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CHALLENGE BASED LEARNING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Antti Piironen, Anssi Ikonen, Kimmo Saurén, Pasi LankinenHelsinki Metropolia University of Applied SciencesFINLAND
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Case: What Information Technology
Students can Do?
Copyright: Teemu Partanen, 2009
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Metropolia - The largest University of Applied Sciences in Finland• 14 000 students• 61 bachelor and master level degree
programmes• 4 fields of study:• Culture• Business and Administration• Health Care and Social Services• Technology and Transport
• Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa
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Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology Curriculum
• Basic studies (79 ECTS credits)• Common Professional Studies (70)• Professional Orientation Studies (30)• Elective Studies• Final Year Thesis (15)• Maturity exam• Language studies• ____________________________________• Total 240 ECTS credits in 4 years
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Four Specialization Options,30 ECTS each
1. Telecommunications• Computer Networks 1• Computer Networks 2 / Personal Communications
2. Software Engineering• Software Engineering• Real-Time and Embedded Systems / Mobile
Programming3. Embedded Engineering
• Computer Engineering• Measurement Systems / Digital Signal Processing
4. Information Systems • Software Engineering• Information Systems
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What did we do?
• Integrating project combining learnings of three courses:• Electronic Components and Systems• Embedded Systems Programming • Finnish language for Information
Technology
• In future: - Business Studies for Engineers- Multicultural Project Teams
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Problem Based Learning Principle
• Realistic problem is used. • Teaching Tutoring.• Teacher does not know the only
correct answer.• Students learn by doing: a lot of
trial and error involved!• Learning happens outside of
lectures.• But still, lectures are needed!
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• Problem based learning is well suited method to teach applied engineering, communication, and group work skills.
Challenge instead of problem: 1. Variety of valid solutions2. Goal orientation3. Process learning
How?
T0161Electronic Systems
T0162Electronic
Components and Circuits
T0192Microprocessors
T0022Embedded
System Programming
KIELT0164Finnish for Information Technology
CombinedProject
Circuit theory
etc.
Digital Circuits
T0189Programming
Competition
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Learning resources: no changes to traditional curriculum!
• Electronic Components and Circuits• 20 h project• 2 home exercises• 6 h extra supervised laboratory sessions
• Embedded Systems Programming• 20 h project• 5 laboratory exercises
• Finnish for Information Technology• 10 h project• 7 h group meetings• Oral presentations• Documentation exercises
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Extra Teachers Resources to Keep it Going• Planning starts 3 months before the project
• Selecting a topic: ~10 work hours• Validating the topic: >20 work hours• Forming the groups and modifying project rules: ~10
work hours• Extra supervision
• 14 hours of electronics laboratory to advice on hard to solve problems
• Daily “quick answers” on hallways and classrooms• Three electronic component group-orders
• The competition• Organizing: 12 work hours• Grading requires a teachers meeting: 4 work hours
• ________________________________________________
• TOTAL >70 hours of teachers work extra
FIRST TIME: AT LEAST DOUBLE THE TIME
>140 hours/teacher
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Project Topics• 2005: • Groups formed freely some groups
never finished• Topic selected freely some topics were
way too hard• 2006:• Groups assigned by teacher works very
well• Topic: IR remote control transmitter or
receiver too easy • 2007 - 2009: • Groups assigned by teacher• Topic: Remotely Controlled Robot• Works DON’T MESS IT UP NOW!!!
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Challenge 2009: Robot Wars
• Competition Classes1. Speed: Two trials on 400cm long
acceleration track.2. Tuning: Coolest looking car is voted. 3. Robot Wars: The last robot in circuit wins.
4. In future: 1. Slalom2. Obstacle track3. Anti-speed race
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Assessment
• Dirty trick to get everyone involved: students can make a group decision on how to redistribute the points: for example, group of three and grade of 3 can be divided in (4,3,2), or (5,2,2), or even (5,4,0).
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Time Table (Students)Theory
Combined project
Supervising sessionsOrientation
January February March April May
Kickoff
Groupmeeting
Feedback onProject Plan
2. Review of Project Plan
TechnicalDocument
ProjectReport
Grading
CompetitionCustomermeeting
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Learning Spiral
Challenge
Appropriation FormulatingQuestions
Tutoring Session
SearchingSolution ExperimentsSolution
Intro
RefiningSolution
AppropriationClient
Meeting
PracticalWork
TestingSolution
Contruction of Knowledge
Closure
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Students comments:
• Multidisciplinary project is a motivating method for learning.
• Students learned project and team working skills and gained knowledge and experiences on embedded systems design process.
• "we found out that designing embedded systems is 5% of planning and implementation and 95% of testing and debugging“.
• Senior Students comment: “one of the best courses ever during my studies”.
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Teachers observations
• Supervision takes much more time than in “normal” project, but the outcome is very rewarding.
• We learn to know students more as persons than just student “ID numbers”.
• Hidden competence of silent students will blossom.
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Recommendations… Please take these seriously!!!
• Get enough planning resources. • Our project could not have been possible
without an extra 100 hours of teachers vocational studies project work of Mr. Anssi Ikonen.
• Planning the combined project requires substantial amount of meeting hours.
• Keep the meetings casual, since this project cannot be forced to happen. • In our case, we had pizza, beverages, and sauna.
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Recommendations…
• Co-operation means that everybody participates. • Not just only students, but especially
teachers’ real co-operation is crucial.
• Learn from your own successes and mistakes• All groups will not deliver end product but
they still are successful.• Do not evaluate only the end product but
also the learning process.
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Recommendations…
• Get project maintance tools. • NetPro-system was in use until 2008. The
system was turned down during the fusion. Big mistake!
• A paper folder was used as a project diary. • Some teams made their own electronic
project management systems, which evidently gave them (well earned) advantage.
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Recommendations…
• Select project topic carefully. • Active involvement in guidance is
crucial during first weeks of project. • Do not allow students to form teams by
themselves. • Eliminate extra variables to simplify
project maintenance. • Get enough implementation resources.
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Recommendations…
• Get enough resources: • This is not a miracle cure for a budget
deficit!!!
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Copyright: Erika Julku, 2009
Few pictures
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Copyright: Harry Sileoni, 2009
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Copyright: Antti Piironen, 2009
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Copyright: Erika Julku, 2009
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Thank you!