Workshop — Service-learning in engineering, technology and computing

William Oakes, Carla Zoltowski
2011 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)  
Service learning is a rapidly growing pedagogy in higher education and has come under increased visibility within engineering and computer science. Service-learning has been cited as a potential tool for increasing student engagement as well as diversity among our engineering, technology and computing student bodies. It has opportunities to excite the next generation of engineers, addressing issues including retention and diversity as well as learning in our classrooms. This workshop will
more » ... uce interested faculty, students and professionals to service-learning models and will provide resources for them to implement such programs at their respective institutions.
doi:10.1109/fie.2011.6143118 dblp:conf/fie/OakesZ11 fatcat:rk37jyz6tnflraahq6kxmmcp4q