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While I believe that Case-Based or Problem-Based learning can be a valuable way to engage students in the classroom, it also seems that there are some challenges that instructors must be prepared to navigate if they intend to implement this learning style. My initial reaction to some of the readings was to wonder how peopleContinue reading “Case-Based Pedagogy”

 By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45639990Many of the readings for this week’s topic, case-based and problem-based learning, suggested that instructors take their introduction into using case-based learni…

As we begin to study case, problem, and project-based learning (PBL), I can’t help but reminisce about my freshman year at VT. All Engineering freshmen enter under a generic major, “General Engineering,” and must pass a sequence of freshman-level courses to declare a specific major such as mechanical or electrical engineering. Two courses in the … Continue reading Reflections on My Freshman Engineering Course and PBL

Implementing active learning has proven that it has a positive impact on student engagement and learning. Reading about the benefit of th…

Problem-Based Learning is at a very important position, especially in Engineering programs. In this blog, I am going to talk about a Senior Project course at my former department (Industrial Engineering) to draw the importance of factors that are impacting the success of the course. I was on the committee of that course for three […]

One critique I frequently hear about higher education and engineering is that it’s not like the real world. Rarely in industry will students ever have to write 10 page papers or solve problems from start to finish. The real world is not packaged neatly for us when we try to solve a problem so it’sContinue reading “Bringing Real World Context into Engineering”

This week’s readings on project-based learning and case-based learning sparked a lot of interest in how I want to teach one day as a full professor or graduate student in charge of organizing my class content. I believe that problem-based learning objectives help students contextualize their learning into long-term application that can help prepare ourContinue reading “Long-Term Study Abroad as PBL”

My closest experience to a case-based class was a graduate class at Virginia Tech on Decision Analysis. It was more of a flipped course in which we had to prepare for the material and were handed a related challenging problem … Continue reading →

Implementing active learning has proven that it has a positive impact on student engagement and learning. Reading about the benefit of the Problem-Based Learning approach has assured me of what school of architecture has given me. The cased/problem-based pedagogy is driven by challenging, open-ended problems of multiple right answers designed on making students work as …

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Case-Base Learning (CBL) and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) are pedagogical methodologies that challenge students to apply learned topics into a practical case that needs to be solved from a reality perspective. Without knowing much about these methodologies, I have been part of courses that apply this engineering education approach at Virginia Tech both as a studentContinue reading “Case-Based and Problem-Based Learning Experiences and Perspectives”