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Students and faculty at Olin College of Engineering teach and learn from and with each other. Together, we build and sustain a culture of innovation, experimentation, curiosity and joyful exploration.

Design Patterns for Teaching & Learning at Olin

  • Sprint Reviews

    A sprint review caps two weeks of work, and is a chance for students to share a working model of their project and get feedback.

  • Sprint Retrospectives

    During retrospectives, students reflect on their progress and process during the two previous weeks of a design sprint, and then share their reflections with their team.

  • Student & Faculty Collaboration

    Graphic design students and faculty collaborate with Air quality Impact Research group students and faculty to bring grounded information to a broader population of people.

  • Bridging Math, Physics and Engineering

    Quantitative Engineering Analysis is an interdisciplinary class in which students learn the basics of mathematics, physics, and engineering in an actual engineering context.

  • Dry Erase Board Action

    Using whiteboards helps make it easier for students to share their ideas, encourages students to present their ideas systematically, and illustrate their views graphically.

  • Sticky Notes Everywhere!

    Creating visual artifacts not only allows for increased communication and sharing of ideas, but also nurtures a team’s ownership of their workspace.

  • Ownership over the Project and Process

    Students decide on their own strategy and process for completing projects.

  • Concept Map Extravaganza

    Students process analytical readings together by creating a map on a whiteboard that represents their thinking.

  • Ownership of the Learning Process

    Students receive open-ended prompts and choose which concepts they wish to explore as well as how to communicate those thoughts.

Teaching & Learning Resources

Teaching & Learning at Olin

Assistant Professor Alexandra Coso Strong shares perspectives on project based learning, teaming and faculty support at Olin.
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How To Critique

A collection of downloadable resources designed to help people give and receive effective critique in order to improve their work, their process and their workplace.
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Olin Learning Outcomes

Through intentional educational design, we have created learning outcomes intended to instill in graduates and represents a vision of the key abilities, skills, and mindsets necessary for success, both in the engineering field and beyond.
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How to Engage with Olin

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Inside Olin: Perspectives On Student-Centered Teaching & Learning

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A series of developmental sessions based on signature courses offered at Olin College of Engineering. Educators will experience the Olin approach to creating a course that puts students at the center of their learning experience. Each session features Olin faculty who will share their design process, project-based class activities and the pedagogies used in Olin courses. 

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Summer Institute participants

Summer Institute

Summer Institute participants

The Olin College Summer Institute 'Designing Student-Centered Learning Experiences' event has provided participants from around the country and around the world with the opportunity to conceive and catalyze change in engineering education. 

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Faculty and students nurture a culture of innovation, inquiry, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and research