Research outputs

 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

ASSAF Mind the Gap Forum, Cape Town, South Africa. Paper presentation: Flexible pacing Oct-2010

HELTASA (Higher Education Learning & Teaching Association of South Africa), Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Panel presentation: Knowledge structures & curriculum Nov-2011

SASEE (SA Society for Engineering Education). Durban, South Africa. Workshop presentation: An Engineering Design approach to developing a curriculum using ELOs Jun-2012

ICLHE Colloquium 2, Sweden. Paper presentation (by invitation): Reservoirs & repertoires – integrating complex knowledge Jun-2012

7th International Bernstein symposium, France. Paper presentation: Complex engineering knowledge praxis Jun-2012

HELTASA (Higher Education Learning & Teaching Association of South Africa), Stellenbosch, South Africa. Paper presentation: A community-of-practice approach to multidisciplinary engineering assessment Nov-2012

SASEE (SA Society for Engineering Education), Cape Town, South Africa. Workshop presentation: How can professional engineering practice inform ethical engineering curriculum design? Jun-2013

ESRRC 2014, UWC, South Africa. Paper Presentation: A Language for the analysis of engineering problem-solving practice. Oct-2014

SASEE (SA Society for Engineering Education), Durban, South Africa. Paper Presentation: Insights into conceptual and contextual engineering problem-solving practices in the 21st century: some implications for curriculum redesign. Jun-2015

LCT 1 (Legitimation Code Theory Colloquium), Cape Town, South Africa. Paper presentation: Insights into engineering problem-solving codes and contexts Jun-2015

HELTASA (Higher Education Learning & Teaching Association of South Africa), NWU, South Africa.  Paper presentation: Rethinking the engineering curriculum to enable effective problem-solving in complex real-world contexts Nov-2015

REAL Symposium (Centre for Researching Education & Labour), Johannesburg, South Africa. Paper presentation: The relationship between theory and practice in the 21st century engineering workplace: implications for the curriculum Feb-2016

Teaching & Learning conference - Central University of Technology, Bloemfontein, South Africa. Key note: The innovative use of a problem-solving research model to support academic work Jun-2016

HELTASA (Higher Education Learning & Teaching Association of South Africa), Cape Town, South Africa. Panel: The Equity-driven curriculum change in SA - four institutional perspectives Nov-2016

IEEE EDUCON 2017, Athens, Greece. Paper presentation: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater? the role of fundamentals in 21st century engineering education Apr-2017

SASEE (SA Society for Engineering Education), Cape Town, South Africa. Paper presentation: Manufacturing sector response to technical skills shortage Jun-2017

LCT C2 (Legitimation Code Theory Colloquium), Sydney, Australia. Paper presentation: Epistemic maps and mathematical autonomy tours in engineering practice Jul-2017

SET ODL Conference, UNISA, Pretoria Invited paper presentation: Epistemic shifts in professional STEM qualifications: catering for complexity & context in ODL Jul-2017

RWL Conference, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. Paper presentation: Before & After HE: Code clashing & misrecognition  Dec-2017

IEEE EDUCON 2018, Tenerife, Spain. Paper presentation: Closing the loop in engineering educator development: Using theoretical and empirical research to inform curriculum and teaching Apr-2018

IEEE TALE 2018, Wollongong, Australia. Paper presentation: A day in the life of a systems integrator – or ‘how to improve theory-practice bridging in engineering education. Dec-2018

REES (Research in Engineering Education Symposium), Cape Town, South Africa. Paper presentations: 

• The smart engineering curriculum

• Trialling a problem-solving engineering learning environment

• Building a national engineering educator community of practice Jul-2019

LCT 3 (3rd Legitimation Code Theory Conference), Johannesburg, South Africa. Keynote Speaker: Insights to incite Jul-2019

ARUA (African Research University Alliance), Nairobi, Kenya. Invited Speaker: Insights into STEM education in Africa for the 21st century Nov-2019

WEEF & GEDC 2020 (World Engineering Education Forum & Global Engineering Deans Council), Online. Collaborative Workshop:

• Impact of Emergency Remote Teaching on Academics Nov 2020

SET ODL Conference 2021, UNISA, Online. Specialist Panel presentation: Let's talk about access: ERT & the Digital Divide. Aug 2021

WEEF & GEDC 2021 (World Engineering Education Forum & Global Engineering Deans Council), Online. Collaborative Papers (Nov 2021):

• Time for mentally healthy engineering students 

• A cumulative learning approach to building an Engineering Education Community of Practice 

REES 2021 (Research in Engineering Education Symposium), Online. Collaborative Paper:

• Student exclusion from Constructive Alignment unmasked by Covid-era teaching Dec 2021

WEEF & GEDC 2022 (World Engineering Education Forum & Global Engineering Deans Council), Cape Town. Nov 2022. Collaborative Full Paper presentations:

• Impact of Emergency Remote Teaching on postgraduate engineering learning

• Engineering Education themes in the Global North and South

• Online Forum participation before, during, and after remote learning

• Leveraging digital tools to design an integrative hybrid learning experience

• Self-efficacy in engineering design through peer review, self review, and interactive online tutorials

• Integrating virtual and laboratory practicals: Traversing the epistemic plane

SASEE 2023 (South African Society for Engineering Education), Gauteng. July 2023. Collaborative Full Paper presentations:

•  Understanding student perspectives of a hybrid, integrative approach in a theory-rich module

•  Closing the knowledge gap from conceptual to practical computer programming knowledge and skills: Activity systems of introductory computer programming courses

•  First year engineering drawings summer school: Back to basics case study

• Towards an ubuntu pedagogy: Building engineering employability skills

WEEF & GEDC 2023 (World Engineering Education Forum & Global Engineering Deans Council), Mexico. Oct 2023. Full Paper presentations:

• Using Machine Learning to Understand Assessment Practices of Capstone Projects in Engineering [Kamper, H., Niehaus, C. & Wolff, K.]  

• The Complexity of Graduate Attributes in Engineering for Industry 4.0 Contexts [Wolff, K. & Van Breda, L.]

PUBLICATIONS

• Wolff, K., & Luckett, K. (2013). Integrating multidisciplinary engineering knowledge. Teaching in Higher Education, 18(1), 78-92

• Wolff, K. (2013) ‘Reservoirs’ and ‘Repertoires’: the Epistemological and Discursive Complexities in Multidisciplinary Engineering Practice. Journal of Academic Writing (Special Edition)

• Wolff, K., & Hoffman, F. (2014). Knowledge and knowers in engineering assessment. Cristal, 2(1), 74-95. doi:10.14426/cristal.v2i1.19

• Wolff, K. (2015). Insights into conceptual and contextual engineering problem-solving practices in the 21st century: some implications for curriculum redesign. Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education (pp. 189-198). Durban: SASEE.

• Shay, S., Wolff, K., & Clarence-Fincham. J. (2016) Curriculum Reform in SA: More time for what? Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, 4(1), 74-88

• Winberg, C., Jacobs, C., & Wolff, K. (2017). Building Knowledge and Knowers in writing retreats: towards developing the field of higher education teaching and learning.South African Journal of Higher Education, 31(2), 22-39

• Wolff, K. (2017). Throwing the baby out with the bathwater? The role of fundamentals in engineering education. EDUCON Global Engineering Education Conference (pp. 111-118). Athens: IEEE.

• Gilmore, J., Wolff, K., & Bladergroen, M. (2017). The night before the test: electrical engineering student use of online resources to prepare for assessment. Proceedings of the 4th Biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education. Cape Town: SASEE.

• Potts, R., Wolff, K., & Goosen, N. (2017). Using an informal competitive practical to stimulate links between the theoretical and practical in fluid mechanics: a case study in non-assessment driven learning approaches. Education for Chemical Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2017.08.001

• Wolff, K. (2017). A language for the analysis of disciplinary boundary crossing in engineering problem-solving practice. Teaching in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1359155.

• Wolff, K. (2017). Engineering problem-solving knowledge: the impact of context. Journal of Education and Work, DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2017.1380299.

• Wolff, K. (2018). Closing the loop in engineering educator development: Using theoretical and empirical research to inform curriculum and teaching. Global Engineering Education Conference (pp. 77-85). Tenerife: IEEE.

• Auret, L., & Wolff, K. (2018). A control system framework for reflective practice. Global Engineering Education Conference (pp. 106-114). Tenerife: IEEE .

• Louw, T., & Wolff, K. (2018). Experimenting with engagement: an intervention to promote active reflection during laboratory practicals. Global Engineering Education Conference (pp. 736-743). Tenerife: IEEE.

• Tadie, M., Pott, R., Wolff, K., Goosen, N., & Van Wyk, P. (2018). Expanding 1st year problem-solving skills through unit conversions and estimations. Global Engineering Education Conference (pp. 1041-1049). Tenerife: IEEE.

• Winberg, C., Wolff, K., Adendorff, H., Bozalek, V., Conana, H., Pallitt, N., Olsson, T. & Roxå, T. (2018). Learning to teach the STEM disciplines in higher education. Teaching in Higher Education.

• Wolff, K. (2018). Theory and practice in the 21st century engineering workplace. In S. Allais, & Y. Shalem (Eds.), Knowledge Curriculum & preparation for Work. London: Sense Publishers.

• Wolff, K. (2018). Researching the engineering theory-practice divide in industrial problem solving. European Journal of Engineering Education. DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2018.1516738 

• Wolff, K., Dorfling, C. & Akdogan, G. (2018) Shifting disciplinary perspectives and perceptions of chemical engineering work in the 21st century. Education for Chemical Engineers.

• Dorfling, C., Wolff, K. & Akdogan, G. (2019) Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering. South African Journal of Higher Education.

• Wolff, K. & Booysen, M.J. (2019). The smart engineering curriculum. Proceedings of the 8th Research in Engineering Education Symposium. Cape Town: REES

• Wolff, K., Basson, A.H., Blaine, D. & Tucker, M. (2019). Building a national engineering educator community of practice. Proceedings of the 8th Research in Engineering Education Symposium. Cape Town: REES

• Wolff, K., Van Breda, L. & Rodriguez, R. (2019). Trialling a problem-solving engineering learning environment. Proceedings of the 8th Research in Engineering Education Symposium. Cape Town: REES

• Pott, R., & Wolff, K. (2019). Using Legitimation Code Theory to conceptualize learning opportunities in fluid mechanics. Fluids. MDPI: Switzerland. doi:10.3390/fluids4040203

• Winberg, C., Bramhall, M., Greenfield, D., Johnson, P., Rowlett, P., Lewis, O., ... & Wolff, K. (2020). Developing employability in engineering education: a systematic review of the literature. European Journal of Engineering Education, 45(2), 165-180. 

• Wolff, K. (2020). Enabling theory-practice bridging in engineering education. In C. Winberg, S. McKenna & K. Wilmot (Eds.), Building Knowledge in Higher Education. London: Routledge.

• Lewis, C., Wolff, K. & Bekker, B. (2021). Supporting project-based education through a community of practice: a case of postgraduate renewable energy students. World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, 19-1.

• Kruger, K., Wolff, K. & Cairncross, K. (2021). Real, virtual, or simulated: Approaches to emergency remote learning in engineering. Computer Applications in Engineering Education.  DOI: 10.1002/cae.22444. 

• Dalton, A., Wolff, K. & Bekker, B. (2021). Multidisciplinary research as a complex system. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. DOI: 10.1177/16094069211038400.

• Korsten, N., Wolff, K. & Booysen, M.J. (2021). Time for mentally healthy engineering students. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2021 Conference, Madrid. 

• Wolff, K., Blaine, D. & Lewis, C. (2021). A cumulative learning approach to developing scholarship of teaching and learning in an engineering community of practice.  Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2021 Conference, Madrid. 

• Booysen. M.J.  & Wolff, K. (2021). Exclusion from constructive alignment unmasked by emergency teaching. In Proceedings of the Research in Engineering Education Symposium, December 2021.

• Dalton, A., Wolff, K., & Bekker, B. (2022). Interdisciplinary Research as a Complicated System. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 16094069221100397. 

• Wolff, K., Kruger, K., Pott, R. & De Koker, N. (2022). Conceptual nuances of technology-supported learning in engineering. European Journal of Engineering Education. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2022.2115876

• Wolff, K. & Winberg, C. (2022). Curricula under pressure: Reclaiming practical knowledge. Teaching in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2022.2119079 

• Wolff, K. (2022). Enabling Access To Scholarly Engineering Education Practices. In G. Young (Ed.), Academic development and its practitioners (pp. 209-229). SUN Press.

• Walton, J. & Wolff, K. (2022). Extending Shay’s double truth: toward a nuanced view of subjectivity and objectivity in assessment practices. Teaching in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2022.2121159

• Korsten, N., Goosen, N., Pott, R. & Wolff, K. (2022). Impact of Emergency Remote Teaching on postgraduate engineering learning. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2022 Conference, Cape Town. 

• Wolff, K., Dalton, A., Blaine, D., Viljoen, C. & Basson, A. (2022). Engineering Education themes in the Global North and South. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2022 Conference, Cape Town.

• Venter, M. & Wolff, K. (2022). Online Forum participation before, during, and after remote learning. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2022 Conference, Cape Town.

• van Rooyen, M., Blaine, D. & Wolff, K. (2022). Leveraging digital tools to design an integrative hybrid learning experience. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2022 Conference, Cape Town.

• Booysen, M.J., Coetzer, K. & Wolff, K. (2022). Self-efficacy in engineering design through peer review, self review, and interactive online tutorials. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2022 Conference, Cape Town.

• Kruger, K. & Wolff, K. (2022). Enabling epistemic transitions by integrating virtual and physical laboratory experiments. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2022 Conference, Cape Town.

• Matemba, E., Smith, L., Wolff, K., Inglis, H., Mogashana, D., Fouché, L., Gwynne-Evans, A., Campbell, A.L., Kwuimy, C., Nassar, S., Magara, I., Kloot, B., Hattingh, T., Raji, A., Musa, T. and Nyamapfene, A. Reflecting on a community of practice for engineering education research capacity in Africa: Where are we and where are we going? Special Issue in the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education on "Engineering Education Research Capability Development." https://doi.org/10.1080/22054952.2023.2233340 

• Blaine, D., Fussenecker, C., Niemann, J., Wolff, K. (2023). Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Improve Engineering Education?—A South African-German Perspective. In: von Leipzig, K., Sacks, N., Mc Clelland, M. (eds) Smart, Sustainable Manufacturing in an Ever-Changing World. Lecture Notes in Production Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15602-1_25

• Neaves, M., Blaine, D. & Wolff, K. (2023). Understanding student perspectives of a hybrid, integrative approach in a theory-rich module. Proceedings of the 6th biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education. Gauteng, SASEE.

• Nyembe, W., Wolmarans, N. & Wolff, K. (2023). Closing the knowledge gap from conceptual to practical computer programming knowledge and skills: Activity systems of introductory computer programming courses. Proceedings of the 6th biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education. Gauteng, SASEE.

• Schreve, K. & Wolff, K. (2023). First year engineering drawings summer school: Back to basics case study. Proceedings of the 6th biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education. Gauteng, SASEE.

• Wolff, K., Basson, A., Basson, C., Gerber, F., Kumar, V., Abejide, S., Ngodwana, K., Dalldorf, T., Wimpenny, K. & Aslam, F. (2023). Towards an ubuntu pedagogy: Building engineering employability skills. Proceedings of the 6th biennial Conference of the South African Society for Engineering Education. Gauteng, SASEE.

• Kamper, H., Niehaus, C. & Wolff, K. (2023) Using Machine Learning to Understand Assessment Practices of Capstone Projects in Engineering. Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2023 Conference. Mexico.

• Wolff, K. & Van Breda, L. (2023). The Complexity of Graduate Attributes in Engineering for Industry 4.0 Contexts.  Proceedings of the WEEF-GEDC 2023 Conference. Mexico.

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