Engineering Design Education: Effect of Mode of Delivery

• Main Authors: Kinda Khalaf, Shadi Balawi, George W. Hitt, Mohammad A.M. Siddiqi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) 2013-03-01
• Series: International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)
• Subjects: Design Cycle; Design Thinking; Engineering Design Education; Mode of Delivery; Modulated PBL; PBL
• Online Access: http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/2447

This work reports on the gradual transformation from traditional teaching to student-centered, pure problem-based-learning (PBL) in engineering design education. Three different PBL-based modes of delivery with various degrees of modulation or freedom were used in conjunction with the prescriptive design cycle. The aim is to study the effect of the mode of delivery (PBL at various degrees of integration) on engineering design education and design thinking skills, specifically on the development of expert-like attitudes toward design problem solving.