The founding document of the Alliance for Promoting Innovation in Engineering Education (APIE2), the so-called Transformation Proclamation will be signed at the Summit on the Engineer of the Future 2.0 (EotF2.0) to be held 31 March – 1 April 2009 (Tuesday evening until Wednesday) at Olin College in Needham, MA. All individuals attending the Summit will be eligible to be among the initial signers during a signing ceremony to be held at the closing Wednesday afternoon. To attend the Eotf2.0 Summit click here. An optional session, Olin in Action, will be available on Thursday, 2 April 2009, for those Summit attendees who wish to visit Olin’s classrooms, students, and faculty.
The launch of the Alliance for Promoting Innovation in Engineering Education will occur at the Summit on the Engineer of the Future 2.0 (EotF2.0) to be held at Olin College on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. University administrators, faculty, students, alums, and corporate friends from schools around the US and around the world will meet to form new collaborations in an effort to transform engineering education in alignment with the imperatives of the 21st century. To register for the workshop, click here, or to learn more about this exciting event contact Sherra Kerns at Olin College or Dave Goldberg at the University of Illinois.
The Alliance for Promoting Innovation in Engineering Education is a grassroots, open-source alliance of schools interested in transforming engineering education in a manner appropriate to the 21st century.? Using digital media, social networks, viral curriculum spread, and ubiquitous sharing, the alliance seeks substantial, principled change using a combination of pedagogical, content, curriculum, and organizational innovation.
On September 12, 2008, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and the University of Illinois have agreed to help organize an Alliance for Promoting Innovation in Engineering Education (aPIE2).? The Alliance is being formed now and Sherra Kerns at Olin and Dave Goldberg at Illinois are available to discuss planned activities and involvement.
For more information go to the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education website here.
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