Implementation of project based learning for civil engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Implementation of Project Based Learning (PtBL) in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as part of Outcome Based Education (OBE) framework have faced various challenges (i.e revamp on the undergraduate co-curricullum, required high commitments from academicians & faculty and facilities to cater P...
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my.utm.617762017-08-22T06:35:48Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61776/ Implementation of project based learning for civil engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Hezmi, Muhammad Azril Sa'ari, Radzuan Mustaffar, Mushairry Ismail, Che Ros Mohd. Amin, Mohd. For Hanapi, Muhammad Nassir Yahya, Khairulzan Ahmad, Yusof Mohamed, Azman Mohd. Yunus, Nor Zurairahetty Minghat, Asnul Dahar Jusoh, Siti Norafida Ishak, Mohd. Yunus Mohd. Yunus, Mohd. Zulkifli TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Implementation of Project Based Learning (PtBL) in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as part of Outcome Based Education (OBE) framework have faced various challenges (i.e revamp on the undergraduate co-curricullum, required high commitments from academicians & faculty and facilities to cater PtBL activities). This paper discusses the effectiveness of PtBL teaching method in an effort to develop the students’ soft skills in tandem with the technical or professional competencies; and problems, challenges and potential improvement in the course. The Survey Camp course which is offered at year one of a four years civil engineering degree programme in the Faculty of Civil Engineering (FKA), UTM was chosen for this study. It is a ten days fieldwork in which the students will carry out an engineering survey project from field to finish in groups of five to six students supervised by the academic staff. Assessment of the technical aspects was based on the students ability to meet the minimum engineering surveying’s standard whereas the assesment of soft skills was conducted during various sessions of the survey projects. Survey questionaires were given at the beginning and the end of the course as part of evaluation of the course effectiveness. The research has found that the technical aspects were achievable though with lesser degree for the engineering design. However, on the soft skills, students demonstrated an overall improvement of competency but it was difficult to determine the levels for the average students while the best and poor performers were easily observed. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61776/1/KhairulzanYahya2015_ImplementationofProjectBasedLearningforCivilEngineeringStudents.pdf Hezmi, Muhammad Azril and Sa'ari, Radzuan and Mustaffar, Mushairry and Ismail, Che Ros and Mohd. Amin, Mohd. For and Hanapi, Muhammad Nassir and Yahya, Khairulzan and Ahmad, Yusof and Mohamed, Azman and Mohd. Yunus, Nor Zurairahetty and Minghat, Asnul Dahar and Jusoh, Siti Norafida and Ishak, Mohd. Yunus and Mohd. Yunus, Mohd. Zulkifli (2015) Implementation of project based learning for civil engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. In: Proceedings of 9th Asia Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference (APSEC 2015), 3-5 Nov, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
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Implementation of Project Based Learning (PtBL) in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) as part of Outcome Based Education (OBE) framework have faced various challenges (i.e revamp on the undergraduate co-curricullum, required high commitments from academicians & faculty and facilities to cater PtBL activities). This paper discusses the effectiveness of PtBL teaching method in an effort to develop the students’ soft skills in tandem with the technical or professional competencies; and problems, challenges and potential improvement in the course. The Survey Camp course which is offered at year one of a four years civil engineering degree programme in the Faculty of Civil Engineering (FKA), UTM was chosen for this study. It is a ten days fieldwork in which the students will carry out an engineering survey project from field to finish in groups of five to six students supervised by the academic staff. Assessment of the technical aspects was based on the students ability to meet the minimum engineering surveying’s standard whereas the assesment of soft skills was conducted during various sessions of the survey projects. Survey questionaires were given at the beginning and the end of the course as part of evaluation of the course effectiveness. The research has found that the technical aspects were achievable though with lesser degree for the engineering design. However, on the soft skills, students demonstrated an overall improvement of competency but it was difficult to determine the levels for the average students while the best and poor performers were easily observed. |
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Implementation of project based learning for civil engineering students at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
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