Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering Learning Community Task Team receives Learning Community Scholarship Award

 

The College of Engineering Learning Community Task Team was recently awarded the Learning Community Scholarship Award. The award, given by the Learning Communities Awards Committee, honors an individual or research team who has significantly contributed to the scholarship of learning communities.

Doug Beck, mechanical engineering academic adviser and advising center coordinator, was a member of the task team, along with Kimberly Everett, Katherine Lyons, Steve Mickelson, Kevin Saunders, and Kelly Strong.

The team is part of the Common Outcomes Committee and operates as a Learning Community Network. They authored a manuscript titled “Networking Learning Communities in Engineering: Development of Common Outcome Objectives for First-Year Students,” which describes the process they use to successfully apply the Networked Learning Community model. It has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Learning Community Research.

Related Information
http://www.lc.iastate.edu/awards2008.html

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