Integration of Innovation Techniques for Electronics Design and Education
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2018-09-21
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Creative ability and innovative design have become essential skills for engineers as industries continue to face increasing technical challenges. Current engineering education initiatives focus on creativity within introductory and senior design courses, with limited work related to creative ability development within technical engineering courses. This thesis presents three contributions for integrating creative thinking and development in technical electrical and computer engineering education. The first contribution is the development of a course design architecture for planning courses with integrated creative learning outcomes. The second contribution is the development of a formalized project structure for designing technical projects that develop creative skills. The third contribution is the design of a hierarchy for developing creative thinking through divergent and convergent thinking processes. The developed approaches integrate concepts from engineering design processes, project management, entrepreneurship, arts education techniques, and game-based learning to create a unique set of standards for creative learning. The creativity and innovation pedagogy presented in this work will contribute to the development of emerging engineers capable of designing the technologies and solutions of the future.
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creativity, engineering education, innovation, pedagogy, creative thinking, creative ability
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Marasco, E. A. (2018). Integration of Innovation Techniques for Electronics Design and Education (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/33139