Case studies
Iron Range Engineering, US
DATE APPROVED:
September 2021
Part A. Best Practice Activity
Design Project
The 16-week Design Project forms the spine around which the curriculum is build, connecting with almost all other courses and activities.
Part B. Institutional Context
Lessons learnt from emergency teaching
Beyond emergency teaching, greater emphasis will be placed on student resilience and well-being, with new opportunities for fully remote learning.
UCL, UK
DATE APPROVED:
July 2021
Part A. Best Practice Activity
Mathematical Modelling and Analysis
This first-year mathematics module helps to build student engagement through contextualising their learning in authentic scenarios.
Part B. Institutional Context
Lessons learnt from emergency teaching
A major focus for UCL Engineering’s pivot to emergency teaching was establishing a suitable environment for effective online team-working.
MIT, USA
DATE APPROVED:
April 2021
Part A. Best Practice Activity
Design Challenge One
Design Challenge One builds peer-learning and connectivity amongst students that have not met before face-to-face.
Part B. Institutional Context
Lessons learnt from emergency teaching
Hands-on, experiential learning has been a major priority at MIT during the period of emergency teaching.
Aalborg University, Denmark
DATE APPROVED:
March 2021
Part A. Best Practice Activity
Giraf Project
The full cohort of 60 students must self-organise and work together to develop an app for autistic children.
Part B. Institutional Context
Lessons learnt from emergency teaching
A major focus is to progressively expose students to projects of increasing complexity and interdisciplinarity.
SUTD, Singapore
DATE APPROVED:
March 2021
Part A. Best Practice Activity
Virtual Ideation Challenge
Students worked with clinicians to develop technological solutions facing Singapore’s fight against COVID-19.
Part B. Institutional Context
Lessons learnt from emergency teaching
SUTD’s education is design-centred and hands-on with an emerging emphasis on personalised learning.
PUC, Chile
DATE APPROVED:
December 2020
Part A. Best Practice Activity
Engineering Challenges
Engineering Challenges calls upon students to develop technological solutions to key challenges facing Chile.
Part B. Institutional Context
Lessons learnt from emergency teaching
The experience of emergency teaching at PUC has increased the emphasis placed on ‘care’ for the students.
