Open AccessTransforming Young Minds Socially through, a Course Social Innovation with a Human Centred Design Approach at Freshman Level of Engineering.
Author(s) -
Jayanti Shinge,
Sanjay Kotabagi,
Maurya Geeta,
Christina Rebello,
N M Sujatha,
K Anusha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of engineering education/journal of engineering education transformations/journal of engineering education transformation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-2473
pISSN - 0971-5843
DOI - 10.16920/jeet/2021/v34i0/157213
Subject(s) - teamwork , experiential learning , stakeholder , critical thinking , psychology , social responsibility , social skills , design thinking , peer learning , soft skills , pedagogy , lifelong learning , knowledge management , engineering , public relations , computer science , management , social psychology , political science , mechanical engineering , economics , psychotherapist
We at KLE Tech strongly believe in the philosophy of sensitizing young minds socially and establishing a social connect with the society they live in. Social Innovation is a uniquely designed two-credit course for freshman students of engineering; which catalyses this need through experiential learning and community engagement. The course allows the students to get engaged with the society, stake-holders to find out the prevailing social issues which need their immediate intervention. We have adopted the Human Centred Design Approach which helps the students delayer the social issues systematically and provide feasible and sustainable solutions.Design thinking approach helps students to think over the creative process that engages them in opportunities to experiment, create and prototype models, collect feedback, and redesign the solution keeping end-user in the mind. The course is delivered by a heterogeneous team of experts. Students learning is enhanced through field visits, presentations and peer reviews. Student teams engage in multiple community studies to identify a social issue. The social issue is better understood through stakeholder interactions and brainstormed among the teams to look for multiple solutions. The best-suited solution is implemented and its effectiveness is studied. Students performance is evaluated through classroom presentations and projects. This course has helped in inducing competencies such as social responsibility, problem-solving skills, observation skills, critical thinking ability, communication skills, teamwork and lifelong learning.