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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Digital WPI Interactive Qualifying Projects (All Years) Interactive Qualifying Projects April 2019 Extending the Impact of Technovation on Armenian School Girls Alyssa Marie Mesaros Worcester Polytechnic Institute Brianna Nicole Owen Worcester Polytechnic Institute Justin Cheng Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lucas Sacherer Worcester Polytechnic Institute Follow this and additional works at: hps://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/iqp-all is Unrestricted is brought to you for free and open access by the Interactive Qualifying Projects at Digital WPI. It has been accepted for inclusion in Interactive Qualifying Projects (All Years) by an authorized administrator of Digital WPI. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Repository Citation Mesaros, A. M., Owen, B. N., Cheng, J., & Sacherer, L. (2019). Extending the Impact of Technovation on Armenian School Girls. Retrieved from hps://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/iqp-all/5445
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Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDigital WPI
Interactive Qualifying Projects (All Years) Interactive Qualifying Projects
April 2019
Extending the Impact of Technovation onArmenian School GirlsAlyssa Marie MesarosWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Brianna Nicole OwenWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Justin ChengWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Lucas SachererWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/iqp-all
This Unrestricted is brought to you for free and open access by the Interactive Qualifying Projects at Digital WPI. It has been accepted for inclusion inInteractive Qualifying Projects (All Years) by an authorized administrator of Digital WPI. For more information, please contact [email protected].
Repository CitationMesaros, A. M., Owen, B. N., Cheng, J., & Sacherer, L. (2019). Extending the Impact of Technovation on Armenian School Girls.Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/iqp-all/5445
Extending the Impact of Technovation on Armenian School Girls
The Technovation Project Team: Justin Cheng, Alyssa Mesaros, Brianna Owen, Lucas Sacherer
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The STEM gender disparity is prevalent around the world
16.7% of
specialists in
ICT are women. -European Data
Journalism
1 in 7
engineers is
female.-US Department
of Commerce 19% of engineers
in Canada,
Germany, and the
US are women.-UNESCO
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The gender gap persists in Armenia’s ICT sector
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Technovation provides an opportunity to fill an unmet need in
Armenia’s tech education
Business
Coding
Public Speaking
Teamwork
Project WorkArmenian
Language
History
Science
Math
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Technovation Armenia has made great progress since its
introduction
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Continued engagement is vital to the program’s success
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Identify opportunities to further motivate and support
the Technovation girls to continue the development of
their personal, professional, and technical skills
To address this issue, the team was tasked to...
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Approach & Methods
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Validate and Revise
Create Recommendations
Survey Past Participants
Interviews
Identify Post-Program
Opportunities
InterviewsLiterature Research
Identify Best Practices
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Investigation of Technovation Armenia and Other Organizations
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Technovation Armenia Participant Research
Survey Past Participants
Interviews
Identify Post-Program
Opportunities
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In our investigation we made contact with...
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Best Practices from Other Programs & Technovation Branches
InterviewsLiterature Research
Identify Best Practices
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In our investigation we made contact with...
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Validate and Revise
Create Recommendations
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Synthesis and Validation of Recommendations and
Implementation Plans
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Findings & Recommendations
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The sudden growth of Technovation Armenia has led the
program to experience typical growing pains
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Recommended Organizational Structure
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Customized maturity model for Technovation Armenia
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CoP
Mod
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N: Narine
M: Mentor
Mod: Moderator
CoP: Community of Practice
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A Mentor Community of Practice will reduce high administrative workload and foster mentor growth
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Connecting professionals with the teams through an ideation program will enhance the Technovation experience
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Fill out FormMatch with
Professional1 on 1 Feedback
Improved Personal and Professional
Skills
Improved Projects
Build Network
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Online Instructional
Materials
Networking &
Conference Events
Similar Programs/
Competitions
Incubators
A centralized resource pool will provide all participants with the same opportunities and resources for continuation
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Workshop
A Networking Workshop will provide the skills to expand the
networks of the Technovation Armenia community
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Alumni Facebook Group
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Alumni Panels 2
Fundraising Eventsand Campaigns
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The Alumni Facebook group will provide Technovation with the foundation to build their alumni community
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Pre-Technovation
Survey
Program Start
Post-
Technovation
Survey
Program End
Follow-up
Survey
Evaluating the performance of Technovation will allow for continuous program improvement
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A pilot program could introduce Active Learning to the weekly classes in 2020
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Instructor Availability
Round TablesPeer
Collaboration
Practice Exercises
A pilot program could introduce Active Learning to the weekly classes in 2020
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A cost-impact chart was created to organize our
implementations
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Mentor CoP
Alumni Society
SurveyIdeation Program
Resource Pool
Networking Workshop
ImpactHigh Medium Low
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Survey
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A cost-impact chart was created to organize our
implementations
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A resource and funding prospectus was provided to our
sponsor
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Alumni Community
Ideation Consultations
Resource Strategy
Resource Pool
Continuous Evaluations
Mentor CoPActive
Learning
Organizational Structure
Ecosystem
The combination of the following recommendations will form the desired “Technovation Ecosystem”
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Our Acknowledgements
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Professor Holly Ault
Professor Michael Aghajanian
Professor Paula Quinn
Suzanna Sontgerath
Katherine Chen
Narine Abazian
Ani Manukyan
Ruzanna Stepanyan
2017 and 2018 Past Participants
2019 Participation
Katie Morton
Iridescent
International Regional Ambassadors
Smart Gate VC
United Armenian Volunteer League
Embry Tech
Hero House
American University of Armenia
Birthright
Armenian Volunteer Corps
Yerevan State University
UEICT
AGBU
TUMO
