The Impact of COVID-19: Undergraduate Ed+gineering Teams Shift Online to Teach Elementary Students Engineering

• In Event: Pitfalls and Possibilities: Examining Teacher Education in the Midst of COVID-19

Abstract

This paper uses qualitative data from multiple sources to assess how teams of undergraduate students in an elementary science methods course (n =13) and a fluid mechanics course (n = 28) at a mid-Atlantic university in the US adapted to instructional shifts during the Spring 2020 semester when their engineering lesson implementation for elementary students was interrupted and impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Team members share their experiences of personal shifts to team-based task completion in the online environment, and how they were able to create culturally responsive, media rich lessons for elementary student engagement via short answer reflections and CATME teaming software responses. Final interactive presentations from all teams (n = 7) were also analyzed for these components.

Authors

• Kristie S. Gutierrez, Old Dominion University

• Orlando Ayala

• Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University

• Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University

• Stacie Ringleb, Old Dominion University

• Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University