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Multidisciplinary projects as learning tool for sustainable approaches

Multidisciplinary projects as learning tool for sustainable approaches. Experience and some critical assessment L.M.F. Dejong. Multidisciplinary projects. Students in any (technical) discipline have to learn: To understand each other’s language To start thinking in systems

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Multidisciplinary projects as learning tool for sustainable approaches

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  1. Multidisciplinary projects as learning tool for sustainable approaches Experience and some critical assessment L.M.F. Dejong

  2. Multidisciplinary projects • Students in any (technical) discipline have to learn: • To understand each other’s language • To start thinking in systems • To dedicate their specialism to a system approach

  3. Sustainable development • The “CIRRUS” approach: • an integrated focus on sustainability in all the study programmes, by integrating • Knowledge • Insight • Competences In different subjects, courses and projects. Main aspects, creating • an awareness of sustainability • A vision on sustainability • Learning a systems approach

  4. Multidisciplinary projects • Objectives multidisciplinay projects program: • To gain experience • To develop an integrated course • To develop a protocol for MD-projects • Important problem definition • Students from various disciplines  truly cooperate ? • MD-collaboration  sustainable solutions?

  5. Practical approach • Directly at the start of CIRRUS project, the “ENO” MD-project was carried out • The results of that “ENO” MD-project formed input for a protocol • The protocol was used in three further projects.

  6. Protocol • Intake phase • Assessment project subject • Allocation people & resources + acceptance • Execution phase • Orientation / problem definition • Analysis / design • Implementation • Evaluation / finalising

  7. Projects / learning experience • “Eno” project • To assess the need of information on sustainable energy options • Major experiences MD-project • Duration • Level participants equal • Amount of time available • Cohesion of the group (Belbin / Tuckman) • Interactivity project <=> project group • Relation external party

  8. Projects / learning experience • “De Pettena” project • To improve the energy economy of a home for the elderly • Project result: very successful • Major experiences MD-project: • Protocol worked well. • Coaching of teambuilding, in particular cooperation of students, is too hard for supervisors in the field.

  9. Projects / learning experience • “De Pettena” project • To improve the energy economy of a home for the elderly • Project result: very successful • Major experiences MD-project: • Protocol worked well. • Coaching of teambuilding, in particular cooperation of students, is too hard for supervisors in the field.

  10. Projects / learning experience • “Xerox” project • Design a process to reuse parts of a new generation copiers • Partly successful • Major experiences MD-project • The willingness and ability to collaborate. • The level of the students • Large projects, hard to demarcate in time

  11. Observations, conclusions and recommendations (1) • Student • Recruitment of students is hard • “Equivalence” requires special attention • Groupforming process needs attention • Organisation • Bringing in line of department programmes remains a problem

  12. Observations, conclusions and recommendations (2) • External parties • Too high hopes • Impact of supervision MD projects too much • Inexpierence of external supervisors with tackling problems in teamwork • Protocol • Tuning with regard to the planning of the study programmes • Teambuilding in house • Proposals • MD-projects planned in earlier stage of the studies

  13. Summary • Pro • MD-projects enriches the student’s learning process • Companies were quite taken with such projects • Students must become better in their own field • Neutral • Teambuilding within the Faculty • Contra • Students are tired of being leveled down • The programming of the different studies differs too much • Acquisition of external MD assignments is hard.

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