Engaging ICT Engineering Undergraduates in a Management Subject through First Day of Class Activities: An Empirical Study

Josep Petchamé, Ignasi Iriondo, Xavi Canaleta, David Riu and Silvia Necchi
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Josep Petchamé: Department of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), La Salle, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
Ignasi Iriondo: Department of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), La Salle, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
Xavi Canaleta: Department of Engineering, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), La Salle, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
David Riu: Department of Management and Technology, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), La Salle, 08022 Barcelona, Spain
Silvia Necchi: Department of Architecture, Universitat Ramon Llull (URL), La Salle, 08022 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-20

Abstract: The expectations, attitudes, engagement, and motivation of students are key elements when designing learning activities. Several studies have been implemented and different strategies and activities have been analyzed to improve the aforesaid aspects of learning content. In the context of the New Learning Context (NLC), this paper presents the findings of two first day of class activities aimed at engaging engineering students in a business and management subject from the very first moment: an empirical study conducted by means of a survey answered by engineering students in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), followed by an interactive activity between students and instructors carried out through a reciprocal interview activity. The survey was performed with the objective of identifying what they ‘liked’ and ‘disliked’ on their first day of class of a business subject. The findings are presented and compared with previous studies and have proven to be mostly consistent with previous academic work. Finally, a reciprocal interview activity was chosen to potentially enhance the students’ engagement and motivation. According to the feedback received, this activity was positively valued by the students.

Keywords: engagement; engineering students; first day of class; ICT; management; motivation; reciprocal interview activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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