Problem based Learning in Engineering and Science – Development of Facilitator Mona Dahms Department of Development and Planning Vestre Havnepromenade 5: 1-204, DK - 9000 Aalborg Phone: + 45 99408401, e-mail: mona@plan.aau.dk Lars Peter Jensen Department of Control Engineering Fredrik Bajers Vej 7C, DK - 9220 Aalborg East Phone: + 45 99408740, e-mail: lpj@es.aau.dk URL: http://es.aau.dk/staff/lpj Associated Professors at Aalborg University
Monday, October 29th 2012: PBL and The Aalborg model 9.00 Welcome by lecturer Mona Dahms and Lars Peter Jensen Introduction and presentation of lecturer and participants. Discussion of participants expectations (reflection-for-action). Introduction to the program. 9.45 Why PBL? Competence profile 10.20 Break 10.30 What is PBL? Concept mapping Video film about learning: “Teaching teaching and understanding understanding” Learning theories and PBL principles 12.00 Lunch 13.00 Exercise in groups – make a project proposal across different engineering disciplines 14.10 Presentation of project proposals 14.30 Break 14.45 PBL as educational model and Practice at Aalborg University 16.00 End of day one
Thuesday, October 30th 2012: Facilitation 9.00 Unanswered questions from day one 9.15 Role play of a meeting between facilitator and students. 11.45 Lunch 12.30 Facilitation 14.00 Intercultural Communication in a PBL Environment 15.30 Forming Peer groups and planning experiment 16.00 End of day two
9.00 Presentation and discussion of group excercises. 12.00 Lunch ? December 2012: Results from experiments with facilitation situations + Examination Until the last day of the course the participants are helping each other/sharing experience in Peer Groups making an experiment with supervision. 9.00 Presentation and discussion of group excercises. 12.00 Lunch 13.00 Assessment/Examinations of projects: Why and How 15.00 Unanswered questions and evaluation of the course.