http://ifoundry.illinois.edu The Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:00:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Week 3 in LER 590 UE "Understanding Engineers" features engineering artifacts, their history and ontology.  See the presentation in the viewer below or look at related posts here and here. http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/20/engineering-artifacts-featured-in-understanding-engineers/ iFoundry co-director David E. Goldberg gave a presentation entitled "Play Well with Others in a Creative Era." The talk discussed the need for, obstacles to, and innovations required for interdisciplinarity in the 21st century.  The iFoundry initiative was used as an example of a dot connector employing pairwork to cross ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/20/ifoundry-playing-well-with-others-in-monterrey/ Sometimes a college professor publishes a new book and sometimes one gets a new academic posting, but a professor in the University of Illinois's College of Engineering hit the daily double on both counts. Raymond L. Price, the William H. Severns Professor for Human Behavior and a member of the ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/19/illinois-professor-hits-daily-double-with-new-book-and-new-job/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/18/gws199eng199-women-science-and-engineering-offered-spring-2010/ Professor Tony Ward, University of York, UK will present "Great Engineering Failures" through a live video conference lecture at 11:30am on Thursday, November 19 in 410C1 Engineering Hall (SE corner of 4th floor). This presentation is in celebration of Global Enterprise Week. http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/18/great-engineering-failures-19-november-2009/ 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 ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/18/understanding-engineers-offered-for-hr-pros/ Design Matters3 is hosting Doris Wells-Papanek, design research consultant and learning coach at 5:30pm on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 in the Krannert Art Museum Auditorium, Room 62, 500 East Peabody Drive, Champaign.  This event is free! Wells-Papanek will share her latest study on creating change that matters and human-centered design in ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/16/design-matters3-hosts-doris-wells-papanek-17-november-2009/ 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. ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/13/teaching-and-learning-with-technology/ The University of Illinois Department of English is offering English 582: Technologies and Words this upcoming spring semester. Students will examine reading, writing, literacy and technology from a historical point of view, from the dawn of writing to the age of the computer, exploring the different theories of orality and ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/13/english-582-technologies-and-words/ Pauline Oliveros, UIUC George A. Miller Visiting Artist will present Telematics: An Expanded Venue for Performance and Education at 4pm on Monday, November 16, 2009, Spurlock Museum Knight Auditorium (600 S. Gregory St., Urbana). The event is being co-sponsored by:  the Center for Advanced Study (CAS), the Colleges of Engineering and ... http://ifoundry.illinois.edu/blog/2009/11/13/pauline-oliveros-discusses-telematics-16-november-2009/