Games-based Course to Enhance Women’s Interest in Engineering

April 15, 2013

This fall, the UW-Madison College of Engineering will offer for the first time a course entirely based on digital learning simulations. First-year students will participate in two virtual internships and propose solutions to realistic engineering design problems. New research suggests that participating in such simulations increases women’s interest in engineering and desire to pursue an engineering degree. The virtual internships were developed by WCER’s Epistemic Games Group in collaboration with faculty and students from the College of Engineering. More information is available here.