TY - GEN
T1 - Active Learning Project Sequence
T2 - 17th International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 09
AU - Ishii, Kosuke
AU - De Week, Olivier
AU - Haruyama, Shinichiro
AU - Maeno, Takashi
AU - Kim, Sun K.
AU - Fowler, Whitfield
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Whereas team project-based learning of engineering design has attracted wide acceptance, it is still rare to see a curriculum that addresses high level societal needs involving diverse students with technical and non-technical backgrounds and a wide range of practical experience. This paper describes collaborative curriculum development among one Japanese (Keio University) and two US universities (Stanford and MIT). The Active Learning Project Sequence (ALPS) is a capstone experience for Keio's new Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM). The faculty team combined their experience to use the System Development "V-Model" as a roadmap for the curriculum. ALPS set a high level "Voice of Society," from which the project teams generated solution scenarios, identified requirements, and described the proposed system using appropriate prototypes of not only hardware, but other amorphous means. The theme for 2008 was "Enhancing Senior Life in Japan," which led to project foci on more specific scenarios. This paper illustrates the design of the workshop sequence, in particular, two key learning modules: a) scenario development and prototyping and b) cross-team project evaluation.
AB - Whereas team project-based learning of engineering design has attracted wide acceptance, it is still rare to see a curriculum that addresses high level societal needs involving diverse students with technical and non-technical backgrounds and a wide range of practical experience. This paper describes collaborative curriculum development among one Japanese (Keio University) and two US universities (Stanford and MIT). The Active Learning Project Sequence (ALPS) is a capstone experience for Keio's new Graduate School of System Design and Management (SDM). The faculty team combined their experience to use the System Development "V-Model" as a roadmap for the curriculum. ALPS set a high level "Voice of Society," from which the project teams generated solution scenarios, identified requirements, and described the proposed system using appropriate prototypes of not only hardware, but other amorphous means. The theme for 2008 was "Enhancing Senior Life in Japan," which led to project foci on more specific scenarios. This paper illustrates the design of the workshop sequence, in particular, two key learning modules: a) scenario development and prototyping and b) cross-team project evaluation.
KW - Active Learning
KW - Cross-team project evaluation
KW - Multi-disciplinary teams
KW - Project evaluation scorecard
KW - Scenario development
KW - System Design and Management
KW - System Development V-Model
KW - Team project-based learning
KW - Voice of Society
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84859223929
SN - 9781904670148
T3 - DS 58-10: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design
SP - 57
EP - 68
BT - DS 58-10
Y2 - 24 August 2009 through 27 August 2009
ER -