TY - JOUR AU - Abu-aisheh, Akram Ahmad AU - Grant, Lynroy AU - Sumukadas, Narendar AU - Hadad, Alan PY - 2016/11/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Fostering Engineering Students Engagement Using Problem-Based Learning and Course Learner Agent Object Portfolios JF - International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP) JA - Int. J. Eng. Ped. VL - 6 IS - 4 SE - Short Papers DO - 10.3991/ijep.v6i4.6086 UR - https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/6086 SP - pp. 45-47 AB - Engineering education today is undergoing an unprecedented array of challenges, including maintaining student engagement during the lecture and throughout the semester. Fostering student engagement in the class room has become a challenging task for engineering educators. In this paper, the authors report on the application of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) to maintain student engagement throughout each lecture, and the use of Learner Agent Object (LAO) portfolios to maintain student engagement in the course throughout the semester. ER -