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Johannes M. Strobel

Executive Director
Hopper Dean Center for Excellence in K-12 CS Education

Professor
Teacher Education

Office Building: Education Building
Office Room: 411
Phone:
Email: jmstrobel@utep.edu

Bio

Humanistic STEM + Computer Science, Empathy, Defiance, Online Teacher Professional Development, Engineering Education, Computer Science Education, Learning Engineering, Learning Sciences, Religion and Science, SNA, Mixed Methods, Systematic Review, Meta-synthesis

Awards and Honors

IEEE Senior Member - IEEE (09/01/2023)
Outstanding Educator, IEEE, St. Louis section - IEEE St. Louis Section (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Forrest Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies - University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Member, Committee, Implementing Engineering in K-12 - National Academy of Engineering, USA (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
Science Educator of the Year - Academy of Science of St. Louis, USA. (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
STEM Excellence Award - International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
Seed for Success - Purdue University (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Faculty Team Award - Purdue University (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
INSPIRE Team Award - Inaugural Synergy Summit 2010, Square One Education Network (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
Cochran Award - Association of Educational Communication and Technology (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)

Education

Ph D in Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, Columbia (2004)
M.Ed in Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, Columbia (2002)
BS in Zwischenprüfung: Informationswissenschaft (Information Science), Saarland University (1999)
BA in Zwischenprüfung: Roman Catholic Theology, Saarland University (1998)
BAcc in Philosophy, Munich School of Philosophy (1998)

Publications

Exploring AI Bots as Simulators in Human Subject Research: A Novel Approach to Ethical and Efficient Experimentation in Engineering Education Research. Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, D.C., October 13 – 16. (2024), Johannes M. Strobel, Medina U. Mara, Maartje E. Van Den Bogaard, Emmanuel P. Sepulveda Guzman.
Intellectual Humility, Empathy, and Resistance to Change among Science and Engineering Students. Annual Conference of European Society of Engineering Education (SEFI). Lausanne, CH, September 2-5, 2024 (2024), Johannes M. Strobel, Emmanuel P. Sepulveda Guzman, Maartje E. Van Den Bogaard, Mara U. Medina.
Developing and Piloting an Approach to Evaluate Educational Innovation at Course Level IEEE EDUCON Conference, Kos, Greece, May 8-12, 2024 (2024), Erna Engelbrecht, Remon Rooij, Marcus Specht, Johannes M. Strobel.
Future Prospects of Technology Education 4 (2024), Johannes M. Strobel.
“Troublemakers” An Exploratory Study on Teachers’ Perception in Relation to STEM. Waxmann Publisher (2024), Johannes M. Strobel.
WORKPLACE SPACES AS LEARNING SPACES - ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH THE CO-OP 2023 Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) (2023), Maartje E. Van Den Bogaard, Johannes M. Strobel.
Transversal skills across the world: the design and implementation of teaching transversal skills education engineering. ASEE Annual Conference Jun 24-29 Baltimore MD (2023), Maartje E. Van Den Bogaard, Zach Simpson, Johannes M. Strobel, Ibrahim Yeter, Jeff Radloff, Moses Olayemi.
Theatre-based creativity activities for the development of entrepreneurial mindsets in engineering Springer International (2023), Joshua Saboorizadeh, Hao He, Suzanne Burgoyne, Ferris Pfeiffer, Heather Hunt, Johannes M. Strobel.
Faculty conceptions of tensions in PBL implementation in early undergraduate engineering education International Journal of Engineering Education. 39 1 (2023), Angela van Barneveld, Johannes M. Strobel.
Exploring lived experiences of agile developers with daily stand-up meetings: a phenomenological study, Behaviour & Information Technology 42 4 (2023), Kanupriya Singh, Johannes Strobel.
Engineers’ Perceptions of the Importance of Empathy and Care: Initial Insights from Engineers Practicing in Australia. 2022 Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) (2022), Melissa Marinelli, Sally Male, Elaine Chapman, Johannes Strobel.
International contextual reliability of the Empathy and Care Questionnaire: the Australian context Proceedings of AAEE 2022 Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia (2022), Melissa Marinelli, Sally Male, Elaine Chapman, Johannes M. Strobel.
A literature overview of differences between engineering education and other disciplinary education (2021), Johannes M. Strobel.

Presentations

Methodological Requirements for Engineering Education Research (2024), Volume Hubbali, India, Johannes M. Strobel.
Future Trends of Engineering Education Research (2023), Johannes M. Strobel.
Beyond Empathy – On the Search for What Drives People’s Actions and Beliefs. (2023), Volume online, Johannes M. Strobel.

Grants

Planning: Machine Learning in Transportation: Enhancing STEM Education and Research Capacity at The University of Texas at El Paso
Paso del Norte Texas Computer Science Teaching Fellows

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	TED 4350 - Educational Workshop	17597
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	15318
Summer 2025	TED 4350 - Educational Workshop	33900
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	30936

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	TED 4350 - Educational Workshop	17597
Fall 2024	TED 6397 - Doc Prop Writing Seminar	18218
Fall 2024	TED 6395 - Independent Grad Studies	18258
Fall 2024	EDT 5372 - Web Tools for Construct Clsrm	11975	Syllabus
Spring 2024	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	28276
Fall 2023	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	17887

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	EDT 5372 - Web Tools for Construct Clsrm	11975	Evaluation

Bio

Awards and Honors

IEEE Senior Member - IEEE (09/01/2023)
Outstanding Educator, IEEE, St. Louis section - IEEE St. Louis Section (01/01/2021-12/31/2021)
Forrest Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies - University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Member, Committee, Implementing Engineering in K-12 - National Academy of Engineering, USA (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
Science Educator of the Year - Academy of Science of St. Louis, USA. (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
STEM Excellence Award - International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
Seed for Success - Purdue University (01/01/2012-12/31/2012)
Faculty Team Award - Purdue University (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
INSPIRE Team Award - Inaugural Synergy Summit 2010, Square One Education Network (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
Cochran Award - Association of Educational Communication and Technology (01/01/2004-12/31/2004)

Ph D in Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, Columbia (2004)
M.Ed in Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, Columbia (2002)
BS in Zwischenprüfung: Informationswissenschaft (Information Science), Saarland University (1999)
BA in Zwischenprüfung: Roman Catholic Theology, Saarland University (1998)
BAcc in Philosophy, Munich School of Philosophy (1998)

Publications

Exploring AI Bots as Simulators in Human Subject Research: A Novel Approach to Ethical and Efficient Experimentation in Engineering Education Research. Frontiers in Education Conference, Washington, D.C., October 13 – 16. (2024), Johannes M. Strobel, Medina U. Mara, Maartje E. Van Den Bogaard, Emmanuel P. Sepulveda Guzman.
Intellectual Humility, Empathy, and Resistance to Change among Science and Engineering Students. Annual Conference of European Society of Engineering Education (SEFI). Lausanne, CH, September 2-5, 2024 (2024), Johannes M. Strobel, Emmanuel P. Sepulveda Guzman, Maartje E. Van Den Bogaard, Mara U. Medina.
Developing and Piloting an Approach to Evaluate Educational Innovation at Course Level IEEE EDUCON Conference, Kos, Greece, May 8-12, 2024 (2024), Erna Engelbrecht, Remon Rooij, Marcus Specht, Johannes M. Strobel.
Future Prospects of Technology Education 4 (2024), Johannes M. Strobel.
“Troublemakers” An Exploratory Study on Teachers’ Perception in Relation to STEM. Waxmann Publisher (2024), Johannes M. Strobel.

Presentations

Methodological Requirements for Engineering Education Research (2024), Volume Hubbali, India, Johannes M. Strobel.
Future Trends of Engineering Education Research (2023), Johannes M. Strobel.
Beyond Empathy – On the Search for What Drives People’s Actions and Beliefs. (2023), Volume online, Johannes M. Strobel.

Planning: Machine Learning in Transportation: Enhancing STEM Education and Research Capacity at The University of Texas at El Paso
Paso del Norte Texas Computer Science Teaching Fellows

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

TED 4350 - Educational Workshop

Section

17597

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

15318

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

TED 4350 - Educational Workshop

Section

33900

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

30936

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

TED 4350 - Educational Workshop

Section

17597

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

TED 6397 - Doc Prop Writing Seminar

Section

18218

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

TED 6395 - Independent Grad Studies

Section

18258

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

EDT 5372 - Web Tools for Construct Clsrm

Section

11975

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

28276

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

17887

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

EDT 5372 - Web Tools for Construct Clsrm

Section

11975

Evaluation

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