Leading specialized universities are actively implementing the CASE-IN Simulator in educational activities

More and more specialized universities that train future specialists for the country's industry are introducing a "CASE-IN Simulator" into their processes. The new development of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" makes it possible to improve the professional and personal qualities of students, assess their level of training, and identify talented schoolchildren and students.

The CASE-IN Simulator was created based on the case method in 2020 and includes more than 120 cases and solutions, 1,700 interactive technologies for different target audiences, tasks and other formats - mini-cases, tasks, role-playing games, etc. The platform contains keys to solving cases and interactive formats, an intuitive system for completing tasks, uploading solutions and peer review has been developed, statistics and a rating of participants and organizations have been built in, and educational materials and instructions for use have been developed.

Representatives of Omsk State Technical University first learned about the product in 2021 at the finals of the main season of the CASE-IN championship.

"That's when we realized that the Simulator could serve us well., – says the associate professor of the Department of "Power Supply of industrial enterprises" Pavel Rysev, – The fact is that our university is actively developing project activities. A discipline with this name is studied by students throughout the entire period of study. Since real project activity is the joint work of a group of people, each of whom has his own unique competencies, we needed a tool that will help organize such group work. The CASE-IN Simulator is the best fit for these purposes, as it has a large database of cases based on real-world tasks in the electric power industry."

Ugra State University has subscribed to the interactive platform for 3 years at once. Head of the Higher Oil School of the Institute of Oil and Gas Maxim Korolev he talked about the goals of implementing the CASE-IN Simulator: "First of all, we use it to develop soft skills among students in the process of passing professional disciplines. It is also effective in forming a project approach, solving professional tasks and preparing teams for extracurricular activities and case championships. In addition, we plan to use the Simulator in practical work in specialized disciplines, as a course project, research paper or case study."

By interacting with the platform, students of Omsk State Technical University master the skills of project work, teamwork, and role allocation in a team. The CASE-IN Simulator is especially appreciated at one of the leading universities in the region for the opportunity for students and teachers from different regions to participate in educational processes, as well as the built-in student assessment system.

"The advantage is statistics, which allows you to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of students and teams, adjust their training.,  Pavel Rysev continues. – The Simulator helps teachers to give students tasks that are as close to reality as possible and do not have any specific solution. This requires students to search and analyze information, thereby they learn new skills. This product is also a good helper in career guidance work with schoolchildren in the region."

"This is a good help for teachers, because the specific case contains relevant materials and methodological recommendations for solving situational fishing tasks. For students, the Simulator allows them to plunge into a specific production task, expand their basic theoretical knowledge and integrate it into a project in a teamwork format.", – Maxim Korolev agrees with his colleague.

Students of Omsk State Technical University regularly take part in the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". The presence of a CASE-IN Simulator has significantly simplified the process of preparing youth teams for the prestigious competition.

"Our students even took part in testing the platform, which resulted in feedback from the developers. We hope that this helped to make the Simulator interface even better.", – Pavel Rysev emphasized.

Since the beginning of the new academic year, the universities using the CASE-IN Simulator in educational processes have been joined by the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, the Northeastern Federal University named after M. K. Ammosov and the Tyumen Industrial University.

Experts who have started using the platform in educational processes recommend that colleagues from other universities use it. First of all, why, in their opinion, it is worth choosing this particular product is a wide range of functions and materials for progressive development, a convenient and simple interactive learning format, as well as the opportunity to solve real production tasks already on the student bench.

The Organizing Committee of the CASE-IN championship invites representatives of educational organizations and companies to evaluate all the advantages of the development and implement it in their activities.