TUHH Open Research
Help
  • Log In
    New user? Click here to register.Have you forgotten your password?
  • English
  • Deutsch
  • Communities & Collections
  • Publications
  • Research Data
  • People
  • Institutions
  • Projects
  • Statistics
  1. Home
  2. TUHH
  3. Publication References
  4. International student projects in a blended setting: How to facilitate problem based project work
 
Options

International student projects in a blended setting: How to facilitate problem based project work

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2018
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Pedersen, Jens Myrup  
Elsner, Raphael  orcid-logo
Kuran, Mehmet Şükrü  
Prikulis, Lauris  
Zabludowski, Lukasz  
Institut
Kommunikationsnetze E-4  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/2176
Start Page
316
End Page
324
Citation
International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education (PAEE 2018)
Contribution to Conference
10th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education, PAEE 2018  
Publisher Link
https://vbn.aau.dk/files/288125940/PAEE_ALE_2018_PROCEEDINGS.pdf
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85054664394
This paper describes our experiences with facilitating international student projects during three years of the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership COLIBRI (Collaboration and Innovation for Better, Personalized and IT-Supported Teaching). Each year 7-8 student projects were carried out in groups of 3-5 students from different European universities, with different backgrounds from business and engineering. Each year new students were selected for participation. The student projects carried out were based on real-life problems from companies, and each group was assigned both an academic supervisor from one of the seven participating universities and an academic supervisor from one of the three participating companies. The projects were based on a combination of physical mobility and virtual mobility: The students would meet for one week at the beginning of the project work, then work together virtually for around 2-3 months, and then meet again for a week where the projects were finalised and evaluated. This setup is challenging: The students do not know each other beforehand, most of the students are not familiar with problem based projects and collaboration with industry, the students represent both different educational traditions and disciplines, and the virtual collaboration is by itself challenging. The project was carried out in three cycles, where for each cycle we systematically evaluated the previous experience and adapted our approach to e.g. project descriptions, seminar organisations, elements to support the students in the project work, and project supervision. Based on our evaluations, we see that each year student satisfaction was increased, and at the same time both companies and students reported improved learning outcome and project results. The last year a survey was made for the students to evaluate the support from different elements such as online modules, introduction to project work, instructions of expected outcome, templates, and supervision during both physical and virtual collaboration phases. We conclude that such international and interdisciplinary projects can be very rewarding, but also that careful planning and implementation is needed to achieve the full potential. © 2018, University of Minho.
Funding(s)
COLIBRI  
TUHH
Weiterführende Links
  • Contact
  • Send Feedback
  • Cookie settings
  • Privacy policy
  • Impress
DSpace Software

Built with DSpace-CRIS software - Extension maintained and optimized by 4Science
Design by effective webwork GmbH

  • Deutsche NationalbibliothekDeutsche Nationalbibliothek
  • ORCiD Member OrganizationORCiD Member Organization
  • DataCiteDataCite
  • Re3DataRe3Data
  • OpenDOAROpenDOAR
  • OpenAireOpenAire
  • BASE Bielefeld Academic Search EngineBASE Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Feedback