Dr. Kerstin Helker-Schlotmann, Technische Universität Eindhoven

Keynote

Challenge-based Learning (CBL) responds to calls for a more modern, student-centered education, that prepares them for the increasing uncertainty in their future. Compared to traditional pedagogy, CBL intends to bridge the real world and students' learning by exposing them to complex real-life challenges that require the acquisition and application of disciplinary and also transversal competencies.

In order to educate engineers for the future, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has placed CBL at the core of its educational vision. In this keynote, we will discuss demands for higher education to teach futures and trace the steps TU/e has taken to design, implement, and research the effectiveness of CBL.