Members of technical professional association IEEE are seeking to encourage traditional university-based engineering educators to think about engineering education's role in the new economy, and how the present curriculum can influence tomorrow's engineers.
IEEE members are promoting a cultural change to drive a more holistic view into engineering education, focused beyond technical skills to incorporate experience and relevance into university courses. Supporting experience-led education curriculum - from working on projects that bring electricity to remote villages to addressing challenges of sustainability, security, and infrastructure - educators can show engineering's powerful role in delivering societal solutions. These in turn are seen to make engineers representative of tomorrow's solutionist.
IEEE supports continuing education through a number of initiatives around the globe. These include a University Partnership Program and global student branches; the IEEE Real World Engineering Project (RWEP), which aims to develop excellence in learning and teaching through curriculum development; global accreditation peer-review programmes; and IEEE Engineering Projects in Community Service programme that organises university and high-school students to work on engineering-related projects for local humanitarian organisations. IEEE is also a partner in online educational resources TryEngineering.org and TryNano.org.
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