KLE Technological University

0 Number of engineering students learning in PBL: 1100

Hubballi, Karnataka, India

Prof.

How would you describe your PBL?

Project-based

What is most important to your PBL?

Product and Process

How is PBL implemented?

Central to all learning in a course

How do students acquire principles of discipline?

Engineering Exploration has the following modules: Engineering Design Process, Platform Based Development, Mechanisms, Data Acquisition and Sensing, Project Management, Ethics and Sustainability. The knowledge and skills required are delivered in Engineering Exploration Studio through active and collaborative learning practices. The module on Engineering Design focuses on the importance of engineering design process and exposes students to the phases of engineering design process. Platform based development module gives systemic view in terms of “sensing – actuation – control” and introduces students to Arduino. Sensing and Controlling concepts introduced through this module. Students start using breadboard and general purpose PCB through a set of activities designed. It is through the module on Mechanisms students get to know the mathematics and physics of mechanisms and learn how to harness mechanical power to accomplish desired tasks. Remaining modules while playing their roles bring sense of completeness to the course. The course has a project to be done by students working in team. A set of need statements are shared with students in the beginning of the semester. Students chose need statements and are guided in a structured way to carve out problem definitions. Students are expected to follow Engineering Design Process and develop PoC for the problem statement that they have carved out for the given need statement. The entire flow of the modules is aligned such that the knowledge and skills required in designing solution for the problem statement are offered to learner phase wise.

How is student learning facilitated within PBL?

A team of faculty members from multiple engineering disciplines are involved in designing the course on “Engineering Exploration” which is co-taught by the team.. The following three types of facilities created constitute the learning ecosystem of the course: Engineering Exploration Studio: This is the space where required knowledge and skills as articulated in the course outcomes are delivered to students following active and collaborative learning pedagogy.

Program Overview

Institution Type:

Private

Degree Type:

ISCED 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Program Length:

Four Years

Semesters in which PBL is Used:

Semester One/Two

Hours per week on Project:

6-10

PBL Overview

Problem structure:

Moderately structured

Formulation of problems:

Students formulate the problems for the chosen need statements following a structured approach.

Team composition selection:

Academic staff with student input

Projects assigned by:

Academic staff with student input

How is space dedicated to student teams for problem/project completion?

Space that can be reserved/shared by teams

Degree of Interdisciplinarity:

Medium

Role of instructor:

Non-expert

Unique Features

The first PBL experience for the freshman engineering students

Focuses on Engineering Problem Solving and multi-disciplinary thinking

Engineering Design Process is the core of PBL

550 students are involved and about 140 projects are done by student teams

Introduction of Agile practices

Assessment Methods

Classroom Presentations

Exhibition/Demonstration

Portfolio

How assessment is implemented :

Mixture of individual and group assessment

Publications

Kaushik M, Preethi Baligar, Gopalkrishna Joshi., Formulating An Engineering Design Problem: A Structured Approach. Accepted for presentation in ICTIEE-2018

Adi, R., Revankar, S. G., Joshi, G., & Kavale, S. M. (2017). Project Clinic: An Approach to Project Mentoring. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 30(3), 292-298.

Kittur, J., & Kavale, S. M. (2016). Teaching Decision Making Method in Engineering Exploration Course–An Experience. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations.

Baligar, P., & Joshi, G. (2017). Engineering Ethics: Decision Making Using Fundamental Canons. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations.

“Promoting ethical skills in first year engineering students through socially relevant experiments” . Yogesh Velankar, Gopalkrishna Joshi, Preethi Baligar. 6th Regional conference on Engineering Education, 2016