Full & WIP Paper Guidelines

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Full & WIP Paper Guidelines

The anticipated audience for FIE represents a broad spectrum of backgrounds. Attendees cover all disciplines relating to engineering and computing education and come from a variety of institutions and organizations worldwide. Typical interests range from educational research to extending promising results into practice. Attendees can learn about emerging research findings, educational innovations, and implementation of research and think about how this work might be applied in their own context. 

Paper Format

Papers should adhere to the required IEEE  format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html) for the conference. Templates are available on the IEEE conference website.

General Paper Guidelines

You can categorize your papers as follows:

  1. Innovative Practice (Scholarship of Application)
  2. Research-to-Practice (Scholarship of Application/Integration)
  3. Research (Scholarship of Discovery)

Additional IEEE Transactions on Education definitions for these categories are available here: https://ieee-edusociety.org/general/toe-author-resources/
These categories influence the overall structure and contents of the submitted work. Below is a description of the expected content for each paper category.

Fast Track to IEEE Transactions on Education (ToE) Journal: All submitted WIP papers will be considered for invitation to a special issue IEEE ToE. To be eligible, the WIP must be extendable to a full journal article and include a research question, detailed methodology (data collection and analysis), and results. If authors have additional questions or are interested in having their WIP considered, please contact Joshua Nwokeji at nwokeji001@gannon.edu

*Please indicate the paper category (Innovative Practice, Research-to-Practice, or Research) and track (Full Paper or Work in Progress) when submitting on the paper submission platform.

*Please note that one author from each paper is expected to register for and participate in the full conference.

WIP and Full Papers 

While the general guidelines will be similar between work-in-progress (WIP) and full papers, WIP papers are shorter in length (5 pages total including references and any appedix pages) and are expected to be ongoing projects, pilot programs, or the like. They are expected to report preliminary results. Full papers are expected to be up to 9 pages including references and any appendix pages. When submitting a WIP, “WIP should be the included in the paper title, e.g., “WIP: rest of title.”

*Please specify the paper track (WIP or Full paper) on the paper submission platform.

1. Innovative Practice Category (Scholarship of Application)

The innovative practice category is for scholarly proposals of reflective or novel practice in the area of engineering and/or computing education. Papers should be well situated in prior literature on teaching and learning and outline an innovation of value and interest to engineering and/or computing educators. Additional examples and descriptions of Scholarship of Application are available here: ​​https://ieee-edusociety.org/toe-scholarship-application.

Abstracts: Innovative Practice Abstracts should be 300-500 words and clearly present the paper’s relevance to engineering and/or computing education and how the work is innovative YOU MUST INCLUDE THE PAPER TRACK AND CATEGORY YOU ARE PROPOSING IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR ABSTRACT (e.g., “This work in progress innovative practice paper describes a … ”, “This innovative practice paper paper describes … ”).

Each abstract must briefly state the paper’s specific contribution to the innovative practice of engineering and/or computing education. Contributions may be made in various forms and should include (a) a description of what is unique about the innovative practice, (b) how the innovative practice differs from and builds on previous practice as documented in the literature, and (c) new ideas that conference participants would take away from this paper. The abstract should describe the setting for the innovative practice in the broad context of engineering and/or computing education, (not necessarily the particular institutional context), the motivations for the innovative practice, and any assessment results or other support to evaluate the effectiveness of the innovative practice.

The abstract needs to include at least three keywords selected from the engineering education taxonomy (http://taxonomy.engin.umich.edu/taxonomy/). In addition, authors should specify if the paper will be in the “Full” or WIP paper track and define one topic area on the paper submission platform.

Paper Drafts: Innovative practice full or WIP papers should describe in detail the innovative practice and the context within which it is being applied. The paper should include a description of what is unique about the innovative practice, how the innovative practice differs from and builds on previous practice as documented in the literature, and new ideas that conference participants would take away from this paper. Additionally, any assessment results or relevant literature to evaluate or support the effectiveness of the innovation should be included. Authors should discuss any limitations on the transferability of the practice.

Paper Evaluation Rubrics:

2. Research-to-Practice Category (Scholarship of Application/Integration)

The research-to-practice category is for scholarly papers that describe the implementation of research in engineering and/or computing education to educational practice. Papers should be well situated in engineering and/or computing education research, connect to relevant theoretical framework(s) of teaching and learning, and apply the research and theoretical frameworks to the practice of engineering and/or computing education. For more information on this category, please refer to Boyer’s Model and IEEE Transactions on Education: https://ieee-edusociety.org/toe-scholarship-application.

Abstracts: Research-to-Practice Abstracts should be 300-500 words and clearly present the research in engineering and/or computing education and the theoretical framework(s) of teaching and learning being applied and how the research and theoretical framework have been implemented into the practice of engineering and/or computing education. YOU MUST INCLUDE THE PAPER TRACK AND CATEGORY YOU ARE PROPOSING IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR ABSTRACT (e.g., “This work in progress research-to-practice paper describes a … ”, “This research-to-practice paper describes … ”). Each abstract must briefly state the specific contribution of the paper towards illustrating how engineering and/or computing education research informs educational practice. Contributions may be made in various forms, but they should describe the setting for the practice in the broad context of engineering and/or computing education, (not necessarily the particular institutional context), motivations for the practice, research and theoretical framework(s) that supported the practice, and assessment results obtained.

The abstract needs to include at least three keywords selected from the engineering education taxonomy (http://taxonomy.engin.umich.edu/taxonomy/). In addition, authors should specify if the paper will be in the “Full” or “WIP” paper track and define one topic area on the paper submission platform.

Paper Drafts: Full or WIP papers should cover the research-to-practice study in more detail, situating it in the context of relevant literature. To be accepted, papers in this category are expected to describe how the existing body of knowledge in pedagogy can be applied to design and implement educational activities in computing and engineering education as well as other fields of interest within FIE. Papers submitted to this category should clearly describe the research being applied, it’s appropriateness in the intended context, and the resulting outcomes, including data collection and analysis as appropriate.

Paper Evaluation Rubrics:

3. Research Category (Scholarship of Discovery)

The research category is for scholarly papers that outline contributions to research in the area of engineering and/or computing education. Papers should be well situated in relevant literature, outline the research approach (e.g., theoretical perspective, data collection methods, and analysis approaches), and describe the study findings. Additional examples and descriptions of Scholarship of Discovery are available here: https://ieee-edusociety.org/toe-scholarship-discovery

Abstracts: Research Abstracts should be 300-500 words and should clearly present the paper’s research contribution and its relevance to engineering and/or computing education. YOU MUST INCLUDE THE PAPER TRACK AND CATEGORY YOU ARE PROPOSING IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR ABSTRACT (e.g., “This work in progress research paper describes a … ”, “This research paper describes … ”). Each abstract must state the specific research contribution of the paper. Contributions may be made in various forms, and should include the research questions addressed, methods used, results found, and a description of how the results are built  on prior research. Abstracts must provide a summary of the research contribution/expected results and brief statement of the implications for educational practice with a focus on action.

The abstract needs to include at least three keywords selected from the engineering education taxonomy (http://taxonomy.engin.umich.edu/taxonomy/). In addition, authors should specify if the paper will be in the “Full” or WIP paper track and define one topic area on the paper submission platform.

Papers: Full or WIP papers should cover the research study in detail, situating it in the context of relevant literature. The paper should discuss the relevance of the work, the guiding theoretical framework, the research question(s) addressed, the methods and analysis used, results, interpretation of findings in light of the context of the study, and conclusions or implications. Any potential limitations in the design of the study should also be addressed.

Research Paper Evaluation Rubrics:  

  • View the RESEARCH REVIEW CRITERIA (pdf, 60 kB) for Abstracts
  • View the RESEARCH REVIEW CRITERIA (pdf, 60 kB) for Full Papers
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