Identifying the issues of team project work for distance education students: a case study in civil engineering
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Paper/Presentation Title | Identifying the issues of team project work for distance education students: a case study in civil engineering |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Zhuge, Yan (Author) and Mills, Julie E. (Author) |
Editors | Gardner, Anne and Jolly, Lesley |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 9780646546100 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.aaee2010.com.au/ |
Conference/Event | 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) |
Event Details | Rank B B |
Event Details | 21st Annual Conference for the Australasian Association of Engineering Education (AAEE 2010) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE) Delivery In person Event Date 05 to end of 08 Dec 2010 Event Location Sydney, Australia |
Abstract | Project based learning has been introduced to a final year structural design course at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) recently and one requirement associated with the project is teamwork. Unfortunately, teamwork is uncommon in the current engineering program at the USQ, mainly due to the fact that around 80% of its students are distance education students. When the design project was given to students at the beginning of the course, the idea of teamwork was welcome. Surprisingly, after the projects were submitted, it was found that most students chose to work individually. An evaluation was then conducted to explore why students chose not to work in teams, and particularly to determine the barriers that prevented it for distance education students. This paper will discuss the analysis of student feedback, compare the responses between distance education and on-campus students and explore potential means of overcoming these issues. |
Keywords | team work, engineering education, case study, distance learning student |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Engineering and Surveying |
University of South Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0732/identifying-the-issues-of-team-project-work-for-distance-education-students-a-case-study-in-civil-engineering
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