Christopher Teoh Pee Suat Hoon Leong Mun Kin STUDY OF CDIO WORKSPACES IN SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC

Contents SP’s Approach to Workspaces CDIO Process Environment Tools & Furniture Elements in Workspace Designs Types of Furniture Visualizer Information Management Types of Artefacts Survey of Workspaces Lessons Drawn Q & A Student Interaction

SP’s Approach to Workspaces ENVIRONMENT TOOLS CDIO PROCESS STUDENTS’ INTERACTIONS Types of Furniture Visualizer Information Management WORKSPACE DESIGNS (Location Tools)

CDIO Process The CDIO Framework –appropriate workspaces that support and encourages the learning of product or system building, disciplinary knowledge and social learning (Standard 6) –suitable project for the learning outcomes –multi-modal learning/knowledge transfer –lecturers and student informal exchange

Elements of Interactions Project StagesActivities Pre-ProjectForm effective teams ConceiveResearch Create concepts Generate and share ideas DesignTranslate concepts into tangible design Develop potential solutions Combine building blocks Prototype ideas using simulation or other means ImplementFabricate parts Assemble parts Test integrated project Troubleshoot project OperateDemonstrate workability Execute tasks

Elements in Workspace Design Elements of Workspace Design –F–Furniture –V–Visualisation Support –I–Information Management Furniture –S–Sufficient flexibility for both collaborative and individual learning –O–Other (secondary) uses

Elements in Workspace Design Visualisation Support –Personal whiteboards or flipcharts –Ability to record discussion/information e.g. using electronic whiteboards

Visualisation Support

Elements in Workspace Design Information Management Recording of information learnt and/or constructed Wikis, electronic logbooks or other electronic setups and databases

Information Management Past Experience Share Gather Data Test Ideas Generate Concepts Generate Concepts New Ideas Creativity Streams Incubate Explore Recording Streams

Type of Artefacts Student’s Engineering Experience

Survey of SP Workspaces School of EEE IE/IDEA Lab in T –Single Lab where ALL module activity takes place –Activities are varied Conceive (brainstorm, discussion, creative thinking) Design (paper design, web search, simulation) Implement (building prototype, testing, competition) –Workgroup sizes vary (single, pairs, group of 4)

Survey of SP Workspaces School of EEE IE/IDEA Lab in T (cont’d) –Simple electronic test equipment available (power supply, multi-meters, scopes etc) –Most project components available –Highly and easily accessible –Cool factor – vibrant colours, warm lighting, electronic whiteboards, wireless projectors etc –Flexible enough to host other modules and purposes.

Survey of SP Workspaces School of EEE IE/IDEA Lab at T (cont’d) Single all inclusive flexible workspace Flexible Workspaces (Multi-Module usages)

Survey of SP Workspaces School of EEE Design & Innovation Lab in T822 –Consist of main lab with workshop extension –Activity in workshop fixed - fabrication of chassis (mechanical structure) –Activities in main lab varied Conceive (creative thinking, discussions) Design (paper design, web search, simulation) Implement (building electronic prototype, testing) –Student workgroup size is 4 or 5

Survey of SP Workspaces School of EEE Design & Innovation Lab in T822 (con’d) –Fixed, partitioned workspace in main lab for conducive team working environment –Simple electronic test equipment available (power supply, multi-meters, scopes etc) –Most project components available –Wireless LAN, Labview & C-compiler available –Highly and easily accessible

Design & Innovation Lab in T822 Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate Survey of SP Workspaces School of EEE

Implemented Workspaces in SMAE Workspace Name LocationSq Area (M 2 ) Courses (CDIO)No. of Students Integrated Project Centre (IPC) W SP0502 IDEA MM1028 IE 160 Machine Development Centre (MDC) W1112A1125MM3008 Teaching Factory80 Project CentreW EC1166 Design & Fab Project MM305Z Project Part II Survey of SP Workspaces School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Survey of SP Workspaces School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Conceive, Design, Implement & Operate in W1112A Fixed and flexible partitioned workspace Fully equipped workspace (Drop down supplies, workshop equipment,..) Wireless LAN, Computing S/W and Vision apparatus Facilitates Final year student and Commercial Projects for Industry

Student’s Design Area Survey of SP Workspaces School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Conceive and Design Fully Equipped PC Suit Commercial Workspace Facilitates First to Final Year students

Survey of SP Workspaces School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Implement & Operate Fully Equipped Workshop Flexible Workspace Facilitates CDIO modules and Final Year students

Survey of SP Workspaces School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Conceive and Design Fully Equipped PC Suit Flexible Workspace Facilitates First to Final Year students

Survey of SP Workspaces School of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering All stages of CDIO Fully Equipped Workshop Flexible Workspace No Air-Conditioning Facilitates 2 nd to Final Year Project

Lessons Drawn Lesson Drawn from Workspace Survey –Subliminal Messages –Specialisation vs. Workspace Flexibility –Space requirement and throughput vs. artefact size –Multiple uses (Teaching  Project  Exhibition)

Lessons Drawn Subliminal Messages –The way workspace is decorated, laid out or configured influences student work behaviour IE/IDEA Lab (Hobby culture) IPC (Team culture) MDC (Formal workplace culture) PC (Craftsmanship culture)

Lessons Drawn Specialisation vs. Workspace Flexibility –Trade-off between specialised equipment and workspace flexibility –Specialised equipment like cutting and milling machines, emulators etc tend to make workspace fixed –More difficult to have flexible workspace to accommodate higher year projects

Lessons Drawn Space requirement and throughput vs. artefact size –Consideration needs to be focused on project artefact size and how to store them –The larger the project artefact size, the higher the space requirements and the lower the workspace throughput

Thank You Q & A