Work in progress - Engineering Leadership Program: A thematic learning community

• Published in: 2010 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) pp. F2D-1 - F2D-3
• Main Authors: Athreya, K S, Bhandari, N, Kalkhoff, M T, Rover, D T, Black, A M, Miskioǧlu, E E, Mickelson, S K
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-10-2010
• Subjects: Collaboration; Communities; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Lead; Leadership; Learning community; Portfolios
• ISBN: 9781424462612; 1424462614
• ISSN: 0190-5848; 2377-634X
• DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673113

The Engineering Leadership Program, which began at Iowa State University in 2006 as a four year pilot leadership development program for undergraduate engineering students, is now working on mainstreaming the program. It has evolved into a student-led co-curricular leadership learning community with a strong focus on service and community, and is serving as a model for other holistic-themed learning communities in the college. A new scholars program in the college based on the Engineer of 2020 has four learning pillars, including leadership, and was created using the Engineering Leadership Program as a model. Planning is underway on strategies to mainstream best practices from the pilot and the optimal channels to deliver them. The learning outcomes assessment of the program is a work in progress. The first cohort entered in 2006 and graduates in 2010, and their early career accomplishments will be one indicator of longer term program impact.