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Direct linkPitkälä, Kaisu H.; Finne-Soveri, Harriet; Immonen, Susanna; Lehti, Tuuli; Tiilikainen, Ida; Vesterinen, Teppo; Saarinen, Esa – Educational Gerontology, 2018
This article describes a new type of team training that involves undergraduate students of medicine, students from the Aalto University (industrial engineering and management, architecture, information networks, collaborative and industrial design and bioinformation technology) and specialized home care nurses. During the course, the students…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teamwork, Older Adults, Medical Students
Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lokkila, Erno; Kaila, Erkki; Lindén, Rolf; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Sutinen, Erkki – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to determine whether applying e-learning material to a course leads to consistently improved student performance. Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyzes grade data from seven instances of the course. The first three instances were performed traditionally. After an intervention, in the form of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
Heikkinen, Juho; Isomöttönen, Ville – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Recently, there has been a trend towards adding a multidisciplinary or multicultural element to traditional monodisciplinary project courses in computing and engineering. In this article, we examine the implications of multidisciplinarity for students' learning experiences during a one-semester project course for real customers. We use a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
Nordstrom, Katrina; Korpelainen, Paivi – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Problem solving is a critical skill for engineering students and essential to development of creativity and innovativeness. Essential to such learning is an ease of communication and allowing students to address the issues at hand via the terminology, attitudes, humor and empathy, which is inherent to their frame of mind as novices, without the…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Video Technology, Engineering Education, Creativity
Lappalainen, P. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2010
The changes facing industries are necessitating a concomitant change in university curriculum. Before instigating a reform, however, education providers need to acquire an understanding of the most pertinent development needs essential for filling industrial competence gaps. The Language Centre at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Problem Based Learning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAho, Kauko – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1988
Introduced is a course to teach integrated product development and to help make the shift from university to real practice. Discusses the course "Teaching Creative Machine Design," practical course guides, two examples of projects, and some consequences of the course. (YP)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Design Crafts, Designers, Engineering
Tedre, Matti – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
The diversity and interdisciplinarity of computer science and the multiplicity of its uses in other sciences make it hard to define computer science and to prescribe how computer science should be carried out. The diversity of computer science also causes friction between computer scientists from different branches. Computer science curricula, as…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Scientific Concepts, Computer Science, Engineering
Surakka, Sami; Malmi, Lauri – Computer Science Education, 2005
This case study considered the syllabus of the first and second year studies in computer science. The aim of the study was to reveal which topics covered in the syllabi were really needed during the following years of study or in working life. The program that was assessed in the study was a Masters program in computer science and engineering at a…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Computer Science, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
