SIIP and Share Podcast
SIIP and Share Podcast
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A podcast highlighting education innovations in the Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign!
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Focuses on educational innovations, curriculum development, interdisciplinary learning, and international collaboration with episodes discussing topics such as peer evaluations in team-based learning, global healthcare technology certifications, and the integration of computational tools into engineering curricula.
A podcast highlighting education innovations in the Grainger College of Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign!
Dr. Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering, joins SIIP and Share to discuss her SIIP project focused on integrating computational thinking across the civil and environmental engineering curriculum. She shares how her team introduced tools like R and Python into 200- and 300-level courses, redesigned assignments to reflect real-world engineering challenges, and connected coding to societal impact. The episode highlights the role of community-driven curriculum design, shifting student perceptions of coding, and how embedding computation into engineering education better prepares students to solve complex, real-world problems.
Guest(s): Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis
Link:https://cee.illinois.edu/directory/profile/sotiriak
Host: Holly Golecki
Engineered by: Piper Pascarella
Produced by: Natalie Taylor and Evelyn Ochoa Arias
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