Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-1-2010
Publication Title
Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
Abstract
Knowledge building is a potentially transformative approach to engineering education. In knowledge building students participate in an interactive discourse in which they work together to broaden ideas, reform problems and share knowledge - the result being a deeper level of understanding and the collaborative production of new knowledge. In 2009 we conducted a knowledge building pilot study in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. In this study students worked together to formulate a question about the potential for a conscious machine and then engaged in an intensive knowledge building discourse. Assessment data showing the effectiveness of the approach and research questions arising from the study are presented.
Keywords
Deep learning, Discourse, Knowledge building, Narrative, Preparation for future learning
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2010.5673212
ISSN
15394565
Rights
© 2010 IEEE.
Recommended Citation
Ellis, Glenn W.; Rudnitsky, Alan N.; and Moriarty, Mary A., "Using Knowledge Building to Support Deep Learning, Collaboration and Innovation in Engineering Education" (2010). Engineering: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/egr_facpubs/89
Comments
Archived as published. Open access article.