scholarly journals Addressing Collaboration Challenges in Project-Based Learning: The Student’s Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Bassam Hussein
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Collaboration Environment ◽  
Project Assignment

Project-based learning has been explored in a variety of contexts and different phases of education. Several implementation challenges are associated with project-based learning. Among these challenges is ensuring collaboration between students enrolled in a project assignment. The purpose of this study was to present several practical insights on how to tackle collaboration challenges in project-based learning. The study is based on the qualitative analysis of 67 reflections reports submitted by students who were enrolled in a project-based learning assignment in engineering education. The results suggest that collaboration challenges can be traced to priority conflicts between students as well as to the uncertainty in the project assignment. The results further suggest that these challenges can be successfully addressed by applying a structured project-management approach to planning, communication, and follow up. In addition, the findings suggest this structured approached should be supported by a mindset that recognizes the importance of adaptations and flexibility as the project develops. Moreover, the findings suggest that a collaboration environment based on inclusion, openness, and support enables students to respond to emerging problems and disagreements. The paper outlines several recommendations on how to improve students’ collaboration ability within project teams in the context of project-based assignments.

From Diagnosis to Transformation: How Projects are Implemented in a Participatory Framework

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-724-2-727
Author(s):  
M. Bellemare ◽  
M. Marier ◽  
J. Prévost ◽  
S. Montreuil ◽  
N. Perron
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Change Implementation ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Project Outcomes ◽  
Processing Plants ◽  
Skeletal Disorder ◽  
Primary Aluminium

In this paper, we use a project management approach as a basis for describing the process of implementing changes as part of a musculo-skeletal disorder (MSD) prevention program in two primary aluminium processing plants. In this participatory program, seven Ergo groups produced nine diagnoses, leading to 40 change implementation projects, 23 of which were subsequently carried out over a period of 18 months. A qualitative analysis based on several data sources, including the personal logs of four ergonomists responsible for monitoring the Ergo groups, led to the identification of the following variables: scope, sector, project ownership and project management It also showed how these variables influenced project outcomes. A number of elements are proposed for consideration when preparing and implementing this type of program.

scholarly journals ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ ПРОЕКТНО-ОРІЄНТОВАНОГО НАВЧАННЯ МАЙБУТНІХ ІНЖЕНЕРІВ У ВИВЧЕННІ МЕТОДОЛОГІЇ УПРАВЛІННЯ ПРОЕКТАМИ

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halyna V. Lutsenko ◽  
Vitalii P. Bevz
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Computer Systems ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Resources Planning

The peculiarities of modern world experience of implementation of project-based learning in engineering education have been considered. The potential role and place of projects in learning activity have been analyzed. The methodology of organization of project-based activity of engineering students when studying the project management methodology and computer systems of project management has been proposed. The requirements to documentation and actual results of students' projects have been described in detail. The requirements to computer-aided systems of project management developed by using Microsoft Project in the scope of diary scheduling and resources planning have been formulated.

scholarly journals Developing mobile-based project-based learning module for project management courses in vocational education

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-216
Author(s):  
Sarwandi Sarwandi ◽  
M Giatman ◽  
Sukardi Sukardi ◽  
Dedy Irfan
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Construction Engineering ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Learning Module ◽  
Questionnaire Method

The purposes of this research were (1) to design and implement the development of mobile-based e-modules, (2) to know the students' and lecturers’ responses toward the development of the mobile-based e-modules, and (3) to know the students’ learning outcomes after using the mobile-based e-modules. The research employed a Research and Development with the 4D development model. The participants of this study were 54 students and three lecturers of construction engineering education. The data on the students' and lecturers’ responses to the development of mobile-based e-modules were obtained using the questionnaire method. The results of the study show that the design and implementation of the developed mobile-based e-modules were successful based on several tests conducted. The successfully developed e-modules can be seen from the students’ responses, in which 64% are included in the Very Practical category, and only 36% are in the Practical category. On the other hand, the results of the lecturers’ responses show a Very Practical category by the percentage of 100%. As a consequence, the students’ learning outcomes are declared complete at 100% and increase with a gain score of 0.44 (moderate) from 54 students in the project management course.

Project-based learning in a graduate course on home appliance engineering

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110134
Author(s):  
Yeon Kim ◽  
Suk Lee ◽  
Changsun Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Industrial Projects ◽  
Home Appliance

Project-based learning is one of the popular and promising approaches in engineering education. The current study reports on a curriculum that was designed and implemented by a graduate school to help students gain knowledge and creative thinking skills through collaboration between different majors during industrial projects in a graduate course on home appliance engineering. The students selected the topics, planned the project, conducted research, produced a prototype, and presented their results under the guidance of a group of advisors consisting of professors, technical advisors, and industry mentors. A quantitative analysis showed that this approach was effective in improving the students’ attitude toward engineering. Furthermore, a qualitative analysis showed that this learning method helped students learn how to communicate and present effectively, to flexibly approach projects, and to understand the practices of industrial research. Based on the findings, the current study discusses how the project-based learning helped students advance.

scholarly journals Adrenoleukodystrophy Newborn Screening in California Since 2016: Programmatic Outcomes and Follow-Up

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Jamie Matteson ◽  
Stanley Sciortino ◽  
Lisa Feuchtbaum ◽  
Tracey Bishop ◽  
Richard S. Olney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Newborn Screening ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Birth Prevalence ◽  
Variant Of Uncertain Significance ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Screening Programs ◽  
Uncertain Significance ◽  
Long Term Follow Up

X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a recent addition to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel, prompting many states to begin screening newborns for the disorder. We provide California’s experience with ALD newborn screening, highlighting the clinical and epidemiological outcomes observed as well as program implementation challenges. In this retrospective cohort study, we examine ALD newborn screening results and clinical outcomes for 1,854,631 newborns whose specimens were received by the California Genetic Disease Screening Program from 16 February 2016 through 15 February 2020. In the first four years of ALD newborn screening in California, 355 newborns screened positive for ALD, including 147 (41%) with an ABCD1 variant of uncertain significance (VUS) and 95 males diagnosed with ALD. After modifying cutoffs, we observed an ALD birth prevalence of 1 in 14,397 males. Long-term follow-up identified 14 males with signs of adrenal involvement. This study adds to a growing body of literature reporting on outcomes of newborn screening for ALD and offering a glimpse of what other large newborn screening programs can expect when adding ALD to their screening panel.

Knowledge creation and utilization in project teams

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Ihuoma Oluikpe
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relational Processes ◽  
Knowledge Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tacit Dimension ◽  
Organizational Results

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the knowledge processes that interplay in the social construction and appropriation of knowledge and to test these constructs empirically in project teams. Design/methodology/approach – Literature research and quantitative survey were used. The research identified project success, faster completion times, operational efficiency, innovation and generation of new knowledge as dominating project management expectations in the past ten years. It studied how these projects construct and appropriate knowledge within project teams to achieve these five objectives. Using a quantitative approach, data were sought from 1,000 respondents out of a population of 10,000 from 11 project management areas in eight world regions to test the conceptual model in real-world scenarios. The data gathered were analyzed using quantitative analysis tools and techniques such as reliability, correlation and regression. Findings – There is a lingering difficulty within organizations on how to translate tacit knowledge into action. The transfer and utilization of tacit knowledge was shown to be embedded and nested within relationships. Innovation in projects was found to be mostly linked to replication and codification of knowledge (explicit dimension) as opposed to interpretation and assimilation (tacit dimension). Arriving at a mutual interpretation of project details and requirements does not depend on canonical (formal documentation) methods but mostly on non-canonical (informal) and relational processes embedded within the team. Originality/value – This work studies, in empirical and geographical detail, the social interplay of knowledge and provided evidence relative to the appropriation of knowledge in the project organizational form, which can be extrapolated to wider contexts. The work scoped the inter-relational nature of knowledge and provided further evidence on the nebulous nature of tacit/intangible knowledge. It also proved further that organizations mostly rely on explicit knowledge to drive organizational results, as it is easily actionable and measurable.

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