January 27 – February 10, 2018
Learn how to create dynamic, robust teaching and learning environments from one of the top engineering programs in the world.
For more than 20 years, our Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education has been helping our professors learn research-based teaching strategies, use them in the classroom, and share them with the world. Now you can learn these strategies, too, and learn how to encourage and grow them on your campus.
The Illinois Institute for Engineering Education is a two-week residency at Engineering at Illinois. At the Institute, you’ll get practical knowledge and tools to enhance undergraduate engineering instruction at your institution. You’ll work with Illinois faculty and learn about programs, practices, and innovations that make Illinois a global leader.
What You Will Learn
You’ll learn new ways to:
- Actively engage students in the learning process, even in large classes.
- Foster student creativity, problem solving, and critical thinking.
- Implement state-of-the-art approaches, including project-based learning and new instructional technologies.
- Develop faculty communities of practice that support and sustain instructional innovations.
State of the Art Engineering Pedagogy
Engineering at Illinois is one of the best engineering programs in the world because we take undergraduate education so seriously. Our faculty work together to constantly improve our students’ experiences and learning environments by taking a scholarly approach to teaching.
Illinois Connections
Special events included in the program:
- Special meeting with College of Engineering administrators
- Guided faculty tours: classrooms, labs, NCSA, Beckman, libraries
- Collegiate sporting event
- Welcome and farewell reception