Title :
Collaborative teaching of integrated product development: a case study
Author :
Shirland, Larry E. ; Manock, Jerrold C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Bus. Adm., Vermont Univ., Burlington, VT, USA
fDate :
8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a case study of a successful collaborative effort to design and implement a multidisciplinary course entitled integrated product development. It demonstrates that cross-college collaboration among faculty is possible with little outside support or incentives, In this instance, the desire of colleagues from different disciplines to learn from each other was a prime motivator. In addition to developing an actual product that satisfies an identified need, an important part of the course involves providing feedback to both the team and the individual as to how they are functioning and interacting. One way this is accomplished is through an exercise called “crises design”. A post-mortem of this impromptu problem quickly introduces students to positive and negative aspects of their team dynamic while presiding metrics for evaluating future team interaction. Individual team member metrics are provided throughout the semester by summarizing the results of two peer reviews with the student. Specific examples of both these concepts are discussed
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; product development; teaching; Collaborative teaching; case study; crises design; cross-college collaboration; integrated product development; multidisciplinary course; students; team dynamic; Collaboration; Computer aided software engineering; Concurrent engineering; Design engineering; Education; Educational products; Feedback; Product design; Product development; Vehicle dynamics;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on