Situativity Approaches for Improving Interdisciplinary Team Processes

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dc.contributor.authorKim, Kahyunen
dc.contributor.authorMcNair, Lisa D.en
dc.contributor.authorCoupey, Eloiseen
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Tomen
dc.contributor.authorDorsa, Edward A.en
dc.contributor.authorKemnitzer, Ronen
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-29T13:51:17Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-29T13:51:17Zen
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractInterdisciplinary teaming requires not only multiple levels of expertise but also social competencies gained through interactive contexts. In the classroom, a situativity approach that encourages student engagement can help students learn to value differing perspectives. To foster students’ interdisciplinary collaborative skills, an interdisciplinary capstone design class that brings students and faculty from electrical and computer engineering, industrial design, and marketing was developed and twelve fourth-year students participated (four from each discipline). The students were tasked with designing a next generation firefighter helmet that incorporates innovative computing technology. Various interventions such as learning modules and teaming exercises were implemented throughout the class to help students learn how to communicate across disciplines. Direct observation, interviews, questionnaires, and assessment of course assignments indicated both benefits and limitations of the class. Implications and future directions are also discussed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation, grant EEC-0648439.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/80533en
dc.identifier.volume18en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherASEEen
dc.relation.ispartof2010 ASEE Southeastern Section Conferenceen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSituated learningen
dc.subjectinterdisciplinary design teamsen
dc.subjectinterdisciplinary team processesen
dc.titleSituativity Approaches for Improving Interdisciplinary Team Processesen
dc.title.serialProceedings of the 2010 ASEE Southeast Section Conferenceen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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