Students learn and develop competences through challenge and real problems

© 2018 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). All rights reserved. Tecnológico de Monterrey in its 2020 strategic plan established the ¿Modelo Tec 21¿ as one of its priorities. This is a teaching-learning model where one of its objectives is to provide the students the opportunity to learn content and knowledge when they are facing real situations, allow them to develop competences. This is possible because students live challenging experiences linked to organizations. ¿Semestre i¿ is a part of ¿Modelo Tec 21¿ model where students develop and strengthen competences through experiential learning, facing some challenges in a learning environment created by the educational institution, teachers and the company as an educator partner, during an academic semester. During 2017, students and professors (Industrial Engineering and Information Systems area) participated in ¿Semestre i¿. The experiential learning consisted of the resolution of challenges oriented to the improvement of processes in different organizations. The results of ¿Semestre i¿ where students learn in a real situation are gratifying and generate high motivation in both teachers and students. It is clear the development of disciplinary and transversal competences necessary for their profession. This paper describes activities that students have done, as well as the opinions of students, teachers and educator partners of this experiential learning.

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