期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2015
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：This paper presents the impact that the Design Engineering and Design (DE&I) program offered in 2013 has had in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Victoria. Through this program a pool of nineteen graduate students were trained as Design Teaching Assistants (DTAs). The purpose of this program is to train DTAs in engineering design principles and pedagogical skills for mentoring students working on design projects. During the year DTAs continued their training by attending seminars presented by guest speakers. To date, eight DTAs have been appointed to either assist as qualified Teaching Assistant in already established engineering design courses (two DTAs), or to develop new design projects in courses that are primarily engineering science (six DTAs). The latter was supported by the course instructor and the coordinators of this program. The paper describes the development and management of these design projects, their impact on undergraduate students, and the personal experience gained by the DTAs. Also, the paper presents a review of the 2013 DE&I program including a new strategy for the upcoming 2014 DE&I workshops that will focus more on the development and execution of design projects of the DTAs.
