scholarly journals Approaching Sustainable Energy Transitions Through Bringing Disciplines Together: an examination of Carleton University’s graduate cross disciplinary course in sustainable energy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalin Moy
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Energy Projects ◽  
Core Course ◽  
Energy Engineering

Complex challenges in sustainable energyrequire innovation: new ways of approaching problemsand new ways of collaborating. Bridging disciplinesthrough teamwork is one way to address issues effectively. Drawing from the experiences of a graduate level crossdisciplinary course involving engineering and public policy at Carleton University, this paper seeks to provide insights on the practical side of bridging disciplines in the classroom. Offered since 2011, this is a core course of Carleton’s Master’s program in Sustainable Energy Engineering and Policy. Working in groups, students envision and develop plans for novel sustainable energy projects. Through our experiences we posit the following  three suggestions for successful interdisciplinary teamwork. First, ensuring that students embarking on a course share a similar foundation. Second, lessons from literature regarding team dynamics can be applied to group project work. Thirdly, that group work, challenging at times, may later be found valuable in life beyond the classroom

scholarly journals Developing Student Meta-Cognition in a Design Course.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan L. Steele
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Main Route ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
Planning Group

practice can help with developing professional skills. To encourage the development of self reflection and ultimately meta-cognition related to project and design work, undergraduate electrical engineering students in anon-capstone project course undertook reflection exercises on their group project. The instructor observed a range of abilities to undertake the reflections, with some not going beyond describing the work that they had done, whereas others started to show a deeper consideration and thinking about their project work. The main route for reflection was a reflection journal, where five entries were required over the period of the project. The choice of reflection topic was up to the student except in one entry case when a mandatory question on life long learning was asked. For each of the other reflections a suggestion was provided for a reflection topic. Other opportunities for reflection were included with questionnaires at the beginning and end of the course, as well as presentations including one describing one thing the group had learned.The individual experiences of students in a first major group project course allow a range of reflections to occur, from ideas about planning, group work, problem solving and design being potential areas for discussion. Evaluation here is restricted to the instructors observations and not a detailed analysis of the student’s reflection work. This is an early examination of reflection and meta-cognition of the students but there areindications that students are taking the first steps in considering their approaches to project and design work.

scholarly journals From projects to problems

2006 ◽  
pp. 81-83
Author(s):  
Derek Raine
Keyword(s):  
Group Work ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Group Projects ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Teaching Physics

Projects are a familiar feature of physics curricula and many courses include one or more group projects as a way of developing group work skills, if not for teaching physics. Problem-based learning on the other hand, which is designed primarily to teach physics while enhancing group work skills, is not so familiar. In this article we shall show how project work can be developed rather simply into problem-based learning by contextualising the project in terms of a problem and a viewpoint. The examples given will be based on developments of first and second year courses at Leicester to integrate practical, computational and theoretical work within the programme of specialist options. The benefits to staff and students will be discussed.

scholarly journals Е-ENVIRONMENT BASED ON MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF GROUP PROJECT WORK OF STUDENTS AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (6) ◽  
pp. 98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olena G. Glazunova ◽  
Olena G. Kuzminska ◽  
Tetyana V. Voloshyna ◽  
Taisia P. Sayapina ◽  
Valentyna I. Korolchuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Environmental Sciences ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Environment Model ◽  
National University

Materials of the article are devoted to the experience of implementing cloud services in the process of training students at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. The latest research in the field of designing and creating e-environments for the organization of group project work has been analyzed. The e-environment model based on Microsoft SharePoint is developed and the method of using Office 365 cloud services in a single e-environment for organizing group project work of students is given. This article offers the developed criteria and selected tools for assessing the effectiveness of using the e-environment for the organization of group project work. It presents the materials and analysis of the results of applying the project method in the course of studying the academic discipline “Information Technologies” at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. It also defines the advantages of applying e-environment based on Microsoft SharePoint for the organization of students’ project work.

The status of the profession: the role of PhD and masters programs in public policy education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Rubaii
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The Status ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This chapter traces the evolution of graduate level public affairs education in the United States in terms of focus, mission, curriculum, institutional locus, and enrollments, with attention to similarities and differences at the masters and doctoral levels. It highlights the role of two key professional associations in the evolution of the field, NASPAA and APPAM. It also examines some persistent challenges regarding how broadly or narrowly to define the field, how clearly to differentiate among the related fields of study, and how to define and ensure quality.

scholarly journals Energy engineering students on their way to expertise in sustainable energy

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (-1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Malkki ◽  
Kari Alanne ◽  
Laura Hirsto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Sustainable Energy ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Key Competencies ◽  
Sustainability In Higher Education ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Energy Engineering

Abstract Energy engineering is facing new challenges in educating experts in sustainable energy. The aim of this paper is to characterise expertise related to sustainability in higher education. Future challenges and required skills are explored through recent studies, which have listed key competencies that engineers need in their working life. Sustainability and expertise are discussed on the basis of literature and energy curricula are explored on universities’ internet pages.

STUDENT'S CO-CONSTRUCTION OF GROUP PROJECT WORK VIA TWIKI

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL KAI-WAH CHU ◽  
JOHN NGAI CHEUNG ◽  
LISA DUAN YANG MA ◽  
DAVID WILCK KA WAI LEUNG
Keyword(s):  
Project Work ◽  
Group Project
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