Incorporating Technologies to Achieve Active Learning in Large Engineering Classrooms

Abstract

This chapter discusses how the way instruction was delivered during the pandemic has influenced or changed the way teaching takes place today and what conclusions can be drawn regarding student preferences for both online/offline/blended instruction and activities delivered during instruction. Another reason for adapting the way instruction takes place is to implement the direction set by Education 4.0 and the OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 and to find educational techniques that can achieve the skills needed in the changing labour market. This chapter also discusses the benefits of using different technologies and different types of activities to achieve active learning in lectures. A case study of a broad-based course is presented in which teaching methods were adapted by transferring the knowledge acquired in recent years and adapting the course to the current format of face-to-face teaching as well as online teaching.