Adapting a community engagement project in engineering and education to remote learning in the era of COVID-19

Authors

Maija A. Benitz, Roger Williams UniversityFollow
Li-Ling Yang, Roger Williams UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Advances in Engineering Education

Publication Date

12-1-2020

Abstract

In the spring of 2020, our interdisciplinary community engagement project, bridging courses in engineering and education, was midway through completion when we abruptly transitioned to remote learning due to COVID-19. Remote learning poses unique challenges to community engaged courses that are often inherently interactive and social. We quickly pivoted our project, which originally sent undergraduates into fourth grade classrooms to teach about wind energy and engineering design. Student reflection papers illuminate challenges to skill development and negative socioemotional consequences. Our findings provide insight and suggestions for future implementations of community engagement projects in the era of remote learning.

Volume

8

Issue

4

First Page

1

Last Page

8

Recommended Citation

Benitz M.A., & Yang, L. (2020). Adapting a community engagement project in engineering and education to remote learning in the era of COVID-19. Advances in Engineering Education, 8 (4), 1-8. Retrieved from https://docs.rwu.edu/seccm_fp/32

E-ISSN

19411766