Identifying Alternate Resources and Adjusting Expectations for Senior Design Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic of
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 USA.
Abstract:
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic required capstone design course instructors to transition to online learning. Student project teams were denied access to resources needed to construct and test prototypes scheduled to be delivered to project sponsors and clients at the end of the semester. Face-to-face collaboration was replaced with virtual team meetings. At Marquette University, efforts to identify (1) barriers to completing projects, (2) potential alternate prototyping resources, (3) adjustments to expectations of teams, and (4) changes to course deliverable requirements were completed. The results of these activities, the thought process used to guide students through the search for alternate resources, and final outcomes of student projects along with a discussion of what was learned from this experience are presented.
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