Join Students for a Whole New Education on Wednesday, April 6 at 8pm ET for our chat about: Interdisciplinary Learning Experiences As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, opportunities to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries has increased. Students in higher education may develop interests in fields outside of their chosen major. How can we provide meaningful learning experiences for students that want…
Join Students for a Whole New Education on Wednesday, February 3 at 8 pm ET for our chat about: Humanizing Engineering Education Undergraduate engineering programs have traditionally placed a large emphasis on developing technical knowledge and skills in students, often without placing an equal emphasis on the societal contexts in which the technology is situated. We teach students to design…
Join Students for a Whole New Education on Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm ET for our chat about: Resilience in the Face of Failure Students face numerous academic pressures and challenges in college. Learning to overcome these obstacles is a key component of our education. But often, we don’t provide students with spaces to discuss these issues. There’s a culture…
Join Students for a Whole New Education on Wednesday, September 9 at 8pm ET for our chat about: Empathy in Education This piece is written by Athena Lin (athena@bigbeacon.org) on recent reflections about teaching that she hopes will serve as the basis for Big Beacon’s first Twitter chat this fall. I was recently asked to serve on a panel of…
Join Students for a Whole New Education on Wednesday, May 20 at 8pm ET for our chat about: The Mismatch between what Students Want and what they Need When students are about their education, it’s usually to get feedback about the quality of courses and teaching. Students often times are not asked about what they want from their education. From…
If engineering education is going to change, then that change needs to be advocated by the students who will make up the future of engineering. Meet Athena Lin, an undergraduate engineering student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who is doing just that. How did you first get involved with Big Beacon? Last June, I came across Dave’s writings about engineering…
This is a guest post written by Ken Palamara, a recent engineering graduate. He shares his experiences as an engineering student to help current students make the most of their time in college. Read more of his writings and advice at his website, Uncharted Engineering. When I graduated from Penn State University with an engineering degree in August of 2014, I was deep into the…
This is a guest post written by Virginia Alonso, an engineering student at University College London. She is also involved in Students for a Whole New Education, a network of student advocates for Big Beacon. "Engineering schools often fail to provide students with knowledge or understanding of the challenges faced by those outside of the developed world. Medical students and…
Students for a Whole New Education (SWNE) launched in January 2015 with a mission to empower students to take ownership of their education. SWNE is an organization of student advocates of Big Beacon. This is the first of many blog posts about our journey to achieve the changes we hope to see in our education. Who are we? We are a…
Big Beacon invites students to join in our monthly Twitter Chats focused student-centered issues! We want to engage students in our conversations to transform engineering education. We want to bring student voices to a platform that listens to students’ thoughts and experiences and cherishes them. Students for a Whole New Education is aimed that bringing together students across the world…