Background Societal challenges that call for a new type of engineer suggest the need for the
implementation of interdisciplinary engineering education (IEE). The aim of IEE is to train …

Increasingly higher education programs are made learner centred and flexible to face
societal changes. Challenge-based learning (CBL) is an educational concept shaping these …

Teaching and learning in higher education require adaptation following students' inevitable
use of AI chatbots. This study contributes to the empirical literature on students' use of AI …

Challenge-based learning (CBL) is a trending educational concept in engineering
education. The literature suggests that there is a growing variety in CBL implementations …

An interdisciplinary electro-optics programme was recently established at a leading high
school in Israel. This unique programme combines physics with electronics and spans over …

A unique course named ''Introduction to Engineering Design''has been recently developed
and implemented at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology. The course allows top …

Systems thinking and abstract thinking are important skills for engineers in general and
hardware and software engineers in particular. Systems thinking emphasises the …

Society is in strong need to change the way in which energy is produced and consumed. To
cope with this complex challenge, integration of knowledge from different disciplines is …

Interdisciplinarity, namely, combining two or more fields of knowledge around a central
theme, allows students to observe the topic from several viewpoints and may foster their …

Due to the lingering lack of engineers in the Western world, universities are trying to attract
candidates for undergraduate engineering programs through a variety of educational …