In this paper, an enhanced integration of theory and practice through progressive contact with the industry, developed at the School of Engineering, is discussed.
In this paper, an enhanced integration of theory and practice through progressive contact with the industry, developed at the School of Engineering, is discussed.
We report on an experiment in which we used Peer Instruction instead of traditional lectures in a Calculus course for beginning engineering students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Research in teaching and learning space has shown that students tend to learn with their individual learning styles while teachers deliver lessons in class using appropriate teaching strategies tha
Often, some engineering students appear not to be as active and motivated as they should be to put enough effort into their studies, that is, to do their homework and attend different teacherfacili
In this paper a continuation research at five technical universities in Nordic countries (N5T network) in 2012 is presented, where the aim was to find out how the program leaders conceived their fu
In 2004 Elite Engineering Education Program (EEEP) was implemented at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), on an urgent demand of industry and society.
CDIO-based curriculum and course design involves many components that need to be integrated in projects, laboratory work and classroom activities.
Engineers work collaboratively most, if not all, of the time. Yet even the most successful among them can be hindered by suboptimal teamwork.
Groover defines automation as the technology by which a process or procedure is accomplished without human assistance [1].
In order to solve the serious mismatching problem between the cultivation of digital arts talents and industrial requirements, this paper focuses on how to construct an application-oriented cultiva
International student work-pair practices have been established between Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland and Tokyo National College of Technology, Japan.
Globally, the game industry is one of the most rapidly growing industrial sectors. Many universities are forced to renew their curricula based on the needs of the game industry.
The main emphasis of the paper is in the implementation of video lectures, and the analysis of the learning results through video lectures.
The aim of this article is to present a novel new innovative learning environment: Salo BusinessAcademy (BA) is based on student-owned cooperatives where from the 2nd year most learning takes place
The CDIO Syllabus includes a section dealing with Enterprise, Societal and Environmental Context (Section 4) that was extended in 2011, which implies its growing importance.
In June 2011, version 2.0 of the CDIO Syllabus was released, which contained updated and expanded information, including an extension on Leadership and Entrepreneurship.
“Introduction to ICT Engineering” is the first of four project-oriented courses distributed along all the degrees in TelecomBCN, at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).
The Multimedia & Infocomm Technology (MIT) diploma is a three year program offered by the School of Engineering in Nanyang Polytechnic. It has an annual cohort size of about 200 students.
This paper shows how a team of highly motivated teachers at the University of Santiago, has started an innovation program in teaching and learning at electrical engineering career, having as a refe
Since the 1990’s, MIT’s Aeronautics and Astronautics Department has offered a freshman-level project-based learning class.
The Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) organizes an annual international design competition, "24 Hours of Innovation", with almost 850 university student participants from more of 20 universitie
The use of robots in all areas of production increases continuously. At the same time the robots are used to solve more and more complex tasks.
The importance of product development from a business point of view is both challenging to learn and teach in a university setting without the context of a real business environment.
In most traditional engineering schools in Chile, Mechanics is a fundamental course taught by physics professors, using a theoretical approach which often disregards what civil engineers do.
In this paper the structure, methods, action mechanisms and requirements of the internal university mobility program "Self-Learning University" have been studied in compliance with the implementati
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.