Application of Microlearning Activities to Improve Engineering Students' Self-Awareness

摘要

The development of skills for life and career (SLC) is a subject that has been extensively discussed in the literature. Yet, its implementation in the engineering curricula is only at a starting point. Accelerated technological advances and major changes in the future labor market are important drivers for the exploration of how to develop SLC. Such a context offers novel challenges for engineering education. This article describes an initiative in a Mechanical Engineering program. The methodology is centered in developing students' self-awareness using time-effective microlearning activities in a course at the end of the program. Results show a significant increase in self-awareness indicators. The approach can be easily extended to explore other SLC beyond self-awareness.