Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ona Egbue, University of South Carolina, Upstate

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

do not equip students with the soft skills including communication and collaborativeskills required to face the multi-faceted challenges in the 21st century engineering workforce.There is clearly a need to use active learning methods that promote student learning, engagementand the development of critical skillsThis study describes changes to an engineering economic course aimed at increasing studentengagement by incorporating proven active learning strategies such as project-based andproblem-based learning strategies. This was accomplished by flipping some parts of the courseand spending more class time on discussions, intensive team work and group projects. The planwas to completely flip the course over time so that fundamental concepts