Conference Session

Incorporating the Community into the Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Owen J. Meehl, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

, both abbreviated as PBL, originatedin medical education (Burrows and Tamblyn, 1980) but found clear application in engineeringeducation, especially engineering design (Dym et al., 2005). Today PBL is considered one of thehigh impact practices of teaching and learning across all disciplines (Kuh, 2008). Manyundergraduate biological and agricultural engineering (BAE) programs feature service learningand project-based PBL opportunities, most frequently in first-year (cornerstone) and senior(capstone) design courses (Lima, 2013; Lima and Oakes, 2013). However, given the centrality ofdesign in engineering practice and the challenge students encounter in trying to master design, itis valuable to scaffold the learning of these skills by including