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Student’s perspective on the use of cameras in online teaching
Keywords: online teaching, use of camera, student’s perspective, engagement, interaction What and Why To get information about the reasons why the students do open or do not open the camera during online lessons. To use this information when planning courses and online lessons. How Survey. Article. Outcome As a result from the pilot, an article […]
Self-assessment of group work piloting the Cogknit tool
Keywords: Assessment, innovation competence (critical thinking, creativity, initiative, teamwork, networking), project-based learning, online learning, motivation, feedback, complementary evaluation What and Why: The pilot was carried out in the Strategic Sourcing course, an optional course designed for 2nd and 3rd-year Industrial Management and Engineering students. The participant group was diverse, comprising TUAS students, exchange students, double […]
Role of online tools for communication in agile projects
Keywords: MS Teams, Scrum, project work, communication, teamwork, assessment tool Communication is essential for projects to succeed. Communication takes place both onsite and online. Online tools such as Microsoft (MS) Teams can be used for communication. Especially, when projects use agile project methods such as Scrum regular communication is important within the project and with […]
Development of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Management Competencies in First Year Physics Engineering Students at UPV.
Keywords: Engineering Education, Business Management, Innovation Assessment, Smart City Entrepreneurship What and Why A pilot course on Business Organization fundamentals was conducted for 75 first-year Physical Engineering students at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. The purpose was to help technically oriented students understand business management’s relevance to their future careers, particularly focusing on entrepreneurship and […]
Improving the validity of self-assessment through preparatory self-assessment training.
Keywords: Self-Assessment, Training, Biases Before using the Sincoe@Assessment tool, students complete a self-assessment training course. The training serves as motivation and raises awareness of biases that can occur particularly in self-assessments. Recommendations: Various methods have been addressed already in connection with the topic of personnel selection and development. Students are introduced to the Sinco@Assessment Tool […]
Social and Environmental Innovation Challenge
Keywords: Social and Environmental Innovation Challenge Promote the social and environmental commitment of students through innovation. To sensitize students about the level of development of their social and environmental innovation skills For 6 weeks, a group of students carried out a”Social and Environmental Innovation Challenge” The project involved: Students identified problems, developed robotic solutions, built […]
Unveiling Synergies: Sincoe@ Self-Evaluation, Belbin Dynamics, and Cultivating Effective Team Interactions
Keywords: Self-peer assessment, Sincoe@ tool, Belbin team roles, collaborative leadership, teamwork competencies. This experience empowers students with essential teamwork competencies through the implementation of the Sincoe@ self-peer assessment tool and the exploration of Belbin team roles. By fostering self-awareness, peer feedback, and collaborative leadership skills, the initiative sought to develop students’ abilities to thrive in […]
Supply Chain Management course group work self-evaluation
Keywords: Assessment, innovation competence (critical thinking, creativity, initiative, teamwork, networking), project-based learning, online, motivation, feedback, complementary evaluation What and Why: The pilot was conducted on 2nd year Industrial Management and Engineering students’ obligatory course Supply Chain Management (3 credits). The students on the course were future sales engineers, which was an interesting target group. In […]
Strategic Sourcing course ‘procurement year clock’ group work self-evaluation
Keywords: Assessment, innovation competence (critical thinking, creativity, initiative, teamwork, networking), project-based learning, online, motivation, feedback, complementary evaluation What and Why: The pilot was conducted on 2nd and 3rd year Industrial Management and Engineering students’ optional course Strategic Sourcing (5 credits). These students have chosen procurement and logistics as their specialization area. In the course, the […]
Innovation competences as a guideline for course design – teacher´s innovation competences
When teachers define the learning objectives for the upcoming course and for the course participants, it is assumed, most likely quite correctly, that the teachers already have obtained those skills themselves that they are teaching. Teachers do master the subject matter, but in my pilot, I wanted to check, how can I in my course […]
Influence of the Sincoe Training on Self-Assessment
Goal: Examination of the influence of the Sincoe training videos on self-assessment. Target group: 1st Semester Life Sciences students. Age: 18 to 40. Situation Environment: 50% online-lecture, 50% face-to-face. Methods: At the beginning of the semester, only the first two SINCOE training videos are used. Students then evaluate their innovation skills using the SINCOE assessment […]
Unveiling Synergies: Sincoe@ Self-Evaluation
Keywords: Self-assessment, Sincoe@ tool This self-assessment was conducted in a course about management implications of the development and use of information and communication techniques (ICT) in the marketing domain. Students should reflect on their relationship to and their personal competencies in “innovation”. In its methodology, the SINCOE assessment was not typical for the structure of […]
Find out things that affect student’s motivation
Keywords: motivation, study skills, innovation competences, critical thinking, creativity, co-learning The formative questionnaire is designed to provide a wide range of information about the student’s motivation and the issues affecting motivation. The form also collects information on the student’s study skills, a few innovation competencies and different ways to support learning (face-to-face or online environment). […]
Use Innovation Competence Self-Assessment as a basis for a conversation during tutoring
Keywords: ASSESSMENT, tutoring, motivation Before goal and development dialogue with students a teacher gives them the Innovation Competence self-assessment task to answer. It is better to choose the most relevant of those and not to use the whole list of allegations. The students can concentrate on those most relevant to their study-field and level of […]
Develop students critical thinking and creativity by means of artificial intelligence
Keywords: METHODS, ROLE, exercise, critical thinking, creativity, co-teaching, co-learning, innovativeness The objective was to create sessions of demonstrating AI in a professional work and analyzing the results in a conversation. The demonstrations were real-time tests in front of the class by a teacher. Students realizes they need to be critical to artificial intelligence when they […]
Assessing students’ critical thinking in sustainable development
Keywords: Assessment, method, role, sustainable development, sustainability The objective was to support students to reflect and self-assess their competence of critical thinking in sustainable development. Students were asked to consider the assessment items in their own studies so far, and after answering there was a discussion on their thoughts how they experienced the items. The […]
Activating Innovative Teaching Methods and Assessment Tools: A Case Study on Developing Collaborative and Participative Teamwork Skills
Keywords: Self-assessment, teamwork skills, participative learning, student motivation, innovative assessment. This case study piloted innovative teaching methods and assessment tools to foster collaborative and participative teamwork skills among students. Highly interactive workshops were implemented, enabling students to practice teamwork through group activities. The SINCOE@self tool was used for self-diagnosis and data collection, while the Belbin […]
Enhancing Team Competencies: A Case Study on Motivating Students, Peer Assessment with Sincoe@, and Mapping Team Roles to Innovative Outcome
Keywords: Active learning, Sincoe@ self-peer assessment, team role dynamics, innovative behavior, engineering education. The motivation behind this initiative was to engage and motivate students, test efficient assessment tools, and analyze team performance based on personal competencies and roles. Through classroom workshops, the implementation of the Sincoe@ tool, and the use of the Belbin model, the […]
Apply SINCOE@ Assessment Tool as a feedback tool for student project-based learning
Keywords: ASSESSMENT, innovation competence (critical thinking, creativity, initiative, teamwork, networking), project-based learning, online, external supervisor, motivation, feedback, complimentary evaluation This experience aimed to use the SINCOE@ Assessment tool as a feedback tool for student groups solving a specific problem. The project owner met the student groups face-to-face only at the beginning and end of the course. Otherwise, the guidance […]
