Support student learning in sustainability

Description: Work with a discussion-based engineering course in sustainable building. Your unit might include active learning approaches such as case studies, and would include formative and aligned summative assessments. Example activities include instructor-led discussion guiding students to identify real-world problems related to sustainability, group activities developing potential solutions or assessing existing solutions. Semester(s) an intern might contact: Fall or Spring Institution: UW–Madison Department(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering Intern background needed: Engineering; Interest in sustainability Course: Sustainable Building and Materials Course info: Discussion-based course for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. 10~20 students Course time/day (fall 2020): Monday and Wednesday, 4 – 5:15 pm Challenges a project might address include: Developing aligned summative assessments Potential guest teaching topics/units (weeks 6-10 of the semester): life cycle assessment, energy efficiency, or new sustainable technologies and more — the faculty partner is flexible and will be happy to work with the intern on this. Teaching strategies of interest: Teaching strategies currently used: Connecting course with real-world student experiences, case studies, active learning, ‘performance’ assessment (e.g. presentation, mock grant proposals), collaborative learning Contact: Bu Wang, bu.wang@wisc.edu