Workshop 6, Part 1
Technology: What for? For whom? Critic, posibility, and future
Date: March 14, 2013
Time: See Schedule Here
Place: For rooms, please see schedule Here
Presenters: Dr. Indira Nair, Dr. Carl Mitcham, Dr. John Tharakan
The workshop
Has pensado en las consecuencias de la tecnologia en la sociedad? Quienes se benefician y quienes sufren con cada innovacion tecnologica. Podemos escoger los tipos y los usos de la tecnologia y dirigirlos para fomentar el bienestar de toda la humanidad? Explora con nosotros los conceptos de tecnologias alternas, ingenieria humanitaria, etica de energiai, justicia global y desarrollo sustentable, y la importancia de investigarlos desde una perspectiva interdisciplinaria, incluyendo ideas de las humanidades, la ingenieria y el empresarismo. Tambien aprende sobre dos nuevos cursos el proximo semestre, INTD 3990 y INTD 6095, en los cuales puedes continuar investigando estas ideas y temas afines.
Workshop 6, Part 2
Teaching and Research in Appropriate Technology: Interdisciplinarity, Mindfulness, Global Learning, and Humanitarianism
Date: March 16, 2013
Time: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Place: Business Administration, ADEM 248
Presenters: Dr. Indira Nair, Dr. Carl Mitcham
The workshop
This seminar will be co-facilitated by Drs. Carl Mitcham and Indira Nair. Drawing from their scholarship and teaching experience, the facilitators will provide some general commentary and activities regarding interdisciplinary teaching and research in general, with an eye toward the interplay between the humanities and engineering. Topics will include:- Appropriate Technology, Alternative Technology and Humanitarian Engineering
- Concepts of disciplines, literacies, and problem solving frameworks
- Curricular design that mingles humanities and engineering
- Faculty learning communities and interdisciplinary/team-taught courses
- Course assignments/activities and corresponding methods of assessment
- Bring and share examples of successful teaching in interdisciplinary frameworks;
- Bring questions or pieces of classwork in which they believe a discussion with colleagues would help;
- Share relevant material including assignments and assessment techniques that may be useful to others
- Read the selected Primary Readings and browse the Supplementary References
Primary Readings
Supplementary References and Links
