Students in human resources in the School of Labor and Employment Relations can now take a course on Understanding Engineers to help them better recruit and develop engineering talent.  The powerpoint from the first week is below:

The powerpoint from the second week on “Engineering, Education & Modeling” may be viewed below:

Related presentations are available here.

CITES (Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services) presents a “Teaching and Learning with Technology” Brown Bag on Wednesday, November 18 from noon-1pm in 23 Illini Hall. Research shows that 75-85% of students are willing to view videos online before coming to class compared to 5% who will read the book. Christian Ray and Erin Whitteck from the department of Chemistry discuss different approaches to creating and using online video materials to supplement their lectures or to deliver the entire class online.

To view videos that iFoundry fellows have created, visit here.

What does it mean to be a woman in science, engineering or a related field?  This is the central question the course will address.  Students will read across multiple disciplines and engage contemporary media to understand the evolving place of women within science and technology.

This course has been approved for College of Engineering Liberal Education credit for the spring 2010 semester.   Other course offering information may be found here.