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Revision as of 05:03, 28 February 2014
Overview
Big Beacon is a national movement to transform engineering education founded by engineering professors David Goldberg and Mark Somerville, Ph.D. Big Beacon works to connect individuals and organizations with shared interests in making necessary change to how engineers are made. Big Beacn makes use of various platforms to share ideas and encourage conversations between engineering education stakeholders.
Manifesto
Big Beacon's Manifesto serves as a guide to what a modern engineer needs to be, how engineering education can create unleash the potential of students and how to "rewire" education to better prepare engineering students.
Weekly Twitter Chats
Big Beacon uses weekly Twitter chats as a mechanism for sharing ideas and connecting individuals. Topics of Twitter chats vary week to week. Occasionally special guests participate in the Twitter chats giving participants the opportunity to connect with people that can offer support to help transform education.
