Emotional Rescue of Engineering Education - EWB2014

Emotional Rescue of Engineering Education - EWB2014
The Emotional Rescue of Engineering Education Dave Goldberg Big Beacon deg@bigbeacon.org © David E. Goldberg 2014
Stories © David E. Goldberg 2011
Surprising journey © David E. Goldberg 2011
Genetic algorithms
Culture sculp+ng Anything But Engineers © David E. Goldberg 2011 www.bigbeacon.org
Reflection © David E. Goldberg 2011
Prompt: Engineering education today is not… © David E. Goldberg 2011
Debrief © David E. Goldberg 2011
Would like to suggest three things: © David E. Goldberg 2011
1. We are reforming the wrong stuff. © David E. Goldberg 2011
2. Using assumptions appropriate for bygone times, © David E. Goldberg 2011
3. Using change methods too weak to succeed. © David E. Goldberg 2011
1.  We are reforming the wrong stuff, 2.  Using assumptions appropriate for bygone times, 3.  Using change methods too weak to succeed. © David E. Goldberg 2011
© David E. Goldberg 2011
Assumption: Need to be more rational & quantitative for education reform to succeed. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Subtext: Pedagogical & educational efforts need to compete with research for time, funding, and prestige. © David E. Goldberg 2011
What’s the right stuff? © David E. Goldberg 2011
Story: The Power of Initiative © David E. Goldberg 2011
Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education www.ifoundry.illinois.edu © David E. Goldberg 2011
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering © David E. Goldberg 2011
The “Olin Effect” © David E. Goldberg 2011
Illinois Engineering Freshman Experience (iEFX) iLaunch iCommunity ENG100++ 2 Hands-‐on Projects iExpo ENG100++ Missing Basics iCheckpoint
1-hour course + zero-credit iCommunity © David E. Goldberg 2011
Great launch then… © David E. Goldberg 2011
bumps, confusion & complaining © David E. Goldberg 2011
“Weren’t sure you were serious about us doing what we wanted to do, but then realized you were, and it was very cool.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
Then, students started to take initiative without permission. © David E. Goldberg 2011
“Sure I made the right career choice.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
“Making me more confident in my decision to be an engineer.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
“I’m definitely more entrepreneurial.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
“Just an overall all-rounded engineer, not just a technician. A human, not just a problem solver.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
The Olin effect at Illinois! © David E. Goldberg 2011
But how? © David E. Goldberg 2011
How did such a small effort have such a big effect on initiative? © David E. Goldberg 2011
Story: Aching to Lead in Singapore © David E. Goldberg 2011
Singaporean Students Don’t Do X © David E. Goldberg 2011
How do you learn the courage to be present as a leader? © David E. Goldberg 2011
How do we learn courage? © David E. Goldberg 2011
Story: Universities date back to 11th century. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Founded1088 © David E. Goldberg 2011
9-10 century consensus © David E. Goldberg 2011
University as an assembly of experts © David E. Goldberg 2011
Expertise is being challenged in 2 ways © David E. Goldberg 2011
Challenge #1: EdTech © David E. Goldberg 2011
MOOCs © David E. Goldberg 2011
Massive open online courses © David E. Goldberg 2011
Challenge #2: KidEnterprise © David E. Goldberg 2011
Story: Are universities necessary for research? © David E. Goldberg 2011
Friday, 30 January 2013 © David E. Goldberg 2011
Post WW2 professor was © David E. Goldberg 2011 © David E. Goldberg and Mark Somerville 2013 Please do not reproduce or distribute without permission.
From @jackandraka! @deg511 Working on changing education, too!‪! <link> ! © David E. Goldberg 2011
Pancreatic cancer hRp://kalatas.com.au/wp-‐content/uploads/2013/03/Screen-‐Shot-‐2013-‐03-‐02-‐at-‐12.22.39-‐ AM-‐275x300.png © David E. Goldberg 2011
Mid th 20 © David E. Goldberg 2011 Century
168 times faster 26,000 times less expensive, 400 times more sensitive, 5 minutes to run © David E. Goldberg 2011
What did he need from the professor? © David E. Goldberg 2011
Lab space © David E. Goldberg 2011
Any 14-year old with laptop an read papers experts read. Can get funding experts get. Can hire help from guru.com. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Jack is not alone. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Returns to research expertise are diminishing. © David E. Goldberg 2011
The current revolution isn’t about teaching. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Idea of university is being challenged. © David E. Goldberg 2011
What is an expert? © David E. Goldberg 2011
“I know.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
What is a university? © David E. Goldberg 2011
“No, I k now.” “No, I know.” “No, I know.” “I know.” “No, I know.” “No, I know.” ”No, I know.” “No, I know.” “No, I know.” © David E. Goldberg 2011 “No, I know.” “No ow.” , I kn
How do we balance the portfolio? © David E. Goldberg 2011
???? “I know” © David E. Goldberg 2011
What is the opposite of expertise? © David E. Goldberg 2011
Story: A difficulty of “knowing.” © David E. Goldberg 2011
Rewind to September 2010 © David E. Goldberg 2011
Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Certificate Program © David E. Goldberg 2011
Stuck © David E. Goldberg 2011
Love © David E. Goldberg 2011
Breakthrough © David E. Goldberg 2011
Learned how hard it is to really trust another person. © David E. Goldberg 2011
How do you learn the courage to be present as a leader? © David E. Goldberg 2011
You learn courage from those who 1.  Have courage to check their egos, 2.  Trust you before you trust yourself, 3.  Are open to your exploration & learning. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Unleashing reaction © David E. Goldberg 2011
Unleashing = Trust + Courage + Initiative -> Learning to learn © David E. Goldberg 2011
Hard lessons for an engineer & professor. © David E. Goldberg 2011
All key change variables of transformation are emotional. © David E. Goldberg 2011
“I trust” “I know” © David E. Goldberg 2011
Unleash © David E. Goldberg 2011
“We control” © David E. Goldberg 2011
“We tru st.” “We trust.” “We trust” “We trust” “We trust.” “We trust.” “We trust.” “We Trust.” “We trust.” © David E. Goldberg 2011 “We trust.” “W ust.” e tr
At level of individuals, variables are emotional. © David E. Goldberg 2011
At systems/organization level variables are cultural. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Need to move from fear & control to love & trust. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Trying to use existing bureaucracies to reform themselves. © David E. Goldberg 2011
It hasn’t worked. © David E. Goldberg 2011
It won’t work. © David E. Goldberg 2011
When in human history have we made big moves? © David E. Goldberg 2011
The Salt Movement of 1930 © David E. Goldberg 2011
The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 © David E. Goldberg 2011
hRp://www.montgomeryboycoR.com/photos/rParksArrest.jpg © David E. Goldberg 2011
It takes a social movement to bring transformation. © David E. Goldberg 2011
The Big Beacon Movement of 2012 © David E. Goldberg 2011
Problems: Changes huge & have system that delights in failure of candidates. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Global movement © David E. Goldberg 2011
5 Pillars to transform higher education
by collaboratively disrupting the status quo. © David E. Goldberg 2011
Coming 2014 © David E. Goldberg 2011
5 Technologies of Trust •  •  •  •  •  Wholemindedness Values-based design Coaching Culture crafting & sculpting Changing the way we change
Wholemindedness: 6 Minds of WNE Analy+cal mind Mind mind Design mind Six Minds of the Whole New Engineer Linguis+c mind People mind Body mind
Values-Based Design: 5 Pillars of the Big Beacon •  •  •  •  •  Joy Trust Courage Connection Openness
Culture sculp+ng Anything But Engineers © David E. Goldberg 2011 www.bigbeacon.org
Modern leadership coaching traces its origins to Chilean engineer, Fernando Flores, & his PhD thesis: Management and Communication in the Office of the Future, 1982 © David E. Goldberg 2011
Changing how we change: Cannot assume that simple orders in a hierarchy will do the trick © David E. Goldberg 2011
Good exemplars growing: Different objects of change, assumptions, & process of change essential © David E. Goldberg 2011
1-3 Takeaways © David E. Goldberg 2011
Email: deg@bigbeacon.org Web: www.bigbeacon.org Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/deg511 Twitter: @deg511, @bigbeacon © David E. Goldberg 2014
Join Sunday breakfast for interactive session to collaboratively disrupt the status quo. © David E. Goldberg 2011
The Emotional Rescue of Engineering Education Dave Goldberg ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. deg@bigbeacon.org © David E. Goldberg 2014

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