Open AccessLIFELONG LEARNING: A SKILL NEEDED TODAY FOR THE ENGINEERS OF THE FUTURE
Author(s) -
Sadegh Babaii Kochekseraii,
Libby Osgood
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.6445
Subject(s) - syllabus , lifelong learning , accreditation , intervention (counseling) , mechatronics , medical education , computer science , engineering management , engineering , pedagogy , psychology , medicine , artificial intelligence , psychiatry
This paper will focus on our efforts to introduce the lifelong learning graduate attribute into the classroom environment required by CEAB for engineering accreditation. ENGN334: Intro to Mechatronics is a third year focus area elective course in the new engineering degree at UPEI. It gave the opportunity to develop a syllabus in which the students were encouraged to proactively participate in developing their own weekly learning goals based on the proposed list of topics. From their weekly submissions and subsequent reflections, we tried to answer if the students were setting realistic goals, assessed against SMART learning goals, and how the balance of the short and long term goals changed over the semester. It is therefore the objective of this paper to examine how effective it could be to promote realistic goal setting through professional skill development (PSD) intervention and proactive self-directed learning.