Abstract Scope |
With the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, undergraduate students across the country were sent home in March 2020, and universities had to pivot to on-line teaching and learning in a matter of days. Once past the immediate crisis, the problem of returning to campus safely and modifying instructional methods became a central discussion for university administrators. Engineering design principles and tools, such as the theory of constraints, creative problem solving techniques, data-based decision making and prototyping, were used at CWRU in Cleveland, OH to formulate the university’s response. These examples will be discussed, along with experiences in planning and instructing large team-based courses that never had the opportunity to meet in person. |