THE CREATION OF CDIO WORKSPACE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND WATER TECHNOLOGY

THE CREATION OF CDIO WORKSPACE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND WATER TECHNOLOGY

L. Xue, Y. Soo, N. Singh, T. Hun, L. Qishan, T. Law, et al, et al, et al (2009).  THE CREATION OF CDIO WORKSPACE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND WATER TECHNOLOGY. 11.

Fostering active learning and creation of workspaces are central to pedagogic principles in the CDIO initiative. Workspaces are seen as vehicles to create conducive learning environments, which enable a wide range of active and social learning. By creating a common workspace, active learning elements can be effectively infused into modules of the course program. This paper presents the creation of a CDIO workspace at Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Laboratory for students from the diploma course of Civil Engineering & Management as well as Diploma in Environmental Management and Water Technology at the School of The Architecture and the Built Environment, Singapore Polytechnic. It outlines the present utilization of the workspace, which includes time-tabled teaching and learning, preparation work for projects such as group brainstorming and model building, organization of activities like competition, as well as self learning. Positive acceptance was concluded according to the feedback from both staff and students concerning perceived usefulness and effectiveness in enhancing teaching and learning. Some issues for further development and improvement are also discussed in the conclusions. 

Authors (New): 
Liu Kao Xue
Yoong Yuen Soo
Nashatar Singh
Teo Kian Hun
Liu Qishan
Tracy Law
Elizabeth Chow
Chen Xia
Goh Hai Kok
Pages: 
11
Affiliations: 
Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore
Keywords: 
Learning Spaces
Hydraulic
Environmental
Engineering education
CDIO
Year: 
2009
Reference: 
Karl-Frederik Berggren, Doris Brodeur, Edward F. Crawley, Ingemar Ingemarsson, William T.G. Litant, Johan Malmqvist & Sören Östlund (2003) “CDIO : An international initiative for reforming engineering education” World Transactions on Engineeing and Technology Education. Vol. 2, No. 1, 2003: 
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David S. Strong and James D. McCowan (2005) “Effective workspace for engineering education: The integrated learning centre at Queen’s University in Kingston” 1 st Annual CDIO Conference Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 7-8, 2005: 
Edward Crawley, Johan Malmqvist, Soren Ostlund, Doris Brodeur, “Rethink Engineering Education the CDIO Approach”, Springer Science and Business Media, LLC, 2007. : 
Dr Tao Nengfu, Rose Huang, Yoong Yuen Soo, “Teach Less, Learn More: Motivating Students’ Learning of Structural Engineering with Real-Time Experiments and Competitions”, Journal of Teaching Practice, EETC 2008, Singapore Polytechnic.: 
Yoong Yuen Soo, Dr Tao Nengfu, Tan Poh Seng and Sia Chiaw Hui, “Real Time Experiential Learning Through Prototype Experiment in the Structural Learning Space”, Journal of Teaching Practice, EETC 2007, Singapore Polytechnic.: 
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