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Towards a multi-faceted framework for planning and evaluating
innovation in Engineering Education
Erna Engelbrecht , Remon M. Rooij and Marcus M. Specht
Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 5, Delft, 2628 CD, The Netherlands


                  Abstract
                  For universities, educational change at institutional level is a slow process [1], [2]. To keep up
                  with societal and technological advancement, education innovation project leaders at
                  universities need practical guidelines and procedures in place that will enable sustainable and
                  scalable innovation that can meet the needs of industry as we transition from Industry 4.0 to
                  Industry 5.0 [3]. To develop such guidelines and procedures, we need to conduct socially
                  responsible, evidence-based educational research [4]. This paper is part of a larger study during
                  which we will conceptualize the planning and evaluation of innovation in engineering education
                  at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). From this conceptualization, a framework for
                  planning and evaluation of education innovation will emerge. The data collection process will
                  take place in six phases: (1) Exploration of the problem (2) feasibility studies;
                  (3) conceptualization and development of the framework; (4) piloting of the framework and its
                  associated processes; (5) field study; and lastly, (6) evaluation of the framework. This paper
                  provides an initial overview of the literature, as well as an explanation of the proposed research
                  methodology.

                  Keywords 1
                  Innovation, Higher Education, engineering education, research methodology, concept mapping


1. Introduction                                                                              work in an unpredictable and unstable world
                                                                                             [8].
                                                                                                There is a need for socially responsible,
    The COVID pandemic, conflict with world
                                                                                             evidence-based educational research [4] to
powers, the consequent fast tracking of energy
                                                                                             produce practical guidelines and appropriate
transition, and the exponential advancement of
                                                                                             measurement instruments that can support
technology brings about novel problems that
                                                                                             sustainable innovation in engineering education
need novel solutions. As a consequence,
                                                                                             that meet the needs of future graduates and an
education is in need of transformation [3], [5],
                                                                                             ever-changing society [9]–[11].
[6]. Universities of technology are responsible
                                                                                                In this paper we describe the initial plan for
for the education of engineers who need to be
                                                                                             a research initiative during which we will
equipped with holistic skill sets for dealing with
                                                                                             develop a multifaceted innovation framework
an increasingly unpredictable future.
                                                                                             that can guide the planning and evaluation of
    Unfortunately, universities are slow to
                                                                                             innovation initiatives in Higher Engineering
change [1], [2] and innovations are often short-
                                                                                             Education (HEE). This framework will serve
lived [7]. Consequently, time and money is
                                                                                             project teams and individuals at all levels,
spent with little to no impact, while graduates
                                                                                             including educators, educational support staff
may find themselves insufficiently prepared to
                                                                                             and management. It is envisioned that this

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framework would help to align, for example, its       discussed. We then look at a number of existing
users’ goals, expectations, resource allocation       frameworks for innovation and the evaluation
and communication flows.                              thereof, before positioning the current study.
    The purpose of this endeavor is to facilitate
the feasibility, impact and sustainability of         2.1 Why innovate?
innovations in engineering education. To this
end, the following research questions will be
addressed:                                                There are various definitions of innovation
    1. How can we define the contextual               discussed in detail in the literature [12]–[14].
        characteristics        that      influence    For the purpose of this study, however,
        innovation in HEE?                            education innovation will be defined as: Any
    2. How can we conceptualize the planning          change that significantly increases the impact
        and evaluation of innovation in               on education processes.
        engineering education?                            This initial definition will be further
    3. To       what       extent     can      this   informed and refined as the research project
        conceptualization be applied to ensure        develops. Currently, the definition is
        feasibility, sustainability and impact of     purposefully open to interpretation to allow for
        education innovation that aligns HEE          flexibility and freedom for exploration until a
        with the needs of society and industry?       more comprehensive definition emerges.
    Each research question will be addressed              Why is innovation in engineering education
during the different phases of a larger research      needed? The world is changing fast due to
project. The research questions will be refined       societal and technological developments, and
after a more in-depth literature review has been      HEE needs to keep up the pace. Some authors
conducted.                                            [15]–[17] argue that a new type of engineering
                                                      graduate is needed for taking on global
                                                      problems in an unpredictable and probably
                                                      unstable future [8] as we transition to Industry
2. Theoretical background                             5.0 [3], [18], [19]. There are more works
                                                      providing a lengthier discussion on this matter
    This study is initiated at a time when a          [8], [13], [20], however, we will briefly touch
global pandemic, conflict with world leaders,         on it here as well. This is not to say that we can
energy transition and data privacy is                 predict the future to determine with accuracy
dominating Western media. The question is             what skills our (future) graduates will need – we
whether or not continuation of our current            can only make educated guesses.
education system will suffice in preparing our            The literature speculates, for example, on
engineering students for such an unpredictable        the significance of automation, the Internet-of-
and insecure future. For example, the COVID           Things, Artificial Intelligence, and big data
pandemic led to a shift in how many companies         [21]–[23].
do business, and pushed industry and education            In addition to technological developments,
towards online and hybrid methods. At the             there are also growing concerns of global
same time emergency energy transition plans           problems such as data privacy, climate change,
are being developed as a consequence of the           pollution, food insecurity and a need for energy
conflict in Eastern Europe.                           transition. Our ‘educated guessing’ could
    What kind of engineering professionals do         therefore focus on tasks that cannot (yet) be
we need in such a rapidly changing world?             performed by machines, or tasks performed in
What kind of curriculum agility do we need in         collaboration with machines that require human
these kinds of circumstances? Does the                intervention, for example, critical thinking and
engineering education community need to wait          ethical decision-making.
for the next crisis for large scale innovation and        Furthermore, our graduates will also need
fundamental changes to take place?                    durable skills such as digital literacy, analytical
    This review of the literature first provides a    thinking, resilience and problem-solving [3],
brief introduction to why innovation in               [6], [18].
engineering education is needed. Next, the                Education innovation not only happens top-
facilitation of innovation and the consequences       down (instruction from institutional and faculty
of unguided, unsupported innovation is                managers, program leaders, lawmakers and
policy makers), but also takes place bottom-up.     with the service provider, and produce
These innovations are often driven by educators     guidelines for best practices.
or course teams, student feedback, changes in           At the time of writing, there were plans for
the field (and consequent updating of course        eventually phasing out many of these
content), funding (or lack thereof) and/or          ‘emergency online education’ tools and
increase in student numbers. Such innovations       replacing them with policy compliant
tend to be introduced incrementally, which          alternatives. In hindsight, what was needed was
might lead to loss of coherence within the          a framework for educators and support
program [1].                                        personnel to evaluate the feasibility and
   To keep programs up to date, course content,     suitability of the tool; guidance for good
curricula and teaching methods need                 practices during usage; and eventually making
coordinated renewal strategies. In fact, not only   informed decisions by evaluating how it was
do we need renewal, but more fundamental            used, its impact, and to determine how to go
transformation is needed to ensure coherence in     forward. Addressing this need will be the main
curricula that equips our graduates with the        objective of this study.
skills needed to face our (rapidly changing) real       The intention here would not be to create an
world problems.                                     additional hurdle, but rather to equip
                                                    practitioners with a framework for making
2.2 Facilitation of innovation                      better decisions that are more sustainable in the
                                                    long run in all aspects of the education process.
                                                    The framework should open communication
    At the start of the pandemic we found           lines between various levels of stakeholders to
ourselves in an emergency situation where we        ensure feasibility, impact, sustainability, and
were forced to find alternative methods for         dissemination of education innovations in the
conducting everyday business. Many educators        engineering domain.
hastened to get their courses online, while
others were more reluctant to adapt, hoping that
life would get back to normal soon. During this     2.3 Scoping existing education
time, institutions were forced to adjust and        innovation evaluation frameworks
innovate quickly. At TU Delft, pockets of
innovation initiatives became more visible as           To position this research initiative in the
practitioners were trying to find alternatives      research field, an initial literature search was
and reaching out for help. However, most of         done using Google Scholar. This was chosen to
these initiatives were somewhat painful,            get a general idea of what is already available
uncoordinated, and sporadic at best, since there    on this topic. Once the research project has been
was no emergency plan in place.                     approved, a more rigorous search will be
    Educators who have been teaching using the      conducted, as described further on in Research
blended course format seemed to have adapted        methodology in section 3.
more quickly to the situation than those who            In this section we will provide a brief
were newer to online education [24]. The            introduction to five evaluation frameworks.
authors go on to explain that centralized support   The overview will identify similarities and
initiatives were emerging, and as the pandemic      differences in the elements which the
progressed, an increasing amount of                 frameworks consist of, as well as any patterns
cooperation and exchange of information was         that might emerge.
observed. Unfortunately, communication
thereof did not always seem to reach those who          By investigating formative, summative and
needed it [24].                                     illuminative evaluation goals, a 10-step process
    One example of this is the large number of      model was proposed [25] which defines the
educators opting to use Zoom for presenting         stages in the process of evaluating education
their lectures online, despite it neither having    innovations. According to this model, both the
been an approved, nor centrally supported at        academic context and the governing policies
TU Delft. In fact, the sheer number of Zoom         need to be taken consideration in the first stage,
users was so overwhelming that the university       as these can have a ‘significant impact on
was forced to negotiate licensing agreements        innovative practices’.
    When defining the academic context, the            framework under development in that it
author included the curriculum, the teaching           addresses the following four dimensions:
processes, and learning. In terms of policy, both      anticipation (being in touch with social and
policies at institutional level, as well as policies   technological change), reflexivity (adjusting
that govern the tertiary education sector were         behavior based on past experiences), inclusion
taken into account. This initial step of defining      (involving a wider circle of contributors), and
the context and policy framework is then               responsiveness (adapting in response to
followed by defining the goals of the                  changing circumstances). These dimensions
evaluation; identification of stakeholders;            align with the underpinning reasons for the
aspects of the innovation and criteria for             need for innovation, discussed earlier in this
evaluation; data collection and analysis; as well      review, and according to the authors, have
and dissemination of the findings.                     emerged from public debate on new
    Another process-based framework [2] maps           developments in science and technology.
out the process of innovation in Higher                    [15] developed the Course Innovation
Education, and includes the following:                 Framework (CIF) with which to analyze
         Identifying the current stage of the         multiple aspects of course innovation. Aimed at
    innovation implementation process and              policy makers and educators, this framework
    associated challenges. The stages are (1)          provides input for analyzing, mapping out and
    recognition of need, (2) planning, (3)             making decisions on course innovations. Using
    initiating, and (4) institutionalization.          Curriculum Development Theory [28] as part
         Determining the aim, type, nature and        of the conceptual foundation, the intended,
    measures to institutionalize the innovation.       implemented and attained forms of innovation
         Identifying the innovation itself, the       were taken into consideration. Within the CIF
    problem it addresses, and the people               framework, different stages of the course
    involved in the innovation activity.               innovation life cycle, as well as different
         Evaluating the learning curve and            processes of innovation are considered.
    adjusting     aims      and     methods      for   Furthermore, the framework is both informed
    institutionalization.                              by the literature and policy (top-down), as well
         Analyzing potential factors that might       as practice and interviews (bottom-up).
    affect institutionalization of an innovation
    (opportunity, compatibility and agency).               From this brief discussion, the following
    This framework provides a very useful              preliminary conclusions can be drawn:
insight on the complexity and instructiveness of                The impact on student learning should
the innovation process itself. By taking these             be one of the main aspects of a framework,
elements into account, the framework can                   as it gives an important indication of the
provide a starting point for identifying elements          impact of the innovation;
for consideration to minimize potential pitfalls                Stakeholders should be another key
that could hinder dissemination of innovations.            element – not only the students, but the
    [26] attempted to develop a more                       educators themselves, and management.
contextualized       evaluation      methodology.               The institutional context and the
Although the framework was developed with                  policies that apply to it can have
the purpose of evaluating courses, instead of              implications for the dissemination process
innovations in education, it is worth looking at           of innovations; and
the framework to inform the evaluation                          Education innovations should serve a
(application) process of the framework under               specific purpose. More strongly put, it
development in the current study. The                      should solve a specific problem. The
framework includes the following aspects:                  framework should help to conceptualize the
purpose (of the evaluation), content (what to              problem and how it can be solved.
evaluate), usage (by whom the analysis will be         Based on these points we can already identify
done and how the results will be shared), and          important elements that will define ‘innovation’
method (when and how evaluations should be             in this study. Besides, of course, it being novel,
done).                                                 it should have a (positive) impact on its
    [27] developed a framework that serves to          stakeholders, be compliant with policy
ensure responsible innovation. It informs the
requirements and be fit for purpose by solving       3. Research methodology
some or other problem.
                                                        To address the research questions, the data
2.4 Positioning the framework to be                  collection for this sequential mixed methods
developed during this study                          study will be done in six phases. The following
                                                     table summarizes the phases that will be
                                                     undertaken in the current study:
    Although many authors have investigated
innovation      evaluation      and     evaluation
frameworks in the past, each of them was             Table 1
conducted within their unique institutional and      Research phases, based on [29]
educational contexts. It could be assumed that             Phases              Description
the discussion on evaluation frameworks for           Phase 1:
HEE will continue to evolve organically as the                         Systematized literature
                                                      Exploration of
world changes and education follows suit. The                          review, PRISMA
                                                      the problem
present study aims to contribute to this                               Analysis of innovation
                                                      through
evolution, specifically in the light of global                         project documentation
                                                      secondary
challenges that urgently need to be considered        data collection
in the renewal and development processes in
                                                                       Testing initial framework
engineering education.
                                                                       design
    Both top-down and bottom-up innovation
can flourish when managerial support is in            Phase 2:         Interview project leaders
place and open communication lines are                Feasibility      for feedback
maintained. If not, innovation initiatives are        study            Reflection, and
stifled, making it more difficult (and costly) to                      implementation of
bring about change. The intended evaluation                            improvements
framework aims to contribute in that regard:          Phase 3:
                                                                       Group concept mapping
increasing the autonomy and impact of all             Primary data
                                                                       in collaboration with
levels of innovative project leaders, ensuring        collection and
                                                                       project leaders
that their innovations contribute to the shared       analysis; and
goals of the degree program and/or institution.                        Development of initial
                                                      development
    Therefore, the framework to be developed                           framework
                                                      of intervention
should be comprehensive enough to serve as a                           Piloting framework
multi-stakeholder instrument that can be                               Interview/focus group
applied firstly as a forecasting tool to determine                     discussions with project
education innovations’ potential, feasibility and     Phase 4:
                                                                       leaders/project groups
fit within the institutional context and assist in    Prototyping
                                                                       Reflection and implement
the planning and design phases; secondly to
inform the implementation process; and thirdly                         improvements after each
for the assessment of those innovations in terms                       iteration
of impact, sustainability, and dissemination.                          Apply framework to
    In addition to this, this study aims to                            innovation initiatives – at
contribute to the discussion on fundamental                            least 1 x before, 1 x during
changes needed in engineering education . In an                        and 1 x after
attempt to accomplish this, the framework will        Phase 5: Field implementation of
be developed in collaboration with various            study            innovation
engineering education innovation project                               Reflection and
leaders. This will be done by building on                              implementation of
existing innovation initiatives of educators, and                      improvements after each
in turn, support with dissemination of their                           iteration
work. Ultimately, a consolidated, multi-              Phase 6:
stakeholder framework will emerge that can be         Feedback and Evaluation of framework
applied widely across the institution, aligning
                                                      reflection
innovation practice bilaterally.
    During the first phase, the problem itself and       During Phases 3 – 5, the research
its context will be explored.                        participants will consist of the project leaders
    This phase aims to address the first research    from innovation initiatives at TU Delft. Project
question:                                            leaders can include Educators, Educational
    1. How can we define the contextual              Advisors and Managers from the eight TU Delft
characteristics that influence innovation in         faculties and the department of Teaching and
HEE?                                                 Learning Services (TLS) at TU Delft. The
    A systematized literature review will be         selection of education innovations which the
conducted for an in-depth theoretical                participants are involved in will be made to
understanding of the context within which            include, but are not limited to, for example,
innovation in engineering education should           education technology, teaching methodology,
take place. Considering the advancement of           learning environments, and course content.
technology and developments in society at            During Phase 1 of the study, a list will be
large, education needs to be updated to be able      drafted of participants to include, from which
to meet the demand of skills and knowledge           they will be selected. During the selection
needed in the future, as discussed earlier.          process, the optimal number of participants will
    The systematized method for literature           be decided on to get a fair demographic
review will be followed to ensure academic           representation of participants, their innovation
rigor similar to a systematic review, while          initiatives and the phases they are in.
allowing for some flexibility to complete the            Phases 4 – 6 will focus on the third research
review in good time. In fact, a systematized         question:
review is recommended for post-graduate                  3.          To what extent can this
research [30].                                       conceptualization be applied to ensure
    During Phase 2 we will conduct two               feasibility, sustainability and impact of
feasibility studies. First, we will test the         education innovation that aligns HEE with the
primary data collection process that will take       needs of society and industry?
place in Phase 3. After Phase 3 (development of          This leads us to Phase 4, where application
the framework) has been completed, another           of the evaluation framework will be piloted on
feasibility study will be conducted to test the      a small scale on education innovation cases to
implementation process and usability of the          test for feasibility, applicability and impact of
framework itself (in effect extending Phase 2        the framework. This will be followed by focus
beyond Phase 3). Improvements will be made           groups/interviews involving project leaders and
by reflecting on how the process went, and           peers for the purpose of feedback and reflection
based on interviews with participants of the         for improvement, before continuing onto the
feasibility studies.                                 next phase. The data will be analyzed, based on
    During Phase 3 the primary, mixed method         which preliminary conclusions can be drawn.
data will be collected by means of Concept               Then, during the fifth phase, the field study
Mapping [31]. Here, project leaders will be          will be carried out by applying the framework
guided through a brainstorming session to            to education innovation initiatives. Innovations
generate ideas on how the planning and               for this study will be chosen based on the
evaluation of innovations should be conducted.       phases that they are in – before, during, and
These ideas will then be analyzed by means of        after implementation.
a cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling          For Phases 4 – 5, at least three iterations will
to sort, rank and map the ideas. Use of this         be done, starting with simpler innovations with
technique enables the researcher to fill gaps        a small scope, and then scaling up to larger
where knowledge is incomplete or uncertain by        innovation initiatives. The size and scope of the
collecting information which a group of experts      initiatives will be determined relative to each
have reached consensus on [31].                      other and can be as simple as, for example
    Based on this conceptualization, a               (hypothetically speaking), using a new tool for
framework for education innovation will be           a single activity vs. migration to a new learning
developed. Phase 3, therefore, will aim to           management system.
address the second research question:                     Lastly, Phase 6 will follow, where the
    2. How can we conceptualize the planning         framework will be evaluated by means of
and evaluation of innovation in engineering          questionnaires. The questionnaires will be sent
education?                                           to project leaders and other stakeholders to
evaluate the usefulness, impact (internal and               Data      collection,    analysis    and
external), and validity of the framework.               discussion of results;
Project leaders as well as Comenius and                     Literature review on innovation
Education Fellows from the 4TU (four                    frameworks and comparison with own
Universities of Technology in the Netherlands)          intervention;
will be included during Phase 6. The evaluation             Application of the intervention
process will be done for all three stages of            developed, and discussion of feedback
innovation projects – before, during and after          received on its application; and
implementation.                                             Evaluation of intervention and
    This process will be repeated until the             discussion of final results of the study.
framework is sufficiently validated.                    Furthermore, cross-departmental sessions
    Any problems experienced, or points for          will be held to share progress and new insights
improvement during iterations, will be dealt         with Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) at
with before moving on to the next iteration.         TU Delft. Lastly, workshops will be provided
Additional iterations will be added if it is found   to other PhD candidates on lessons learned
that three iterations are insufficient to draw       during the research process.
strong conclusions, or if an iteration has failed
for some reason or another.
    By combining qualitative and quantitative        6. Conclusion
data, a holistic view of the feasibility, impact,
sustainability, and dissemination of innovations        This study will attempt to conceptualize the
that are guided by the evaluation framework          process and evaluation of innovation needed to
can be captured. As explained, this will be          meet the demand of industry and society. This
conducted in iterations, with moments for            conceptualization will serve project leaders of
reflection for improvement in-between phases.        innovation initiatives both bilaterally and
                                                     during the planning and evaluation phases of
                                                     their innovation initiatives.
4. Ethical considerations and data                      By providing the right support, tools and
   management                                        processes in place for planning and evaluating
                                                     innovation, educators and teaching teams will
    The research will not impact on human            be more equipped to implement feasible,
subjects and there is no foreseen conflict of        sustainable and meaningful educational change
interest or risk involved. A detailed data           that will enable us to train holistically educated
management plan will be drawn up in                  engineers.
consultation with a TU Delft Data Steward. The
data management plan will detail how the data        7. Acknowledgements
will be indexed and made accessible, and
reusable. All data collected during this research
                                                        The research initiative is funded by the 4TU
initiative will be stored on a password protected
                                                     Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) and
database on the TU Delft server, as well as the
                                                     will be conducted in collaboration with Marcus
4TU.ResearchData2 repository for scientific
                                                     Specht as Supervisor and Remon Rooij as
research data in the Netherlands.
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