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4.21.22: Sign-up to participate in a human-centered engineering design workshop (CLOSED)
Project Description
This study focuses on the affordances of technology to humanize engineering practices, specifically through the use of virtual reality (VR). Traditionally, engineering education has focused on teaching only technical concepts grounded in mathematics and science knowledge. However, the increasingly complex systemic issues that we face present a need for a more nuanced understanding of engineering education that fosters deeper understandings of local and global social justice issues. The goal of this study is to understand how we can integrate emerging technologies to create economically accessible and sustainable learning environments to engage broader participants from various age groups in emerging technologies. Participants use the interactive VR experience, ‘We Live Here’, that depicts an account of homelessness in modern America. They then move on to participate in a collaborative engineering design to discuss solutions based on the VR experience.
