Instigating a Revolution of Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking

Abstract

understanding how engineering students develop their professional identity, the role of emotion in student learning, and synergistic learning. A recent research project uncovers the narratives of exemplary engineering faculty who have successfully transitioned to studentcentered teaching strategies. She co-designed the environmental engineering synthesis and design studios and the design spine for the mechanical engineering program at UGA. She is engaged in mentoring early career faculty at her university and within the PEER National Collaborative. In 2013 she was selected to be a National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education Faculty Member. (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled "CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society" and "Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?" He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF's Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM's "20 Faculty Under 40" in 2014.Dr. Jordan also founded and led teams to two collegiate National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest championships, and has co-developed the STEAM Labs TM program to engage middle and high school students in learning science, technology, engineering, arts, and math concepts through designing and building chain reaction machines. He has appeared on many TV shows (including Modern Marvels on The History Channel and Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC) and a movie with his Rube Goldberg machines, and worked as a behind-the scenes engineer for season 3 of the PBS engineering design reality TV show, Design Squad. He also held the Guinness World Record for the largest number of steps -125 -in a working Rube Goldberg machine.

A Comparison of Maker and Entrepreneurial Characteristics

“…One way that could benefit students is to do a mock startup focused on a subject they need to learn, such as physics. Some schools like Arizona State University are trying a similar concept of learning engineering through entrepreneurship [20]. Given customer stories, students would design a solution and make an MVP.…”

Talking about a Revolution: Overview of NSF RED Projects

“…At Arizona State University, the RED team is taking a systems approach to better understand the educational ecosystem and to support faculty to realize a mindset of additive innovation [8] and pedagogical risk-taking in their classrooms [9]. The team is taking a multi-pronged approach that includes understanding the engineering program's current culture through experiencecentered narrative research [10], developing an instrument to assess pedagogical risk-taking, developing an understanding of making in the engineering classroom, and tracing impacts of the RED project on other institutions.…”

Board 100: Progress on the Pathway to Instigating a Revolution of Additive Innovation

“…We provide a brief overview of each of the original working groups below. A more detailed description can be found in prior publications [2][3][4][5][6].…”