Title:	U.N. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND PBL IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COURSES DURING THE PANDEMIC IN PUERTO RICO
Author(s):	Circe E. Niezen and Alba J. Brugueras-Fabre
ISBN:	978-989-8704-46-7
Editors:	Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana, Theodora Issa and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2022
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Sustainability, SDG, PBL, Higher Education, Curriculum, Virtual-Learning
Type:	Reflection Paper
First Page:	193
Last Page:	196
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Education is one of the most powerful and proven vehicles for sustainable development and promoting lifelong learning opportunities. This reflection paper aims to demonstrate the process of reimaging the learning experience for the student and faculty in Puerto Rico during the COVID pandemic, while gaining student engagement and promoting sustainable development goals (SDGs) through the experience of the PBL approach using a 5Ws and 1H framework. Furthermore, this paper will demonstrate how the of technology and faculty development can potentially lead to meeting the SDGs. Background: Higher education institutions play a critical role in the training of professionals while also having significant effect on the development of socially conscious citizens. Industrial engineering, economics, and business courses are a vehicle for fostering a sustainable development curriculum through research, product design, logistics, optimization, production, marketing, responsible consumption, and service. During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions faced new challenges due to the need to engage students in a virtual classroom. Puerto Rico's fragile infrastructure and economic predicament, added significantly to the challenges around establishing a sustainable high quality education experience.
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