Ten Years of Enhancing Engineering Education With Case Studies: Insights, Lessons and Results From a Design Chair

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A “Lattice” Approach to Design Education: Bringing Real and Integrated Design Experience to the Classroom through Engineering Design Days

“…While all students at the University of Waterloo were taking advantage of the co-op program to gain practical experience in industry, that practical experience remained firmly outside the classroom and was not systematically integrated with the academic curriculum. Taking advantage of the distinct opportunities that the co-op program offered, the WCDE took the approach of exposing students to the complexities of real-life engineering practice through the creation of case studies that were co-written by students based on their specific co-op experiences (Lambert, Newton, & Effa, 2016). In addition to creating a significant database of engineering design cases, in its ten years WCDE also supported instructors in bringing these cases to the classroom through development of teaching resources, including presentations and other multimedia materials and case-teaching workshops.…”

Using Motivation Theory to Inform Engineering Course Design

“…Case Studies, Real-World Labs, Service Learning [26], [32], [15], [17], [28], [34], [31], [35] Course Delivery [26], [27], [29], [36], [37], [30], [33], [38], [39] Assessment [13], [16], [40], [41], [22], [42], [23], [43], [44] Theory Based or Survey Results [11], [45], [46], [47], [10], [19], [48], [1], [39], [49], [24], [25], [50], [51], [52] Out-of-class activities [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58] While there have been many successful interventions that improved student motivation discussed in the CEEA 2010-2018 proceedings, the relevant motivation theory behind each intervention is often missing. Understanding motivation theory may not be necessary ...…”