MODULAR TE Valorisation Conference Dr.-Ing. Juergen Wehling Faculty for Engineering Sciences, Department of Technology (Lectureship) TUD, Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Sauer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, D Essen, Germany

New Approaches in Technology Training- Development and Integration of European Modules in Technology Education Theme: General Project Activities and Evaluation of Feedbacks

Overview  Preparations  Project Activities - Work Package 3, 1 st Evaluation Report - Work Package 4, 2 nd Evaluation Report - Work Package 5, 3 rd Evaluation Report - Work Package 6, 4 th Evaluation Report  Evaluation of Feedbacks - 1 st Phase: Workshop - 2 nd Phase: Evaluation of Modules and Courses - Online System for Evaluation - Evaluation Results  Comments and Final Remarks

Preparations  Sharepoint Server for collaborative Work

Project Activities  Preparation for expectant tasks  Development of a methodological Conception  Development of a modular Approach  Development of - Training Materials - Training Modules - Training Tools  Elaboration of 4 Evaluation Reports concerning 4 Work Packages

Work Package 3 1 st Evaluation Report  Title: Background analysis of technology education programs – Identification of current training needs and new qualification needs

Work Package 4 2 nd Evaluation Report  Title: Development of Methodology  Partners: GU, VTU, AF, UDE  Assignment of Tasks

Work Package 5 3 rd Evaluation Report  Title: Development of training modules - Determination of national exceptions - Integration of work related training and ICT  Establishing of a Scheme for Training Courses  Collecting Courses from all Partners  Leading Role of UDE  Implementation of Main Modules 1 to 5 with related Lectures and Tasks

Work Package 6 4 th Evaluation Report  Title: Development of Training Materials and Tools  Tasks of UDE were - to develop - to collect - to control - to give Suggestions  Result: Content given by the Partners

Evaluation of Feedbacks  1 st Phase: Workshop  2 nd Phase: Evaluation of Modules and Courses - Online System for Evaluation - Evaluation Results for Main Module 3, Module 3 “Programming of Soft- and Hardware” - Evaluation Results for Main Module 3, Module 4 “Networking Technologies” - Evaluation Results for Main Module 3, “Information and Communication” - Evaluation Results for Main Module 2, Module 2

1 st Phase: Workshop  Members: 6 Academicians, 6 Teachers, 12 Students  Presentation of Seville Results  Presentation of Visualisation Software  Main Module “Information and Communication”  Module “Energy Transformation – GT”  Main Module “Didactics of Teaching Technology”  Discussions were shifted to “Didactics” - Basic Needs in different Countries - Regulation of Standards on European Level - Cooperation between School and outer Partners - Consideration of cultural and traditional Background - Contents concerning a Process Orientation of Technology - Holistic Aspect of Technology Education

2 nd Phase: Evaluation of Modules and Courses  Beginning of Winter Semester in the Middle of Oct.  Academicians and Teachers were invited to attend Lectures (Module 3 and Module 4)  Evaluation was prepared by Paper Sheets (AF)  Evaluation was prepared online - URI - Flash animation for methodological Conception - Flash animation for modular Conception - Static presentation of Content (HTML) - Dynamic Presentation of Content (XML) - Interactive Evaluation Sheet (Perl)

Online System for Evaluation

Evaluation Results (Part 1 of 2)  Evaluation for Main Module 3: “Information and Communication”

Evaluation Results (Part 2 of 2)  Evaluation for Main Module 2, Module 2: “General Technology – Energy Transformation”

Comments and final Remarks  Some Comments: - “Theoretically good, but practically it could throw you two years back, if a course is offered only every year and if you fail key-point-test you can’t make the following courses, so you have to wait up to two years.” - “So far, I have not a lot of information about this project. It sound really interesting, but I don’t know, how it should be possible to bring it to the praxis.” - “This is, what we were waiting a long time for: well structured content with a high affinity for usability.”  Final Remarks: - Predominately Expected Results - Good Position for Implementation of a new Curriculum - New Forms of Learning - Towards a “pervasive” University

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