Abstract
One of the teacher’s first goals should be to inspire students to learn. Using project-based learning (PBL) to involve students in the learning process could be a useful and powerful tool to prepare the students for their professional future. As part of a degree course in Biomedical Engineering, students were asked to look at society and identify a possible biomedical-related failure or daily-life problem. From this, the students were challenged to work towards a solution, by preparing a project and creating a prototype or a minimum viable product. In this article we present the case study of a students’ team, whose project was candidate and winner of a national prize. This prize was related to health innovation. Despite the particularization of this case study case, the students considered the experience innovative, motivating, and challenging. They also underlined the added value of a project whose impact goes beyond the classroom. Therefore, this method of teaching and learning, based on projects, may have a special effect on the students and, therefore on the civil society. The PBL can help higher education institutions to have a more prominent social presence, as innovation drivers and as forces of intervention.
Highlights
It is a fact that universities are expected to prepare students for real world, but it is known that the teaching methods that are used not often provide the tools to be applied in the future work universe
It is needed that engineers show a greater capacity to adapt and respond to new challenges while being technically capable. As this is the emerging engineering profile, more active learning is expected to approach engineering education which is strongly related to project-based learning (PBL) [10]
Introduction to Biomedical Engineering is a course that belongs to the degree in Biomedical Engineering
Summary
It is a fact that universities are expected to prepare students for real world, but it is known that the teaching methods that are used not often provide the tools to be applied in the future work universe. PBL unites, to some extent, the teaching process and practice, making them inseparable When applying it, it involves the exploration of the context, the development of ideas from knowledge and communication between peers. It is needed that engineers show a greater capacity to adapt and respond to new challenges while being technically capable As this is the emerging engineering profile, more active learning is expected to approach engineering education which is strongly related to PBL [10]. The triple helix model of innovation refers to a set of interactions between university, industry, and government to promote economic and social development [12]. This model has the potential for innovation and economic development in a knowledge society It resides in a more prominent role for university, industry, and government to generate new institutional and social formats for production, transfer, and application of knowledge. The main gain for authorities is the promotion of a political, economic, and institutional surroundings that encourages agencies to direct investment on science, technology, studies, and development [13]
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