Before we start, grab an index card and a sharpie and jot down a few thoughts. In ANY of your collaborations with other KEEN partners, which aspects of the partnership: - made the most impact on your program? - were most meaningful to you personally? Welcome! 1
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Creating Bold Change Together: The Olin College Model for Collaboration
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Before we start, grab an index card and a sharpie and jot down a few thoughts.
In ANY of your collaborations with other KEEN partners, which aspects of the partnership:
- made the most impact on your program?- were most meaningful to you personally?
Welcome!
Creating Bold Change Together The Olin College Model for Collaboration
KEEN Winter MeetingJanuary 6, 2016
Jessica Townsend, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Academic ProgramsVin Manno, Provost and Dean of Faculty
Jessica Townsend
Add more appropriate pictures - people working together through KEEN and/or a summer institute photo.
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doing what engineers DO…
…from day ONE
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a broader definition of ENGINEERING…
that starts with PEOPLE and ends with PEOPLE
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Olin engineers are INTERDISCIPLINARY…
...and highly COLLABORATIVE
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we’re intentional about CURRICULAR design…
...and CULTURAL design
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a student EXPERIENCE designed to respond to…
...those things that make Olin UNIQUE
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1. Olin’s model for curriculum innovation
2. Olin’s model for collaboration
3. What we can do together through KEEN
Today…
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Olin’s Model of Curriculum Innovation
1. Continuous, with major pilot projects running every year
2. Impacts the core of the curriculum – those classes all students must take
3. Has the potential to radically improve student engagement
4. Is grounded in pedagogical theory
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A Curricular Experiment:Developing a Quantitative Engineering Toolbox
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Physics: Mechanics
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations
Vector Calculus
Dynamics (ME)
Signals and Systems (ECE)
Quantitative Engineering Analysis I
Quantitative Engineering Analysis II
A Curricular Experiment:Developing a Quantitative Engineering Toolbox
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1. Olin’s model for curriculum innovation
2. Olin’s model for collaboration
3. What we can do together through KEEN
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“a strong commitment to collaboration and co-
design rather than dissemination”
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Collaborations are rooted in shared values:
A shared passion to see engineering education improve in our nation and every nation
A commitment to start making change in their own institution