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Discussion around the need for engineers to navigate increasingly complex and uncertain challenges (e.g., climate change, digitalisation) features heavily within engineering education research and leads to questions pertaining to the abilities of engineering graduates. Despite this, little is known about the way in which engineering programmes support students in coping with such uncertainty and complexity (also referred to as resilience).
In this episode we spoke to Dr. Ann-Kristin Winkens, a postdoctoral researcher in the Gender and Diversity in Engineering Research Group (GDI) at RWTH Aachen in Germany. Ann-Kristin draws upon her prior education in environmental engineering when researching areas of systems resilience and competencies needed when designing resilient systems.
shownotes: https://www.sefi.be/2024/11/18/podcast-season-5-episode-3-european-engineering-educators-is-online/
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about resilient systems.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.32 Podcast Intro
0.53 Experiences in resilience from Natalie and Neil
2.03 Introduction to Ann-Kristin
4.28 Defining resilience
6.36 The systematic literature review into how engineering education research addresses resilience
9.56 The importance of systems resilience
12.46 The competencies involved
15.41 Are the competenices involved addressed in engineering programmes?
19.45 Commonly addressed competencies
21.36 Key recommendations for addressing competencies in engineering programmes
22.46 How is systems resilience addressed in accreditation criteria?
27.51 Embedding systems resilience in engineering programmes
33.19 Course level learning outcomes and assessment of learning outcomes
36.47 The future of engineering education research into resilient systems
39.18 Final advice
40.32 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
https://www.sefi.be/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SEFI-Annual-Conference-2021-Blended-Learning-in-Engineering-Education.pdf.
http://ww.cdio.org/knowledge-library/documents/vuca-and-resilience-engineering-education-%E2%80%93-lessons-learned.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2023.2179913.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2023.2171852.
https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=sefi2023_respap.
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