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A learning and teaching methodology is implemented, in a Mechanical Engineering course that comprises several distributed learning and assessed activities that make use of active and collaborative learning as well as peer review and assessment. A company Learning Management System (LMS) is used to promote peer learning and continuous assessment throughout the course. Pedagogy assumes a key role although...
This paper presents the innovations in the practical work of the Data Structures subject carried out in the last five years, including a transition period and a first year of implantation of the European Higher Education Area. The practical coursework is inspired by a project-based methodology and from 2008/2009 additional laboratory sessions are included in the subject schedule. We will present the...
Nowadays, the Web is a common tool for students searching information about the subjects taught in the different university courses. Although this is a good tool for the first rapid knowledge, a deeper study is usually demanded. After many years of teaching a course about ceramic and composite materials in the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering of Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto,...
Active learning schemes are implemented to solve the problem of managing a complex laboratory with high quality equipment. To optimize the laboratory work outcomes, students act as trainers of their colleagues in a peer-tutoring basis.
This paper describes the background and the theory of the learning arrangement “The Regensburg Concept of P1 - Seminars” and its potential fields of application. This conception was designed to meet the various requirements caused by the Bologna Accords and the restructuring of the senior years of German secondary school education. At the same time it aims at finding solutions for a severe problem...
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