From the 2016 KEEN Winter Conference: Craig Downing and Matt Lovell explain strategies that universities can use to stimulate innovative change on their campus. Learn more at www.EngineeringUnleashed.com/keen

1. Making Academic Change Happen
[MACH]
KEEN Winter Conference – Tempe, AZ
01.06.16

2. Higher education today is defined largely by calls for
change.
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3. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has been recognized
as a leader in innovation in engineering education.
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5. Knowing
Yourself
Successful change requires faculty and administrators to develop and
practice new competencies.
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6. Cultivating a
Community
of Colleagues
Knowing
Yourself
Change agents need to practice social interactions and work with a
wider group of change leaders.
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7. Cultivating a
Community
of Colleagues
Knowing
Yourself
Making
Change on
Campus
Change agents need to understand their environment and use specific
change models effectively.
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8. Make time for focused work and develop an action plan.
Try out ideas on a friendly audience.
Reflect on ways to overcome objections.
Develop a support group
of change leaders.
Do it to know it: practice and
feedback develop mastery.
Find partners whose
interests you can serve.
Change leaders can acquire the long-range view..
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9. Research we have conducted with MACH Workshop participants
suggests that the development of MACH change skills directly impacts
their success as change agents.
Interview questions (a sample):
1. Can you describe how you went about learning the different skills you’ve
needed to be successful as the leader of your project?
2. What type of resources did you seek to assist you in managing this
project?
3. Tell me about how engineering educators can position themselves for
success as leaders.
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10. Faculty Engagement
Student Experience
Edu. Environment
K
RHIT
Reimagined
Operation
Catapult
EML-
Infused
Courses
Case Study
Initiative
Faculty
Onboarding
Workshop
EML
Sabbatical
Program
MACH
Leadership
Advancement
Program
National
Entrepreneurial
Internship
Program
EML-
Focused
Event
Series
EML
Personnel
Educational EnvironmentFaculty EngagementRHIT EML Ecosystem
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12. Design and Deliver
Respond to the following prompt.
How can the network be assistive to your change EM project?
The response is not a give me money (i.e. a grant)! Suspend your beliefs and
think broadly.
More specifically, deliver a concise pitch to establish or increase KEEN
activities on your campus.
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13. Workshop
Rose-Hulman
Institute of
Technology
June 8-10, 2016
www.rose-hulman.edu/mach