Design and Application of a Creative Strategy Based on the Method of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Engineering Students

This document describes the implementation and results of the method: problem-based learning (PBL), conducted at the Faculty of Engineering of the "Universidad Distrital" (Colombia), as a strategy that encourages creative skills in students. Initially a theoretical and referential framework is developed, associated with traditional teaching, ABP, ICT and creativity in the classroom. Subsequently, an approach to the existing problems is carried out in a case study: course of applied mechanics, belonging to the area of design and manufacturing in engineering. This proposal raises the evolution of the traditional teaching, currently practiced, to a methodology that allows greater participation and responsibility by students in their own learning and presents an opportunity to develop creative skills. Finally, it presents a series of statistics and observations derived from the results of this work.