[CEER Internal List 126] FW: DER Noontime Seminar Series: "Research & Development in Teaching & Learning" Friday, 09/18/15

[Mark Urban-Lurain]

CEER Folks:
If you are available, I'd appreciate you attending.
Thanks,
Mark
 
From: Julie Chism [mailto:chismjul at egr.msu.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:16 PM
Subject: DER Noontime Seminar Series: "Research & Development in Teaching &
Learning" Friday, 09/18/15
 
DER Noontime Seminar Series 
CEER Session: 
"Research & Development in Teaching & Learning"
Friday, September 18, 2015
10:30-11:30am
Room 3540 Engineering Building
 
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Azami Zaharim1,2
Principle Research Fellow
1 Centre for Engineering Education Research Faculty of Engineering & Built
Environment
2 Institute of Islam Hadhari
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi Selangor
MALAYSIA
 
 
 
ABSTRACT:
Rapid changes in economic growth nowadays are creating higher demands for
employability skills in the workforce. Labor markets are becoming more
competitive and depends on the quality of knowledge and skills as the
globalization come across in all industries, including engineering fields.
Researchers in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia have realized that these
employability skills must be enhanced during teaching and learning process,
and improve the skills needed for life in the workforce, so that the
students are well prepared to face the global challenges. Therefore, in
2009, the Centre for Engineering Education Research was established and was
headed by Prof. Dr. Azami Zaharim. The purpose of establishing the center is
to generate specialized knowledge and skilled human resource in the field of
engineering education. Prior to the formation of the Centre, the Engineering
Education Research Group (EERG) was initially established in January 2003.
The idea of establishing EERG in the early 2003 came from the previous dean
of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment (FKAB), Prof. Dato' Ir.
Dr. Hassan Basri. Currently, we are stressing on action research and STEM
education research which focused on the Future of Engineering Education,
Improvement in Teaching and Learning, Student Mobility and Credit Transfer,
and Marketability of Engineering Graduates. Among of  STEM research projects
that have conducted are Enhancing Student`s Learning in Engineering
Mathematics Through Technological Software, Adaptation the Module of Chem E
Car Towards Improving STEM Education at School Level & Integration STEM
Education with Islamic Value System in Higher Education.
 
BIO:
Dr Azami Zaharim is a Professor at the Faculty of Engineering & Built
Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and previously served as Head
of Centre for Engineering Education Research, Faculty of Engineering & Built
Environment, UKM starting 2009 until 2014. Due to the activities in
engineering education, he was selected as an editor of the Journal of
Engineering Education by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in the year 2005 and
organizing a special session on OBE at the International Conference on
Engineering Education in Greece July 2007, 2008, 2009 and elected as an
editor for the WSEAS Transaction Journal of Engineering Education.
 
 
 
Refreshments will be provided.
Please contact the Division of Engineering Research (DER) office at
517-355-5103 to request special accommodations. 
 
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