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A Structured Approach to Preparation for Group Project Work
The Embedded Systems Project (ESP) is a major student-centred PBL activity where students work in small groups throughout the second semester on the design of a microcontroller based product. This development project will generate a series of linked activities focused on the three key areas of team working, project planning and presentation skills, which the students previously identified as areas of difficulty.
Project Team: Peter Hicks, Norman Powell Faculty: Engineering and Physical Sciences
Funding year: 2005
Keywords: embedded, systems, design, electrical engineering, electronic, pbl
Case Study (PDF, 86.9Kb)
An Integrated Model of EBL in Practice
Previous development work will be evaluated using appropriate custom-designed instruments. This will help identify defining principles and describe working relationships that give access to the current experiences of students. From this the project will activate and embed EBL in the teaching programme and devise approaches to formal assessment.
Project Team: David Pottage Faculty: Medical and Human Sciences
Funding year: 2005
Keywords: design, medicine, psychiatry, postgraduate, individual, practice based, presentation, evaluation
Case Study (PDF, 69.4Kb)
An Enquiry-Based Learning Approach to Drug Development and Design
In this enquiry-led exercise, groups of students will use data to select therapeutic targets and screening methods and will evaluate simulated results from screening experiments and clinical trials to identify drugs to bring to market. They will present their findings in a poster. Three suitable clinical targets will be identified and simulated datasets will be generated for the trial during semester 2.
Project Team: Richard Prince Faculty: Life Sciences
Funding year: 2005
Keywords: drug development, design, pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, data analysis, teamwork
Case Study (PDF, 79.5Kb)
Pedagogic Development - Enquiry-Based Learning for Constructed Textiles
Learning how to weave can be problematic for designers. The discipline demands the visualisation of 3D structures and manufacturing processes. Weave design has traditionally been taught through a technology-based route using lectures, laboratory classes and written exams. Observations and analyses of exam results have shown that the design students find constructed textiles difficult to master. Through this project we will translate some of the lectures from TX2009 Weaving for Designers into Problem Based Learning.
The aims of this project are to:
- Match the teaching methods more closely with the learning style of the students
- Promote deep and holistic learning
- Promote a more vibrant and stimulating learning experience
- Ensure students are at the centre of the learning environment
These aims will be met by creating an EBL environment for constructed textile design through a blended learning approach, converting weave design lectures into PBL, and creating a WebCT portal in which curriculum objectives and study techniques are clarified.
Project Team: Kate Sayer Faculty: Engineering and Physical Sciences
Funding year: 2005
Keywords: textiles, design, visualisation, 3d, manufacturing, process, weaving, webct, pbl, undergraduate, teamwork
Case Study (PDF, 98.4Kb)
An Enquiry-Based Chemical Engineering Design Project for First Year students
The aim of the project is to create a new Chemical Engineering Design Project that incorporates relevant aspects of today’s process industry with an enquiry-based approach. The objective is to design an open-ended task based on a real industrial problem in which students will use all mechanisms of enquiry to elicit a solution. The main purpose is to change the approach from a fixed and sometimes contrived process design with very restricted alternatives and solutions to a more open-ended problem in which students can explore different routes, make decisions and find different solutions depending upon those decisions. The project will look at real industrial questions and will set an engineering working environment by using role-playing. The work will be carried out in small teams with a team leader and also a chief engineer and a manager. The academics will act as consultants to the teams and a representative from industry will provide students with relevant information about the problem at hand.
Project Team: Dr Robin Curtis, Dr Esther Ventura-Medina Faculty: Engineering and Physical Sciences
Funding year: 2006
Keywords: chemical engineering, design, project, industry, process, role-play, first year, undergraduate, teamwork, professional
Case Study (PDF, 85.2Kb)
Teaching Foundations for Interaction Design using an Enquiry-Based Learning Approach
Re-development of a Human-Computer Interaction module from being lecture based to collaborative and project-driven. Students will engage in collaborative observation and discovery in analysis of real world examples of interactive technologies and gain first hand experience applying tools and techniques used by industry. This new delivery approach to Human-Computer Interaction will prepare students with a better understanding of the foundations for interaction design and create a more relevant learning experience.
Project Team: Dr Victor Gonzalez, Pranoy Bhattacharjee, Luis Castro-Quiroa Faculty: Manchester Business School
Funding year: 2008
Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction, HCI, labs, projects, design, collaboration
