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Educational Effects of an Appropriate Technology Engineering Design Workshop with the People in Need  

Yi, Kang (School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University)
Han, Youn-Shik (School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University)
Kim, Kyung-Mi (School of Global Leadership, Handong Global University)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.16, no.2, 2013 , pp. 3-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper aims to present the model of engineering design education workshop for appropriate technologies. Since 2008 Handong Innovation Center for Engineering Education and a Non-Profit Organization, Sharing and Technology, held engineering design workshop during every summer break. We present the contents of the workshop and analyze the educational effects of the program. The workshop is entitled "Engineering Design Academy for the other 90%" because we take it serious that most of the research and development efforts of the science and technologies in the world is just focused on the rich people while the other 90% people in the world are unreachable from the benefits of the modern technologies. By the workshop we tries to provide the college students the perspectives on the worldwide poverty problems and to encourage them to serve the 3rd world people in need through their specialties in the field of engineering profession. The evaluation results by participants are very positive. Especially, we began invite the 3rd world people to the workshop as design problem clients from 2010 summer workshop. The evaluation from them are also very positive. The analysis results on the educational effects of the workshop show that the workshop improves the students skills required by the ABEEK (Acreditation Board of Engineering Education of Korea) including not only design capability but also team work, communication skill, understanding the social impacts of engineering design, engineering ethics, and globalization.
Keywords
engineering design education; appropriate technology; engineering design education; design for the other 90%; global poverty problem; service learning; global education;
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