Conference Session

Communication: From Pecha Kucha to Bullets

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Simões de Carvalho P.E., ISEL, Lisbon, Portugal; Christy Moore, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

efficiency topic is embedded in most of thelearning activities and course assignments along the semester. The course is designedand delivered in a way that allows students to experience a variety of teachingenvironments: i) traditional lectures; ii) invited speakers and field trips; iii) shortformative assignments; iv) individual and team long term assignments with a strongcollaborative component, and; v) an online environment (Learning Management System)for course resources and materials, information and assignments sharing and severaldiscussion boards.As students are used to more traditional assignments they tend to feel uncomfortablewhen they are asked to make decisions, share information and get actively involved inpeer review and even in peer