Project-based learning

Project-based learning with CommSy

Project-based learning has long been an important element in teaching informatics topics. This is because educational teamwork is comparable with the work in multidisciplinary teams common in the IT industry, and thereby allows students to acquire social and methodological competence in addition to professional competence. Groupware systems are increasingly used to support communication, coordi...

Project types and industrial collaboration in project-based learning

Internet Based Project Learning for Electronics

Project Based Learning (PBL) is a widely used pedagogy in engineering education. The NetPro project integrates traditional PBL into a network based learning environment. The project has developed models, tools and services to facilitate communication and collaboration between distant students, and to manage access and control of project deliverables. NetPro project teams form cross-institutiona...

Conceptualizing Applied Probability through Project-based Learning

Several prominent educational institutions have recently increased their use of team-based projects to both enhance learning and aid in assessment. We present some of our ongoing research into the use of project-based learning for the instruction of applied probability and stochastic processes at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels. In particular, we will demonstrate how “real-w...

Enhanced project-based learning using peer-feedback

We report on an innovative approach to teaching Optics to Engineering students in the form of an enhanced class experience developed by project-based learning, presentations, and peer-feedback. In order to compensate for the lack of laboratory work, an optics project was introduced alongside class demos. In order to increase class interest in the project, a competition was declared and the winn...