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RESEARCH category
RESEARCH-TO-PRACTICE category
INNOVATIVE category
SPECIAL SESSION proposals
PANEL proposals

FIE Review Criteria

  • How does the work advance frontiers in education within the context of FIE?
  • To what extent are the practices described in the paper innovative, leading-edge, cutting-edge?
  • Does the work demonstrate knowledge of related work and discuss the relevance of the submission's contribution in the context of the prior literature in the field and other relevant areas?
  • Does the work demonstrate scholarly quality as evaluated on the strength of its methodology, the quality/depth of its theoretical foundation, and the quality/depth of its analysis and related discussion?  Work-in-Progress papers and innovative practice papers should introduce new ideas and encourage a discourse that can potentially advance the field in some way. 

The research category is for scholarly proposals that outline contributions to research in the area of engineering and/or computing education. Excellent proposals are well situated in prior literature on teaching and learning, and outlines research methods and findings of value and interest to engineering and/or computing educators.

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The research-to-practice category is for scholarly proposals that outline applications of research in engineering and/or computing education. Excellent proposals are well situated in the theoretical framework(s) that support teaching and learning, and applies these theoretical frameworks to the practice of engineering and/or computing education.

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The innovative practice category is for scholarly proposals of reflective or novel practice in the area of engineering and/or computing education. Excellent proposals are well situated in prior literature on teaching and learning, and outlines an innovation of value and interest to engineering and/or computing educators.

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Special session proposals are intended to be creative, non-traditional, interactive ways to engage engineering and/or computing education professionals in the frontiers of education. These are ~80 minutes in length; the number of special sessions offered is limited. These sessions intended to be of value to FIE Conference attendees, enhance the experience and knowledge of the session participants, and help advance the frontiers of engineering and computing education.
 
 
Panel sessions are intended to engage the engineering and/or computing education community in multiple perspectives on a given issue on the frontiers of education. These are ~80 minutes in length; the number of panel sessions offered is limited. These sessions intended to have a broader impact on engineering and/or computing education and be of value to FIE Conference attendees, enhance the experience and knowledge of the session participants, and help advance the frontiers of engineering and/or computing education.
 

*All papers must be written in English.

**If you are interested in participating as a reviewer for FIE 2016, please send an email to Cynda Covert indicating this.