ERIC Number: EJ1430439
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2730-5937
EISSN: EISSN-2730-5945
Experiential Learning in a Biomedical Device Engineering Course: Proposal Development and Raw Research Data-Based Assignments
Noah Goshi; Gregory Girardi; Hyehyun Kim; Erkin Seker
Biomedical Engineering Education, v3 n2 p201-207 2023
There is a need for novel teaching approaches to train biomedical engineers that are conversant across disciplines and have the technical skills to address interdisciplinary scientific and technological challenges. Here, we describe a graduate-level miniaturized biomedical device engineering course that has been taught over the last decade in in-person, remote, and hybrid formats. The course employs experiential learning components, including a proposal development and review that mimic the National Institutes of Health process and technical assignments that use raw research data to simulate a research experience. The effectiveness of the course was measured via pre-/post-course concept inventory surveys as well as course evaluations with targeted questions on the learning instruments. Statistical comparison of pre-/post-course survey scores suggests that the course was effective in students achieving the learning objectives, and comparison of relative increase in pre-/post-course survey scores across different instruction formats (i.e., in-person, remote, hybrid) showed minimal difference, suggesting that the teaching elements are readily transferrable to remote instruction.
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Biomedicine, Equipment, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Graduate Students, Distance Education, Blended Learning, Assignments
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 1512745; 1454426; 2003849; R21EB024635; R21AT010933; R03NS118156