3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Distance Learning Upper Division
The course is explicitly identified in the ENE -PhD requirements as a "foundation course" required for all students. This course is intended to be taken early in a graduate student's curriculum and therefore is designed to be a bridge between the student's previous experience with engineering (education, work, and teaching) and new engineering education research-based approaches. It is intended as an entryway to help students apply an engineering design approach to the design of instruction. To meet this aim, the course involves an iterative project-based approach in a context (design site) that is chosen by the student for its relevance, interest and potential application.
Learning Outcomes1Develop and articulate an engineering design approach for content, assessment, and pedagogy (CAP).
2Critically describe the research-based features of each of the elements - content, assessment and pedagogy.
3Apply the principles and theories to the design of a course, module, lesson plan, or other instructional setting.
4Use reflection and dialogue as a tool of self-discovery for shaping and refining personal philosophies for the design of instruction.
5Participate in a "community of practice" culture through formation of our own community and participation in the broader community of engineering education.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.