Transcending Lockdown: Fostering Student Imagination through Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning and Creativity in Engineering Design Courses

被引:4
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作者
Nolan, Edmund Martin [1 ,2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Engn Commun Program, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Inst Studies Transdisciplinary Engn Educ & Practi, Toronto, ON, Canada
[3] York Univ, Dept Linguist & Appl Linguist, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
engineering design; engineering communication; creativity; imagination; intersubjectivity; collaborative learning; pedagogy; CSCL; CALL; emergency online education; transdisciplinary; TECHNOLOGY; FRAMEWORK;
D O I
10.3138/utq.91.1.01
中图分类号
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要
Engineering design and communication courses are typically dynamic, active learning spaces that bring together a complex array of knowledge and skills. Their ambiguous nature has allowed, often contentiously, subjects such as language and communication, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences to enter the discourse of engineering in a newly meaningful way. This article considers this development in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and, in particular, how the creativity and imagination required to succeed in engineering design might be cultivated in emergency distance learning. I consider a plethora of sources for guidance, with a special interest in how language and communication facilitates collaborative learning, creativity, and intersubjectivity and how that mediation is further mediated by educational technology in distance learning. I focus on the challenges faced and the resulting importance of training for both instructors and students. Finally, I argue that, despite our difficult circumstances, we should aim to encourage our students to exercise their imaginations, both independently and collaboratively, through our selection, framing, and facilitation of team design projects during the pandemic.
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页码:67 / 87
页数:21
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