Asee peer logo

Balancing Student Learning and Community Relations in Software-Based Service Learning

Download Paper |

Conference

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Tampa, Florida

Publication Date

June 15, 2019

Start Date

June 15, 2019

End Date

June 19, 2019

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Tagged Division

Software Engineering Division

Page Count

17

DOI

10.18260/1-2--32140

Permanent URL

https://strategy.asee.org/32140

Download Count

433

Request a correction

Paper Authors

biography

Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh Purdue University, West Lafayette

visit author page

Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh is a Continuing Lecturer in the EPICS Program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She received her Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering from Purdue University Fort Wayne, and received her Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

visit author page

biography

William C. Oakes Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0002-6183-045X

visit author page

William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has held courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering as well as Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He is a registered professional engineer and on the NSPE board for Professional Engineers in Higher Education. He has been active in ASEE serving in the FPD, CIP and ERM. He is the past chair of the IN/IL section. He is a fellow of the Teaching Academy and listed in the Book of Great Teachers at Purdue University. He was the first engineering faculty member to receive the national Campus Compact Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning. He was a co-recipient of the National Academy of Engineering’s Bernard Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education and the recipient of the National Society of Professional Engineers’ Educational Excellence Award and the ASEE Chester Carlson Award. He is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and the National Society of Professional Engineers.

visit author page

Download Paper |

Abstract

Service-learning is a form of experiential learning that integrates academic learning objectives with community engagement. It can develop both technical and the broad professional skills needed in today’s global economy and is well-matched to the literature on diversity. In engineering and computing education, service-learning is typically project-based where students develop a project that adds value to the community partner. At a large Midwestern university, a design-based service-learning program engages students in teams that partner with local and global community partners to develop technological solutions to human, community and environmental needs. This article presents a case study of a software-based service-learning design class with multi-disciplinary students from varying academic levels, first-year to final year. Students are required to complete weekly reflections which were analyzed to attain insight into their experience. The study provides insights into how the students attempt to balance their own learning, project implementation, and community relations and impact while developing software solutions.

Abu-Mulaweh, N., & Oakes, W. C. (2019, June), Balancing Student Learning and Community Relations in Software-Based Service Learning Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--32140

ASEE holds the copyright on this document. It may be read by the public free of charge. Authors may archive their work on personal websites or in institutional repositories with the following citation: © 2019 American Society for Engineering Education. Other scholars may excerpt or quote from these materials with the same citation. When excerpting or quoting from Conference Proceedings, authors should, in addition to noting the ASEE copyright, list all the original authors and their institutions and name the host city of the conference. - Last updated April 1, 2015