Being able to work in teams is essential for engineers, especially in the current state of the world with increasingly complex world.  However, team working skills is not a natural in-born skill – grouping students together in small groups often result in dysfunctional teams with various problems leading to negative learning experiences.  Students need to learn and be guided in developing teamworking skills – but do educators know how to guide them?  In this interactive webinar, we will look at key aspects of designing a learning environment that can guide students to learn and work in a team effectively based on the principles of Cooperative Learning (CL) in a typical classroom.  Examples on infusing CL principles for implementation in engineering courses will also be discussed during the webinar.

About The Presenter

Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof is a Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, Purdue University, USA, since August 2023. Prior to being at Purdue, she was a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering and the founding Director of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Centre for Engineering Education (2011 to 2021). Khairiyah was the past President for the Society of Engineering Education Malaysia (2015-2022), Vice President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (2012 – 2018) and Board Member of Research in Engineering Education Network (2012 – 2017). She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. A practitioner, trainer, and researcher in scholarly engineering education practices, she is most passionate about guiding engineering academics in developing a scholarly approach and mentoring champions within a community of practice. She had the opportunity to share her work through speaking engagements and workshops in various institutions in Malaysia, and various parts of the world in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. She also led funded engineering education projects, such as the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education Consortium Grant on Teaching and Learning for 4IR, Malaysian Council of Engineering Deans project on Future Directions of Engineering Education for Malaysian Public Universities, the World Bank-funded OBE-SCL for Higher Education in Afghanistan, and the UK RAE Engineering X project on Enhancing the Quality of Engineering Education in Indonesia. Khairiyah is on the Editorial and Advisory Boards of several journals, such as the ASEAN Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Education for Chemical Engineers, and European Journal of Engineering Education. For her work, Khairiyah received several awards including the 2023 Nicola Tesla Golden Chain Award, International Society for Engineering Pedagogy, 2022 Top Research Scientist from the Academy of Science Malaysia, 2018 IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, 2017 Student Platform on Engineering Education Mentoring Award and 2015 Frank Morton IChemE Global Award for Chemical Engineering Education Excellence.

The IFEES-GEDC global webinar series are supported by Dr. Krishna Vedula, Brent-Felder, the Partners & Sponsors.