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Design Centered Learning
Managing Engineering Knowledge in Education
高汉 (Han van Triest)<[email protected]>
Sino-Dutch School of Biomedical Information Engineering,North Eastern University, Shenyang
2009.04.24
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Sino-Dutch School of Biomedical and Information Engineering
• Founded in 2005
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Educational Demand
• Engineering requires…
– Creative Professionals– Multi-disciplinary skills– Leadership– Group-working Skills– Initiative
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The Problem
• Traditional Teaching
– Static– Mono-disciplinary– One-way Traffic– Self-Confidence– Individual– Grades Vs Potential
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Design Centered Learning
• Developed at the Technical University of Eindhoven
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DCL
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Design Centered Learning
• Design– noun
1. A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of something before it is built or made.
2. The art or action of producing such a plan or drawing. 3. …
– verb
1. Conceive and produce a design for. 2. Plan or intend for a purpose.
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Design Centered Learning
• Design of:
– Experimental Setup– Model– Algorithm– Research Strategy– Etc, etc, etc
Focus of education:Skills!
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Design Centered Learning– ‘a concept of technical university education, in which students work
co-operatively and actively on multidisciplinary design tasks, with the purpose of gaining qualifications as creative professionals capable of integrating all relevant aspects of education, in order to analyze existing technical systems, to assess their quality, functionality and cost price and with the purpose of designing new products and systems with increased performance’.
– 理工科技术型大学教育的教育概念和模式，讲究学生主动协作去完成一系列不同领域的设计任务，同时对现有的技术进行考量，综合考虑质量、性能以及成本的约束下，以不断提高所设计的系统的性能为目标，最终成为一个具有跨领域教育知识，富有创新能力的专业人才。
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Design Centered Learning
• Main Features
– Professionalizing– Activating– Co-operation– Creating– Integrating– Multidisciplinary
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Design Centered Learning
• DCL is not a Traditional Course!– Chain of Cases– Opportunity to combine knowledge of courses– Supply context to courses– Opportunity to get experience of scientific practice
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Design Centered Learning
• How does it work
– A case runs for 10 weeks– Every week a meeting under supervision of a Tutor– Students start a small company– Problem– Work together towards a final product
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Design Centered Learning
• Tasks for the students include:
– Formulate what to study– Report back to the group– Cooperate towards a final product– Be responsible Scientists– Special Roles
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Design Centered Learning
• Special Roles
– Chair man– Minutes Secretary– Writer– Group Representative– General Group Member
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Design Centered Learning
• Tutor:
– Is there to observe– Does NOT participate in
discussions– Can steer away from possible
problems
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Design Centered Learning
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(Re)Define the problem
Clarify Terminology and Concepts
Organize Results
Brainstorming
Report Back to the group
Formulate Learning Goals
Gather Information
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Design Centered Learning
• Each Case has 10 Meetings– First Meeting: Acquaintance, determining rules of the group,
inventory of knowledge
– Meeting 2-4: Acquiring missing knowledge, Brainstorming for possible solutions
– Meeting 5-7: Implementing solution
– Meeting 8-10: Finalizing report
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Design Centered Learning
• Communication over the web– Based on Moodle (www.moodle.org)– Freeware, Open Source, Fully in PHP
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Design Centered Learning
• Example: Studying Genetic Processes
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Design Centered Learning
• Experiences
– Students become interested!– Students want to be involved!– Students perform better!– Students take more education serious!– Teachers enjoy the interaction!
DCL is here to stay!
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