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EXPERIENCES FROM A POSITIVISTIC WAY OF TEACHING IN THE FUZZY FRONT END

Slåttsveen, Kristoffer; Kriesi, Carlo; Steinert, Martin; Aasland, Knut Einar

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DS 93: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2018), Dyson School of Engineering, Imperial College, London. 6th - 7th September 2018
Year:
2018
Editor:
Erik Bohemia, Ahmed Kovacevic, Lyndon Buck, Peter Childs, Stephen Green, Ashley Hall, Aran Dasan
Author:
Slåttsveen, Kristoffer; Kriesi, Carlo; Steinert, Martin; Aasland, Knut Einar
Series:
E&PDE
Institution:
NTNU, Norway
Section:
Project / Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Design and Engineering Education
Page(s):
694-699
ISBN:
978-1-912254-02-6
Abstract:
This paper presents a project based graduate course in early stage product development called Fuzzy Front End. Based on a brief theory-based perspective and data from student interviews as well as stakeholders we provide a discussion ground for the format of the course. The main goal of the course is to educate confident engineers by providing a complete experience of an early stage product development process with all its positive and negative facets. Our findings indicate that the course provides strong motivational factors, as well as a collaborative mind-set amongst the teams that creates a motivational atmosphere for high quality project-outcomes. This insight is the starting point for highlighting shortcomings of a competition-based course format and discussing a potential alternative.
Keywords:
Fuzzy Front End, Competition, Project-Based Education, Product Development
20th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2018)
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