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标题：BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN FOR-CREDIT CURRICULAR AND NOT-FOR-CREDIT EXTRACURRICULAR ENINGEERING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
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作者：Sal Alajek ; Alan Ham ; Heather Murdock 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association
出版年度：2013
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语种：English
出版社：The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA)
摘要：Engineering student experience is highly influenced by the interplay between curricular and extracurricular learning environments on campus. Bridging between the two spaces, Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada builds on curricular content with extracurricular opportunities which not only reinforce leadership and communications skills, but also focus on complexity and systems thinking, globalization trends,and foundational attitudes of service to society. In recent years, EWB has been working collaboratively with specific engineering faculties in an attempt to bring these attributes to the classroom. This paper examines the efficacy of these opportunities, which blur the line between for-credit engineering curricular interactions and not-for-credit extracurricular engineering focused activities. Drawing on examples from institutions that have implemented credit for extracurricular activities andbuilding on the 2013 Global Engineering Symposium’s engineering education focused discussions at the Engineers Without Borders Canada annual national conference in Calgary, Alberta, we highlight the potential for the concept from the perspective of the student and the faculty.