Classroom innovation using case studies and computer display panel technology to stimulate discussion of engineering principles

Abstract

It is noted that engineering students are often subjected to the standard classroom lecture approach in their engineering courses. In an effort to bring some reality into the classroom, an innovative combination of comprehensive case studies and display panel technology can be used to enhance learning in the classroom. The author reports on the results of such an experimental program currently in progress in the College of Engineering and Technology at Bradley University. It is concluded that the combination of case studies and computer display panel technology promotes sharing of alternate solutions to comprehensive problems in a more meaningful way than the standard lecture plus homework-problem approach.<>