EVENTS
NETI-1 Design and Student Engagement
January 5-7, 2026
Join facilitators Drs. Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Michael Prince, Bucknell; and Matthew Ohland, Purdue University for this foundational workshop offered since 1991! Previous NETI programs have reached over 3000 participants from more than 365 different schools.
Participants will include up to 60 faculty members from all branches of engineering, engineering technology, and other STEM areas. Faculty at all levels of experience benefit from our content and are equipped to increase student learning and become teaching leaders on their campuses.
Registration is $1275 per person which includes organization and presentation costs, participant notebooks, lunches and breaks and a copy of Felder & Brent's Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide.
Topics in this workshop include...
Increasing student motivation
Crafting useful learning outcomes
Developing effective assessment techniques
Designing engaging active learning strategies
Promoting an inclusive environment
Using inquiry-based teaching strategies
Addressing common problems encountered early in academic careers
Send three registrants from the same institution, get the fourth FREE!
Contact Emily Ohland, workshop administrator, at neti.workshops@gmail.com for details.
Dr. Susan Lord is the recipient of more than ten teaching and diversity promotion awards including several from IEEE, ASEE and USD. She has given more than 100 workshops in the last 20+ years and has received awards for workshops from Frontiers in Education. She has 250+ journal and conference publications in her research areas of Student pathways in engineering; Sociotechnical nature of engineering; Culturally sustaining Pedagogies; Lifelong Learning; Student veterans in engineering and Institutional change in engineering education. Her leadership in the research and application of these concepts was featured in the Society of Women in Engineering Magazine.
Dr. Matthew Ohland has received five significant teaching awards in Engineering Education. He has given over 150 workshops over the last 20+ years and has received awards for his workshops from Frontiers in Education and Academy of Management. Matt has over 300 journal and conference publications in his research areas of research-based instructional practices (student-centered active learning), forming and managing teams, and student pathways. He has received 11 best paper awards and the CATME system, developed under his leadership, has reached over 2.1 million students worldwide in all disciplines and at all levels of education. He was inducted into the ASEE Hall of Fame in 2024.
Dr. Michael Prince is an ASEE and Bucknell teaching award recipient. He has conducted over 200 workshops in the last 25 years and has published over 200 Journal articles and conference papers in the areas of research-based instructional practices and promoting change. His leadership in the area of faculty development in engineering education is well known and he is the proud author of the most cited Journal of Engineering Education publication in recent years. Mike is one of the most visible and active leaders in faculty development and is especially well known in the area of active learning where he has written or co-written some of the key research summaries of active learning strategies and their effectiveness in STEM education.
We look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions, please contact:
Emily Ohland,
Workshop Administrator
neti.workshops@gmail.com