The effectiveness of team project work for distance education students
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Paper/Presentation Title | The effectiveness of team project work for distance education students |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Zhuge, Yan (Author), Brodie, Lyn (Author) and Mills, Julie (Author) |
Editors | Campbell, Duncan, Hugo, Ron and Dawes, Les |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 2012 International CDIO Conference (Conceive Design Implement Operate 2012) |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781921897344 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://cdio2012.com/ |
Conference/Event | 8th International CDIO Conference (Conceive Design Implement Operate 2012) |
Event Details | 8th International CDIO Conference (Conceive Design Implement Operate 2012) Parent International CDIO Conference Event Date 01 to end of 04 Jul 2012 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | Project Based Learning (PBL) has been recently introduced to a final year structural design course at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and one assessable requirement associated with the project is teamwork. Unfortunately, when teamwork was first introduced to the course in 2010, most students chose to work individually. The project was re-designed and teamwork was made compulsory when the course was offered in 2011. In order to maximise the benefit of teamwork, a questionnaire was sent to students to identify their perceived strengths and weaknesses related to the design project before it commenced. The distance education team members were then matched up based on the questionnaire. A second questionnaire was sent to students after the project was completed to check if students valued teamwork more compared with the responses from the previous year. This paper will discuss the analysis of student feedback before and after the project, compare the outcomes between distance education (external) and on-campus students and explore potential means of promoting teamwork to distance students. |
Keywords | project-based learning; distance education; teamwork; structural engineering; design; higher education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390113. Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy | |
390409. Learning sciences | |
Public Notes | Copyright 2012 Copyright resides with the authors' and/or their employing or funding institutiors. Other than brief abstracts, no part of this publication may be produced in any form without the consent of the authors. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites |
Engineering Education Research Group | |
University of South Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1w80/the-effectiveness-of-team-project-work-for-distance-education-students
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