A Case Study:Journey of Student Skill Development Center (SSDC) an Interdisciplinary Platform to Actively Engage Millennial at HITAM

Authors

  • Vinod Kumar Ahuja Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management affiliated to JNTUH, Hyderabad, Telangana
  • Y. Lavanya Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management affiliated to JNTUH, Hyderabad, Telangana
  • Swetha Tirumala Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management affiliated to JNTUH, Hyderabad, Telangana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2019/v33i1/149025

Keywords:

Interdisciplinary Learning, Project Based Learning, Student Skill Development Centre.

Abstract

Research says that the retention span of millennials in class is about 10-15 min [1]. In this paper, the author shares his experience in engaging millennials actively.At HITAM, we introduced the Student Skill Development Centre (SSDC), which is a student-centered approach, combining two different learning methods: Problem-based Learning (PBL) and Interdisciplinary Learning. In SSDC, students work in groups and build open-ended projects. Project Based Learning in SSDC provides students an industrial experience, which makes them comfortable in understanding the real-time problems faced by the industry and helps them to gain experience in solving the issues [4]. So, designing a project becomes easy for the group because the group consists of students from different disciplines.

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Published

2019-11-30

How to Cite

Ahuja, V. K., Lavanya, Y., & Tirumala, S. (2019). A Case Study:Journey of Student Skill Development Center (SSDC) an Interdisciplinary Platform to Actively Engage Millennial at HITAM. Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, 67–72. https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2019/v33i1/149025

Issue

Volume 33, Special Issue 1, November 2019

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