Workshops

PreTeXt is an open-source authoring language that has been used primarily to create open, accessible, and interactive mathematics textbooks. It has also been used to create smaller documents such as course notes, syllabi, and handouts for in-class activities or for exams. PreTeXt enables you to convert the source of your document into a variety of output formats, including fully accessible web pages, PDF, Epub, Jupyter Notebooks, and Braille. 

In this workshop, participants will experience and practice SDL and see examples of how SDL is used in STEM classrooms and across the campus communities of three universities. SDL—the use of personal story in the classroom—can uniquely increase students’ self-awareness, sense of satisfaction, and learning. STEM disciplines can particularly benefit from the reflection, connection-making, and empathy-building of SDL. As both participants and architects of SDL, participants can leverage the examples and resources provided to explore ways they can integrate SDL to transform their students’ learning in their own STEM education endeavors. 

Engineering students, through their degree programs, are expected to become self-directed learners. However, students do not develop robust metacognitive regulation strategies without intentional practice and feedback. This workshop is designed to advance participants’ appreciation for and ability to support students’ development of metacognitive regulation strategies through the integration of reflection in engineering courses.   

As engineering education advances in alignment with Industry 5.0, institutions face increasing pressure to adapt their curricula to emerging technologies without compromising foundational competencies such as creativity, ethical reasoning, and adaptability. 

The field of engineering education has evolved into a recognized discipline, yet many engineering faculty and graduate students lack formal training in educational research methodologies. 

This interactive pre-conference workshop introduces engineering and computer science educators to podcast-based learning and teaching (PodBLT) as a dynamic, multimodal approach to enhance student engagement, comprehension, and creativity. Participants will gain hands-on experience in planning, recording, and editing educational podcasts, and explore the use of AI-driven tools to transform academic content into accessible audio formats.

IEEE TryEngineering is a program within IEEE Educational Activities that coordinates resources and programs for adults who work with school-aged children. 

This pre-conference workshop focuses on leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompt engineering for document information extraction, synthesis, and creative content generation. Prompt engineering, the structured design of input queries, is highlighted as a critical technique for optimizing AI capabilities.

PROGRAM ADDENDUM

This workshop has been cancelled and will not be taking place during the conference.