Assessing Team Work And Ethical Awareness In Interprofessional Undergraduate Teams And Entrepreneurial Student Start Ups: Report #1

Scott P Schaffer is currently an associate professor in the Educational Technology program in the College of Education at Purdue University where his research and teaching focuses on workplace learning and performance. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Instructional Systems from Florida State University and teaches courses such as E-Learning Design, Program Evaluation, Learning Systems Design, and Human Performance Technology at Purdue. Dr. Schaffer's research involves assessment and evaluation of cross-disciplinary team learning and performance, and the design of support systems to promote learning, interaction, self-monitoring. He is also currently an affiliated faculty member of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and co-director of the Healthcare Informatics and Learning Technologies group. Scott has received many grants in support of his research and has published and presented often related to workplace learning and performance, cross-disciplinary teams, and needs assessment. Dr. Schaffer also has fifteen years of experience as a consultant to private and public sector organizations including Boeing, JetBlue, VHA, HomeAid America, and the U.S. Navy in areas such as needs assessment, testing, evaluation, process analysis, and instructional design. Mary Raber, Michigan Technology University Mary Raber currently serves as Associate Director for the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Enterprise Program at Michigan Technological University. This program focuses on undergraduate technical and professional skill development by providing a multidisciplinary team environment in which students address real-world projects for industry, community and government organizations. Ms. Raber has overseen the implementation and growth of the Enterprise Program at Michigan Tech since its inception in 2000, and is responsible for its overall coordination and development. Her responsibilities include corporate sponsorship development, interdisciplinary program evaluation and assessment, and workshop/course instruction in the areas of teaming and leadership. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Wayne State University. Before joining MTU she held various engineering and management positions during a 15 year career in the automotive industry.