Synthesis of a Virtual Learning Environment Model With Engineering Design Process to Enhance Students’ Creative Thinking Skills

Abstract

Learning is no longer limited to the classroom, as it can occur beyond the classroom environment. The use of technology and the internet allows teachers to create a learning environment that enables both students and teachers to learn collaboratively, regardless of time and location, as if they were in a traditional classroom. This research, thus, aimed to present the results of synthesizing a virtual learning environment model with engineering design process to enhance students’ creative thinking skills. The research instrument was an appropriate assessment form of the virtual learning environment model with engineering design process. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics: mean and standard deviation.

The results of the research were as follows. A virtual learning environment with engineering design process had two core components: a virtual learning environment and an engineering design process. Each section contained details of sub-elements as follows. The virtual learning environment had five components: communication, collaboration, resource sharing, creative reflection, and learner support. The engineering design process had five steps: problem definition, design, development, evaluation, and presentation. An overall evaluation of the appropriateness of the virtual learning environment model with engineering design process to enhance creative thinking skills was at a high level.