Truscott, Fiona;
Tilley, Emanuela;
Mitchell, John;
Nyamapfene, abel;
(2023)
Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning: Staff Experiences of Leading Multidepartmental Projects for Year 1 Engineering Students.
In: Guerra, Aida and Chen, Juebei and Lavi, Rea and Bertel, Lykke and Lindsay, Euan, (eds.)
International Research Symposium on PBL: Transforming Engineering Education.
(pp. pp. 309-313).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, USA.
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Abstract
There is increasing consensus that Engineering programmes need to include space for skills learning, particularly in interdisciplinary contexts. Active learning methods, such as project-based learning, are the gold standard for teaching interdisciplinary skills. However much of the literature on these approaches focuses on relatively small class sizes, making the application in larger contexts seem unfeasible. The Integrated Engineering Programme (IEP) at University College London (UCL), is one of the most comprehensive and largest applications of active learning methodologies within undergraduate engineering curricula in the UK. A key part is the cornerstone module, Engineering Challenges. This first-year undergraduate module aims to introduce students to project work and key skills such as teamwork and communication through undertaking an interdisciplinary project. Taken by close to 1000 students across seven departments, this is a complex undertaking and we have had to develop approaches to delivering largescale interdisciplinary project work. Team teaching is central to this; with the Engineering Challengesteaching team led by a faculty-level Module Lead, with one to four academics from each department. This paper focuses on the role of the Module Lead in this unusual situation, how this role differs from a more typical role and how this links to module success.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Large-Scale Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning: Staff Experiences of Leading Multidepartmental Projects for Year 1 Engineering Students |
| Event: | 9th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL2023) |
| ISBN-13: | 978-87-7573-023-0 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/transforming-en... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2023. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Project Based Learning, Large Scale Teaching, Team Teaching |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Engineering Science Faculty Office |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10201675 |
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