Challenge-Based Learning and Design Thinking in Higher Education: Institutional Strategies for Linking Experiential Learning, Innovation, and Academic Performance

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Title: Challenge-Based Learning and Design Thinking in Higher Education: Institutional Strategies for Linking Experiential Learning, Innovation, and Academic Performance
Language: English
Authors: Samara Romero Caballero (ORCID 0000-0002-5885-0337), Liliana Canquiz Rincón (ORCID 0000-0002-3065-9434), Andrés Rodríguez Toscano (ORCID 0000-0001-7470-3284), Alejandro Valencia Pérez (ORCID 0000-0003-1534-583X), Gloria Moreno Gómez
Source: Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 2025 62(2):557-574.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Universities, Educational Strategies, Instructional Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Undergraduate Students
Geographic Terms: Colombia
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2024.2326191
ISSN: 1470-3297
1470-3300
Abstract: This research describes the results of the implementation of the Challenge Based Learning (CBL) with the Design Thinking (DT) methodology, evaluating its stages for the co-creation of solutions to challenges in business contexts combined with an innovative institutional strategy in the higher education. This methodology, articulated with the CBL strategy at the Universidad de la Costa Barranquilla Colombia, facilitates the technological development, research and innovation products, achieving learning results and generic competencies stipulated in the subjects, regardless of the profession the student is pursuing. The results show the concentration of pedagogical and didactic strategies due to their effectiveness in achieving the learning results of the subjects, obtaining the solution to the challenge and associated products. Finally, the test results of students' generic competencies improve by 55% when compared to previous periods where the strategy was not executed, contributing with products that have a favourable impact on the social environment.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1468079
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This research describes the results of the implementation of the Challenge Based Learning (CBL) with the Design Thinking (DT) methodology, evaluating its stages for the co-creation of solutions to challenges in business contexts combined with an innovative institutional strategy in the higher education. This methodology, articulated with the CBL strategy at the Universidad de la Costa Barranquilla Colombia, facilitates the technological development, research and innovation products, achieving learning results and generic competencies stipulated in the subjects, regardless of the profession the student is pursuing. The results show the concentration of pedagogical and didactic strategies due to their effectiveness in achieving the learning results of the subjects, obtaining the solution to the challenge and associated products. Finally, the test results of students' generic competencies improve by 55% when compared to previous periods where the strategy was not executed, contributing with products that have a favourable impact on the social environment.
ISSN:1470-3297
1470-3300
DOI:10.1080/14703297.2024.2326191