Challenge

As a faculty handling course on Professional Ethics in Engineering it becomes a tedious job  to come to a conclusion when case studies are handled. The students are diverse in nature  and they are not inclined towards the statistical data and history which had taken place. It’s  also becomes difficult or challenge for me to hold their attention as they get easily distracted  when the case study is taken as case study or a seminar. So the main task is to include the  entire student to get into action and make them pivotal part in carrying out the discussion.

Selection

The tool selected for overcoming the challenge is Story telling. As the course included  various case studies it was very much comfortable by select story telling. When narrated as  a story it bonds the listener and the speaker and basics of empathizing, analysing, solving  and testing becomes much easier to perform.  The use of storytelling for design thinking can  also be referred from the link provided https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0qsOs1Y4Do

Application

The brief of case study to be handled was previously handed over to the students and they  are instructed to go through the same through researching the net. In the session they are  asked to empathize as the character they have read and are requested to tell the happening  in their perspective. Many important persons involved in the case study are enacted and  each one tells the story of the event of what has happened. Doing so the rest of the class  would be able to understand the various perspective of the problem and they move on to the  next phase of What if? There they tend to analyse the event after having a clear  understanding in the What is? Stage. The effectiveness of the class and the interest of the  class has improved as the event is expressed as story by their classmate by empathizing the  characteristics of the people and the base of the problem is clearly identified.

Insight

It is initially tough to get the students in the groove after they are set into the mode, then the  real learning in happening. The students kind of get into the role and become good listener  which is the most important thing for any designer. The role as a teacher to make them think  globally and provide better understanding of the roles of ethics they must follow was easily  accomplished. Initially the adaption of the student with the tool seem to be difficult as they  had a major role to play later on it was a cake walk

Approach

Next time along with the story telling , the use of ICT would enhance the process as they can  easily perceive things and comment on the decision which was previously taken or they can  suggest on what could have been done better.


Challenge As a faculty handling course on Professional Ethics in Engineering it becomes a tedious job to come to a conclusion when case studies are handled . The students are diverse in nature and they are not inclined towards the statistical data and history which had taken place . It ’s also becomes difficult or challenge for me to hold their attention as they get easily distracted when the case study is taken as case study or a seminar . So the main task is to include the entire student to get into action and make them pivotal part in carrying out the discussion . Selection The tool selected for overcoming the challenge is Story telling . As the course included various case studies it was very much comfortable by select story telling . When narrated as a story it bonds the listener and the speaker and basics of empathizing , analysing , solving and testing becomes much easier to perform . The use of storytelling for design thinking can also be referred from the link provided https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0qsOs1Y4Do Application The brief of case study to be handled was previously handed over to the students and they are instructed to go through the same through researching the net . In the session they are asked to empathize as the character they have read and are requested to tell the happening in their perspective . Many important persons involved in the case study are enacted and each one tells the story of the event of what has happened . Doing so the rest of the class would be able to understand the various perspective of the problem and they move on to the next phase of What if ? There they tend to analyse the event after having a clear understanding in the What is ? Stage . The effectiveness of the class and the interest of the class has improved as the event is expressed as story by their classmate by empathizing the characteristics of the people and the base of the problem is clearly identified . Insight It is initially tough to get the students in the groove after they are set into the mode , then the real learning in happening . The students kind of get into the role and become good listener which is the most important thing for any designer . The role as a teacher to make them think globally and provide better understanding of the roles of ethics they must follow was easily accomplished . Initially the adaption of the student with the tool seem to be difficult as they had a major role to play later on it was a cake walk Approach Next time along with the story telling , the use of ICT would enhance the process as they can easily perceive things and comment on the decision which was previously taken or they can suggest on what could have been done better .