The
Central Coast section
The Central Coast
section of
the IEEE includes ~1000
members in
California's Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The section
holds
several meetings each year, featuring programs designed to educate the
local electrical and computer engineering professionals.
San
Luis Obispo Meeting Information
Service Learning In Engineering
Dr.
Lynne A. Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, SLO
Synopsis:
Service learning is a
pedagogy providing a structured environment for students to link
community service with course learning objectives. It enables a
substantive technical design experience placed in the context of the
impact a student can make on society. Integral to the service learning
experience is reflection. This gives students the opportunity to
examine their coursework in the context of the service they provide to
their community as well as developing their critical thinking
skills. Research has shown that students participating in service
learning have a higher comprehension of the course material and also
develop an awareness of their local community and the issues it faces.
In engineering, there are many examples of service-learning programs
ranging from freshman introductory courses to senior capstone courses.
This talk will define service learning, discuss the partnership between
student, university, and community, and address the benefits to each of
these constituents in the service learning experience.
About
the Speaker:
Dr. Slivovsky
received the BSCEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees from Purdue University in
1992, 1993, and 2001, respectively. During 2001 to 2003 she was a
Post-Doc and Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University where
she worked with Engineering Projects In Community Service, a
multidisciplinary, vertically-integrated, engineering-based service
learning program that partners teams of undergraduate students with
local nonprofit community organizations.
She has continued her
work in service learning at Cal Poly by incorporating it into the
Computer Engineering capstone class.
Tuesday,
November 7, 2006
Cal
Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
Engineering East
Faculty Offices Building 20, Room 206
7:00
to 8:00 p.m.
Refreshments at 6:30 p.m.
San Luis Obispo Meeting
Information
The San Luis Obispo
meetings are normally held at 7:00PM, the 1st
Tuesday
of each month, October through June, usually at CalPoly's
Building
20 Room 206.
Refreshments will be available at about 6:30pm.
If you
don't have a parking permit please stop by the information center at
the
entrance of Grand Avenue and get one. Make sure to tell them that you
are
coming to the IEEE meeting.
Directions, campus map and parking
info can be found at www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps
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