Research Symposium on PBL in Engineering Education
Location: Frederik Bajers Vej 7 A Aalborg University
Program
Monday, 30 June 2008
09:00 Registration
10:00 Welcome by Anette Kolmos and Xiangyun Du
10.25 Tony Marjoram, UNESCO: Problem-Based Learning: Transforming Engineering Education and Addressing the Millennium Development Goals
10.50 Break
12.00 Panel discussion: Engineering skills for a sustainable world – what can PBL do?
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Parallel sessions
Session A Learning outcomes and PBL | Session B PBL and International Students | Session C PBL and Knowledge Building |
| Chair: Alex Stojcevski | Chair: Mona Dahms | Chair: Jette E. Holgaard |
For what learning outcomes is PBL effective
By J. Strobel and A. van Barneveld | Investigations into a new international masters induction program
| Are Qualia, Reification and Reflection Components in a Global Engineering Identity?
By A. Simcock |
Research on PBL as a Tool to Enhance Employability Skills Among Undergraduate Students in IPTA’s. By H. Othman, B. M. Salleh, A. Sulaiman, Y. Buntat | International Collaborative PBL using Innovative Factories By M. Matsuishi, S. Nakamura, S. Takeuchi, Y. Ng, CN Loo adn LH Liang | Engineering science and the problem of instrumental realism By L. B. Henriksen |
The Value of Design Projects in Teaching and Learning the Engineering Curriculum By M. Gao, P. Willmot, P. Demian | Problem Based Projects and learning outcome
| PBL and Concept Acquisition
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14:30 Break
14.45 Parallel sessions
Session D PBL leading to New Skills Room: A4-108 | Session E PBL and Subjects Room: B2-109 | Session I PBL and Assessment Room: A4-106 |
Chair: Junaid Siddiqui | Chair: Alec Simcock | Chair: Grethe. M. De Wet |
Effect of different PBL learning contexts on critical thinking skills enhancement By P. M. Bueno and V. G. Nocetti | Exploring the essence of productive pedagogy in Fluid Mechanics and Material and process curricula for second year Engineering By A. Elgezawy | Constructive Alignment in PBL & Engineering Practice By A. Stojcevski and X.Y. Du |
Development of the Leadership Competence by Senior Engineering Students Through a Project-Based Learning Experience By J.R. Alabart, S. Özgen, M. Medir, and H.J. Witt | Students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of a project-based learning curriculum in Structural Engineering
| Assessing the Impact of Project-Led Education: a case study at the University of Minho By S. Fernandes, M. A. Flores, R. Lima |
"More social activities please!" The international students’ summer induction program at Delft University of Technology By M.E.D van den Bogaard and Y.C. Chiang | Sharing the Plight of Flood Victims Towards Improving Students’ Humanistic Skills Using Project Oriented Problem Based Learning By Hussain Othman, Berhannudin M. Salleh, Abdullah Sulaiman, S. M. Dawilah Al-Edrus | PBL and Assessment
By J.E. Holgaard & A. Kolmos |
15:45 Break
16:00 Team-based poster session for the following posters:
| Poster 1 | A students’ viewpoint of Project Based Learning: Outcomes and experiences from the Symposia organised by the Board of European Students of Technology By G. Bosic, P. Kaklamanis, S. Nunez, M. Tzedaki |
| Poster 2
| PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PBL) AT PUC-RIO AND BRAZIL By M. A. Silveira, J. A. R. Parise, R.C.Campos |
Poster 3 | PROBLEM BASED LEARNING: A LEARNER CENTERED APPROACH IN ACTION IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION By W. Bouwer, F. J. Veldman, M. A. De Wet, I. Mokhele |
| Poster 4
| ACCELERATING, DEFINING AND PROFILING LEARNING DIVERSITY IN A MULTI-NATIONAL PBL ENVIRONMENT By G. Alcock, H. Blyt, L. Green |
| Poster 5 | Time out, or setting a workshop module for the student’s future career plans By J.L. Allard and Y. Mauffette |
| Poster 6 | Making the change, yes, but what do we assess? By Y. Mauffette and B. Raucent |
| Poster 7 | FIRST EXPERIENCES FROM RUNNING DISTANCE LEARNING AND PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMME IN WATER DISTRIBUTION AT UNESCO-IHE By N. Trifunovic |
| Poster 8 | How can we adapt our tutor training to trainees’ needs? By B. Raucent, A. Hernandez, G. Moore |
| Poster 9 | The Application of the PBL Approach for Teaching the First Year of an Electrical & Electronic Engineering Course By C. Ozansoy |
| Poster 10 | Creating a supportive PBL Environment in two engineering courses at Central Queensland University By F. Martin and A. Elgezawy |
| Poster 11 | Organisational change and faculty development: The Introduction of Problem Based Learning in Hospitality management at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa By M.A. De Wet, F. J. Veldman, W. Bouwer, I. Mokhele |
| Poster 12 | Web-based Freshmen Support System at Tallinn University of Technology By M. Teichmann, J. Kubarsepp, J. Ilvest |
| Poster 13 | AN EXPERIENCE WITH THE APPLICATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING SUPPORTED BY DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL METHODOLOGIES. RESULTS ON A REAL TIME SYSTEMS COURSE By J. Garcia, J. E.Perez, I. Munoz, P. Manzano |
| Poster 14 | CAN SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AFFORD TO AVOID PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: A DEBATE ON CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT AND THE 12 NATIONAL CRITICAL CROSS-FIELD OUTCOMES By F. J. Veldman, M. A. De Wet, I. Mokhele, W. Bouwer |
| Poster 15 | Problem Based Learning in Aircraft Engineering Education By M. H. Ramanathanand T. Y. Ping |
| Poster 16 | PBL on IT Strategy By Y. Tozawa |
| Poster 17 | The „Robinson“program: Robotic Curricula for Interdisciplinary Academic Education By S. Jeschke, L. Knipping, U. Vollmer, M. Wilke |
| Poster 18 | Staff Development in PBL - MPBL By M. Dahms |
17:30 Reception
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
09:00 Prof. Mariane FRENAY, University of Louvain, Belgium: Implementation of PBL – development of skills, knowledge and academic staff
9:30 Prof. Denis Bédard, University of Sherbrooke, Canada: Comparing PBL Models
10:00 Panel: Evaluation of diverse PBL practice – how to study PBL practice?
10:30 Break
10:45 Parallel sessions for research papers
Session F PBL and Laboratories Room: A4-108 | Session G Facilitating Collaborative Learning Room: B2-109 | Session H Faculty Development Room: A4-106 |
Chair: Willem. A. J. Bouwer | Chair: Laurids Green | Chair: Cagil Ozansoy |
Technical Support Role for Problem Based Learning in Engineering By H. Arisy and A. Stojcevski | The role of socio-emotional quality of small groups during project-organized collaborative learning in engineering education By C. Heylen, H. Buelens and J. V. Sloten | Developing Activity Led learning in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University through a continuous improvement change process By S. Wilson-Medhurst, I. Dunn, P. White, R. Farmer, D. Lawson |
First year project-based laboratory in electrical engineering program By A. Nafalski and Z. Nedic | Making PBL teams successful
By S. Krishnan, C. M. Vale, R. Gabb | Influence of appraising performance of the academic engineering staff on organisational change and faculty development By C. S. Duse, D. M. Duse, M. I. Rusu |
Utilization of problem based learning in laboratory course instruction By K. M. Vilonen and A. O. I.Krause | Students’ office in the Aalborg Model
By C. M. Spliid and P. Qvist | An Experiment of Conducting a Faculty Development Workshop on a PBL Approach By J.A. Siddiqui |
11:50 Lunch
13:00 Selection of workshop
13:30 Active workshop for research proposals
15:30 Panel discussion
16.30 End of symposium