IDEE 2018 - Special Session Inclusion and Diversity in Engineering Education – IDEE'18

We live and work in a Technology-centric, economic and social changing world. Organizations are becoming more demanding in requesting additional skills beyond specialization from their employees in order to come up with solutions to complex issues. As today’s future graduate technologists are already involved with the demands of this changing Knowledge Age, they need to further develop their knowledge, skills and competencies in order to succeed in their future careers. Unfortunately, these skills are not included in many Higher Technology Education learning outcomes. The question is how can these skills be associated with the educational standards and be effectively integrated in the teaching and learning process. This special session aims to address practices that will help educators and training professionals to equip students with new skills in order to meet the needs of today’ s demanding workplace.
Topics of Interest
This special session aims to attract research papers and case studies showing novel applications related to “Innovative Pedagogies in Technology Education”.
We invite researchers, developers and all those working on the following areas:
Student-centered Learning in Technology Education
Multidisciplinary Learning for Technology Education
Interdisciplinary Learning for Technology Education
Cloud-based Assisted Learning Environments
Virtual Worlds for Technology Education Students
Social Innovation in Education and Training
Technical Writing for Technology Education
Written Communication in Technology
Curriculum Development
Social Interaction in Technology Education
Innovative Practices in Technology Education
Innovative Research Methods in Technology Education
Interdisciplinary Research
Business Studies in Technology Education
NB: Papers may address one or more of the above listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics may also be acceptable.