Engineering change

Abstract

Calls for change abound in engineering education. The community is responding with innovations at many different levels. The effectiveness and long-term "staying power" of any new development is likely to increase if the innovators are explicit about the model of change they are adopting. Many such models are relevant for the engineering education community. In this paper we present a list of change models, describe three of them in detail, and briefly describe how we are conceptualizing one approach to change we are taking in the newly funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education.