IUPUI Minority Engineering Advancement Program (MEAP) uses CN to engage high school students in STEM
About MEAP
The School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) has delivered the Minority
Engineering Advancement Program (MEAP) summer camp to high school students of
Indianapolis area since 2018. MEAP provides an opportunity for students interested
in math and science to explore paths for their education and future careers in
engineering and technology fields. Students participate in many fun hands-on
projects and activities that also introduce them to many university and
industry areas.
MEAP Director, Patrick Gee explained, “The program assists
Indianapolis high school students by immersing them in engineering and
technology and other STEM coursework while making them more aware of the
educational opportunities and benefits that are available at IUPUI.”
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| CN Team members Joe and Allie pose with MEAP Director, Patrick Gee, IUPUI ET Chair, Robert Weissbach, and the MEAP students after a CN lunch discussion |
Collaboration between
MEAP and CourseNetworking
The MEAP program at IUPUI has been using CourseNetworking to
host an online network for the students to reflect on program activities and
interact with one another. In addition, each student is encouraged to complete
their ePortfolio with showcases reflecting what they learned during MEAP.
The students enjoyed posting and collecting Anar Seeds
during the MEAP program as they competed with one another to earn more seeds by
completing activities and participating in the course. The MEAP students gave
great feedback about CN, one student posted in the course saying, “Wow CN has
become a big part of our experience here at #MEAP. I never would’ve
thought that a website like this would impact our experience so much. #CN.” While another student
expressed that he liked the “interactive” aspects of CN and went on to say, “I
felt comfortable using CN. It made me feel like if I went to college here [at IUPUI]
then I would feel comfortable knowing that even if I didn’t know anyone, I
could connect with people in my classes on CN.” In only two weeks, the students
earned an average of 800 Anar Seeds (per student). The most active student accumulated
1009 Seeds in total. Various badges were also awarded to recognize students’
participation and acquired knowledge and skills.
CourseNetworking will remain available to the students after
the summer program, so students can come back to network with each other, and
the program will be able to make announcements, such as IUPUI ET college application
information, to the group.
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| Post created by a student in the MEAP course |
Throughout the MEAP program, the students shared their
thoughts and created showcases displaying their experiences surrounding topics
like virtual reality, cybersecurity, 3D printing, patent laws, biomedical
engineering and other engineering disciplines, and more. Three students were
recognized as having the best ePortfolios of the group at the closing ceremony.
Top 3 ePortfolios:
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| The top ePortfolio winner's ePortfolio (GJ134) |
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