Print Email Facebook Twitter A community-based learning program to improve wellbeing and design student success Title A community-based learning program to improve wellbeing and design student success Author van den Bergh, M.R.K. (Student TU Delft) van der Bijl-Brouwer, M. (TU Delft Methodologie en Organisatie van Design) Price, R.A. (TU Delft Marketing and Consumer Research) Date 2022 Abstract While the Pandemic has increased awareness towards student wellbeing in higher education (HE), it also exacerbated existing challenges. Specifically, students pursuing their master graduation thesis often find themselves isolated and overwhelmed due to the individualistic nature of their project and the pressure to create a ‘masterpiece’. In this paper, we provide insight into how designing for community can positively impact thesis design students’ motivation, sense of community and wellbeing, which we identify as drivers of student success. We discuss and evaluate a community-based learning (CBL) program we designed and implemented to improve student success during the master thesis journey of 92 students at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, XXXX. Our findings from the program are that; (1) facilitating connections between students generates a sense of community; (2) a customizable program supports student agency which in turn drives motivation; (3) a focus on student success instead of performance improves wellbeing. Subject design educationcommunity-based learningstudent wellbeingpandemic To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:665e070a-793b-4a9a-a646-a29700decebf DOI https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2022.761 Source Proceedings DRS 2022 Event DRS 2022, 2022-06-25 → 2022-07-03, Bilbao, Spain Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2022 M.R.K. van den Bergh, M. van der Bijl-Brouwer, R.A. Price Files PDF A_community_based_learnin ... _desig.pdf 3.22 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:665e070a-793b-4a9a-a646-a29700decebf/datastream/OBJ/view