Table 5.

Factor items of the quantitative analysis rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 “Not at all” to 5 “Very much”, except * rated from 1 “not at all” to 10 “Very much”

Factor or item	Items
Enjoy_W1	How do you think you will enjoy taking the USE basic course?
Relevance_W1	How do you think the USE basic course will contribute to your development as an engineer?
Overall evaluation_W1	How do you think, on a scale from 1 to 10, will you rate the USE basic course?*
Enjoy_W9	How did you enjoy taking the USE basic course?
Relevance_W9	The USE basic course contributes to my development as an engineer
Overall evaluation_W9	On a scale from 1 to 10, how would you rate the USE Basic course?*
Autonomy	I feel like I could make a lot of inputs to decide how my tasks got done I was free to express my ideas and opinions in this course I feel like I could pretty much be myself during this course
Relatedness	I really like the people I worked with in the USE course I got along with people during this course People in this course are pretty friendly towards me
Competence	Fellow students or tutors told me I am good at what I do I have been able to learn interesting new skills during this course I felt a sense of accomplishment from this course’s work
Intrinsic motivation	This course it’s fun This course is an exciting thing to do
Identified regulation	This course represents a meaningful choice to me The subjects of this course are an important life goal to me
Amotivation	I don’t see why I should study it and, frankly, I couldn’t care less I don’t know; I can’t understand why I should study it
Co-creation	We were engaged in the work of the stakeholder We contributed to the work of the stakeholder We were actively involved in the co-creation process with the stakeholder The stakeholder found our contribution useful