Transcript Connecting the original design work of students to opportunities and the national STEM conversation The Problem Tens of thousands of high school and post-secondary.

Connecting the original design work
of students to opportunities and the
national STEM conversation
The Problem
Tens of thousands of high school and post-secondary students complete
original engineering design and problem solving projects each year.
The vast majority of these students simply close their project portfolios and
move on when the project is finished as opportunities for them to seek
recognition for their work beyond the classroom are few and varied.
The Problem
Students who are demonstrably capable of engineering design and problem
solving work are highly valued in the post-secondary and industry arena yet
there is no standardized format or vehicle for interested parties to use to view
and evaluate their engineering design work.
“Hands down, a student with
decent grades and a solid
experience in a capstone
design course would be at the
top of my list for admission to
our engineering program
…..However….”
The Challenge…
“…..Without a systematic process for reviewing original student design
work there is no way to incorporate the value of the work into the
algorithm of college admissions or any other recognition process.
Without a standardized assessment tool to organize and evaluate
any submitted work there can be no systematic process.”
A well recognized engineering
design process portfolio scoring
rubric
A single template for displaying
student work designed around the
scoring rubric and made
accessible to a reviewer
March 2010
University of Maryland – College Park
In March of 2010 representatives from K-12, industry, post-secondary and
private institutions were brought together to begin the discussion of what an
engineering design process assessment rubric should contain and how it
could be used to support curriculum development.
The discussions lead to a final draft of a rubric entitled “The Engineering
Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric” (or EDPPSR) in December of
2010 that will become part of a university study to validate the document as
an assessment tool.
How to connect the pieces
The Rubric
Student Work
Interest from PostSecondary, Industry,
and the Public Sector
60,000 Foot Goals
1 - Create a web-based, secure (IP issues) and standardized process for
building and posting student portfolios of original design work
2 – Create multiple, ongoing, Interactive, opportunities for recognition of
individual submissions
3– Create a means of identifying, extracting, documenting and distributing
noteworthy Innovation Portal events for all stakeholders
iPortal Team
Developing and
Maintaining
“Opportunity
Modules” and
Relationships with
supporters
Accessible directly
through student
accounts
Students building online project portfolios based
around the rubric in a secure and instructor managed
environment
iPortal Team
Developing and
Maintaining Ongoing
Output of iPortal
Stories and Reports
How is the Innovation Portal Concept Unique?
•Free and Secure Online Drag-and-Drop Portfolio
builder software
•Single portfolio template designed directly around
the EDPPSR rubric
•Free and Secure “Teacher’s Accounts” to connect to
multiple student works
•Direct connection to competitions, scholarship
possibilities and other opportunities related to
original problem solving works from the student
account
•Non-profit team dedicated to increasing the number
of opportunities and resources available directly
through the Innovation Portal
•All accounts, and data are the sole property of the
students