based, virtual, online, asynchronous, open, learner-centered nirvana
MOOCs
MOOCs
MOOCs
MOOCs
MOOCs
Shocks to our Infrastructure
Traditional • Copyright• Accreditation• Peer Review• Tenure• FERPA• Licensure
Emerging• Creative Commons• Badges & Certificates• Crowdsourcing• Star system• Online Portfolios• Let’s hope not …
McKinsey Global Institute – May 2013 report on “Disruptive Technologies”
Find x
TEXTBOOK:MAINFRAME :: x:smartphone
Traditional WorkflowLecture/Textbook
Describe theory
Work example
Assign practice problem
Assess in exams
Lab
Read pre-lab
Execute lab procedure
Write lab report
New Workflow
DO
ReadWatch
Do
• Apply theory• Calculate• Predict
Analyze
• Spice• MATLAB• HDL
Simulate• Discovery
module• MyDAQ
Build & Measure (USB powered)
• Agilent• Tektronix
Build & Measure (lab bench) • Interpret
• Feedback & feedforward
Post-Analysis
Phil Hill, consultant and industry analyst covering the educational technology market primarily for higher education
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
Through the cooperative efforts of
the global chip manufacturers and
equipment suppliers, research communities,
and consortia, the roadmap teams identify
critical challenges, encourage innovative
solutions, and welcome participation from the
semiconductor community.