Prompting by COVID-19 to Rethink the Purpose of Engineering Laboratory Education -- Develop Practical Competence to Solve Real-World Problems

Autor/inn/en	Leung, Siu Ling; Hargrove, Brianne A.; Marsh, Eric R.; Gregg, Andrea R.; Thole, Karen A.
Titel	Prompting by COVID-19 to Rethink the Purpose of Engineering Laboratory Education -- Develop Practical Competence to Solve Real-World Problems
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 8 (2020) 4, (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Change; Engineering Education; Laboratory Training; Laboratory Experiments; Problem Solving; Critical Thinking; Data Analysis; Distance Education; Online Courses; Problem Based Learning; Undergraduate Students; Computer Assisted Instruction; Electronic Learning; Role of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Ingenieurausbildung; Laborkunde; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Problemlösen; Kritisches Denken; Auswertung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	Today's engineering laboratory education often lacks opportunities for students to practice critical thinking through real-world problems. This particular objective is even harder to achieve through online laboratory experiments. In this article, we summarize our innovation in using a real-world challenge, analyze big data, to empower student data analysis skills in remote teaching platform. This approach allows students to collect data, analyze, and evaluate possible solutions continuously through hands-on experimentation with accessible resources around them. Compared to the video-recorded lab, our method achieves a higher level of learning in Bloom's taxonomy. To further improve our approach, we summarize our lesson learned from transferring six different engineering laboratory courses online, in response to the COVID-19. A thriving 21st-century learning environment has to embrace agility, create flexibility, adapt to technology, and support virtual team collaborations. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01