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Ryan S. Wells; Ling Chen; Ezekiel Kimball; Betty Annan; Scott M. Auerbach; Justin T. Fermann – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2025
Teamwork and collaboration are twenty-first century skills valued by STEM employers for addressing the most urgent problems in society. To prepare undergraduate STEM students, they must graduate valuing teamwork and collaboration. The Integrated Concentration in STEM (iCons) program aims to meet this goal by utilizing interdisciplinary team-based…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Teamwork
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Vander Schee, Brian A.; Andrews, Demetra; Stovall, Tony – Journal of Education for Business, 2023
Grounded in self-expansion theory, the Senior Business Consultant Project addresses the gap between career competencies possessed by business graduates and those expected by employers. The project took place in a virtual environment to mirror future business settings. Fourth-year consulting students worked in teams of two to provide guidance to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Business Communication, Consultants, Education Work Relationship
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Collofello, Jim; Fox, Derek; Jamieson, Leah H.; Johnson, Bart M.; Loughman, Joshua; Morgan, Jim; Oakes, William C.; Schoepf, Jared; Smith, Crystal – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
The EPICS Program was created in 1995 with the dual purposes of improving engineering education and addressing compelling needs within our communities. The model broke with many traditional academic traditions, involving students in multidisciplinary teams of students from first-year to fourth years for multiple semesters or even years on projects…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Service Learning, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
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Carlos J. Landaverde-Alvarado – Chemical Engineering Education, 2024
We redesigned our undergraduate laboratories to create a structured sequence that continuously improves the learning experience of students. We utilized a PBL and PjBL approach in which students are progressively introduced to ill-structured open-ended problems, the development of projects, and the creation of research products. We dynamically…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Griffioen, Jaco; van der Drift, Monique; van den Broek, Hans – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper sets out to enhance current Maritime Crew Resource Management (MCRM) training, and with that to improve the training of technical and non-technical skills given to bachelor maritime officers. The rationale for CRM training is improving safety performance by reducing accidents caused by human error. The central notion of CRM training is…
Descriptors: Management Development, Marine Education, Case Studies, Attitude Change
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Dalal, Amy Csizmar; Oliver, Emily – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
We present a case study of a multi-year, academic civic engagement (ACE) collaboration in a computer science capstone course. ACE projects in computer science provide an avenue for students to apply software development concepts to real-world projects with actual clients, and can offer meaningful engagement with ethical issues. The typical…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Science Education, Capstone Experiences, Outcomes of Education
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Holloway, Paul; Kenna, Therese; Linehan, Denis; O'Connor, Ray; Bradley, Helen; O'Mahony, Bernadette; Pinkham, Robyn – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
Opportunities to deploy digital technologies to research agendas and active learning in tertiary education are becoming more widespread. Despite this, many research techniques are still taught using traditional "pen-and-paper" methodologies. In this article, we report on a strategy for integrating mobile technology into our large (275+)…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Integration
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Coblentz, Dori; Realff, Mary Lynn; Alemdar, Meltem – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
The Effective Team Dynamics (ETD) Initiative at Georgia Tech developed curriculum to improve function of student teams. ETD uses the language of CliftonStrengths® to help students identify the areas in which they are the strongest and to apply those strengths to interpersonal contexts. ETD has developed curriculum for five "Touchpoints,"…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Minority Group Students
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Malheiro, Benedita; Guedes, Pedro; Silva, Manuel F.; Ferreira, Paulo – Education Sciences, 2019
Engineering education addresses the development of professional competencies in undergraduates. In this context, the core set of professional competencies includes critical thinking and problem solving, effective communication, collaboration and team building, and creativity and innovation--also known as the four Cs--as well as socio-professional…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Problem Solving, Professional Development
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Boylan, Brandon M.; Ehrlander, Mary F.; Bouffard, Troy J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Challenges to the Arctic region abound and intersect. Warming, ice and permafrost melting, and pollution jeopardize health and food security of Indigenous and other Northern communities. Problems related to natural resource extraction and shipping are developing. Because these issues cross sovereign boundaries, they must be addressed…
Descriptors: Governance, Interdisciplinary Approach, Natural Resources, Teamwork
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Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education
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Goode, Jennifer – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2021
This descriptive narrative depicts an academic program that deploys a collaborative project model for delivering concurrent multimedia courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Applying this model, online master's students who are studying the management of technical communication activities remotely manage teams of on-campus undergraduate…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Management Development
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Mayall, Robert M.; Arcellana-Panlilio, Mayi – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2019
With the ever-increasing push towards authentic learning within post-secondary institutions, many approaches are being explored. One such method with a particular focus on real-world applications has been the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition program. At the University of Calgary, the iGEM program sees teams of…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Teacher Workshops, College Faculty, Vignettes
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Rekalde-Rodríguez, Itziar; Barrenechea, Julieta; Hernandez, Yannick – Education Sciences, 2021
Universities are undertaking transformation projects that align their work with the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper describes how Ocean I3, an educational innovation project that aims to reduce plastic in the sea, has made an impact on its community over its three editions (2018/19 to 2020/21). Methodologically, it has been approached by…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Capstone Experiences, Sustainability
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Pan, Gary; Seow, Poh-Sun; Shankararaman, Venky; Koh, Kevin – Journal of International Education in Business, 2021
Purpose: Although it is clear that there are many benefits of academic-industry partnership through project-based learning (PBL) courses offered by universities, however, there are challenges in establishing such partnerships that if not addressed, may result in either failure of such collaboration or an unpleasant experience for parties involved.…
Descriptors: Management Development, Partnerships in Education, Student Projects, Active Learning
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