Continuous Improvement in an Engineering Technology Capstone Sequence
Main Article Content
Abstract
This paper outlines the continuous improvement enhancements of a two-semester multidisciplinary capstone program tailored for senior students within the School of Engineering Technology. These courses revolve around collaborative teamwork and focus on the development of innovative solutions for industry-sponsored projects. The overarching goal of these courses is to facilitate a seamless transition for students into their professional careers. One area that students often struggle with is developing professional skills (including communication and teamwork), which are required components evaluated in ABET accreditation and are necessary for graduates as they begin and progress across their careers. The Plan-Do-Check-Act continuous improvement process was used to develop, deploy, and evaluate a series of interventions to enhance the overall Capstone Education experience. This design case will particularly focus on interventions related to fostering professional skills.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright © 2025 by the International Journal of Designs for Learning, a publication of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), published by Indiana University Libraries Journals. Permission to make digital or hard copies of portions of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee, provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page in print or the first screen in digital media. Except as otherwise noted, the content published by IJDL is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. A simpler version of this statement is available here.