Digitalization of education at KuzSTU: Engineering Championship using a CASE-IN Simulator

Kuzbass State Technical University regularly holds large-scale scientific and practical events. As part of one of them, the Fair of Scientific Ideas, a university case-solving championship was held using a CASE-IN Simulator, one of the developments of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN".

About 50 students took part in the championship. The participants gained experience in solving real-world practical situations based on materials from leading Russian companies, and working in the Simulator proved to be as convenient as possible for both participants and teachers.

"The main idea of organizing the internal championship is to train students to prepare for participation in the CASE-IN championship competitions and attract new participants, – says the project manager, Deputy Director for Scientific and Innovative work at the Institute of Energy KuzSTU Roman Belyaevsky. – We want the guys who have not participated before to have an understanding of what a "CASE-IN" is, and those who have already participated to have the opportunity to improve their skills. This work has already yielded certain results, and 11 KuzSTU teams participated in the Autumn Cup in 2022."

Kuzbass State Technical University was one of the first to become a subscriber to the CASE-IN Simulator platform. Students and teachers of the fields of "Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering" and "Mining", as well as participants in scientific and educational events of KuzSTU, work on the platform. The product allows you to make the educational process more intense, interesting and diverse, to introduce the latest digital technologies into it.

"The cases integrated into the Simulator platform are used as part of practical exercises and independent work of students. Students were also able to use the simulator when preparing their final qualifying papers in the field of "Electric Power Engineering and Electrical Engineering". We are currently considering these works for participation in the Startup as a Diploma program of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, – Roman Belyaevsky emphasized.

The interactive CASE-IN Simulator platform, created based on the case method in 2021, includes more than 150 cases and solutions. These are more than 2000 interactive tasks for different target audiences, tasks and other formats - mini-cases, 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.

The Organizing Committee of the CASE-IN championship and the Simulator developers are open to cooperation and invite universities, colleges, technical schools and schools to get acquainted with the program and test the Simulator in the educational process in order to guide students in choosing a future profession and increase their interest in solving new non-standard tasks.

Contact person: Anna Koroleva, ak@casesim.ru