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Hands-on engineering courses in the COVID-19 pandemic: adapting medical device design for remote learning.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the status quo of engineering education, especially in highly interactive, hands-on design classes. Here, we present an example of how we effectively adjusted an intensive hands-on, group project-based engineering course, Medical Device Design & Innovation, to a remote learning curriculum. We first describe the modifications we made. Drawing from student pre and post feedback surveys and our observations, we conclude that our adaptations were overall successful. Our experience may guide educators who are transitioning their engineering design courses to remote learning.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788547 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hands-on engineering courses in the COVID-19 pandemic: adapting medical device design for remote learning.

Liu Yanning Y Vijay Aishwarya A Tommasini Steven M SM Wiznia Daniel D

Physical and engineering sciences in medicine 20210107 1

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the status quo of engineering education, especially in highly interactive, hands-on design classes. Here, we present an example of how we effectively adjusted an intensive hands-on, group project-based engineering course, Medical Device Design & Innovation, to a remote learning curriculum. We first describe the modifications we made. Drawing from student pre and post feedback surveys and our observations, we conclude that our adaptations were overall successf ...[more]

PMID: 33411322

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