Implementing Soft Skills Posted on December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 by petert I have worked with soft skills in Engineering Education for a while. And quite recently, I held a presentation at the 9:th Development Conference for Engineering Education.For engineering students, having both soft and hard skills is essential for a su…
Podcast about examination Posted on February 15, 2023June 13, 2023 by petert I had the opportunity to be invited to the examination podcast, so here is my podcast (in Swedish) where we discuss variation in exam delivery and the balance between formative and summative assessment.Examination Pod You can also find it on Spoti…
AI and creativity – part 2 Posted on January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 by petert In my previous lecture, I talked about how AI can be used in early phases of the development process.And in my course, I usually go through the following steps:Theory, where I present the current topic.Group exercise, we know that students learn b…
Teaching AI and creativity Posted on January 24, 2023January 31, 2023 by petert Last week I worked on adding a new lecture to my Creative Concept development course. The lecture focused on using AI in creative work, especially in the early phases of design.I started with this video Introduction to a AI and creativity.And of cours…
Flipped classroom and interactive videos Posted on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 by petert The concept of the flipped classroom often includes some kind of preparation that is done before a more interactive lecture. It is important that the flipping by itself doesn’t actually add so much, as Jensen et al. highlighted in a study “t…
Hybrid teaching – an example how to enhance the experience for remote students Posted on February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 by petert Hybrid teaching is going to be more and more common and it adds several challenges (Raes et al., 2020). I normally try to avoid it because I know that I prefer to do it on-site or complete remote because it always feels like it’s hard to have an intera…
Strategic development of personal and interpersonal skills (EPDE21) Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by petert Here is a recent presentation done at EPDE21 (The 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education). Personal and interpersonal skills are an essential part of design engineers’ knowledge and skills, which stu…
How to adapt to distance education and examination? Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 by petert Are you still using a classic written examination at the end of the course?I held a presentation in June at the LTU pedagogic conference about why I avoid doing exams at the end of the course and presents some ideas on how you can create examinations t…
Dan your virtual sidekick! Posted on March 22, 2021February 9, 2022 by petert Sometimes you tried to create interactive lectures where students are active and participate in the lecture, ask questions and give feedback. This can be hard even in a co-located lecture but can get really frustrating on distance.In one of my courses,…
Prototyping lecture on distance Posted on March 16, 2021February 9, 2022 by petert In one of my courses – Creative Concept Development I normally perform a Prototyping lecture where the students train to build quick and rough prototypes.This is something that is a bit trickier to perform on distance compared to a co-located lecture. …
How to support student teams in distance courses Posted on December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 by petert So a couple a days ago I got the queston How can we support student teams working together, when they are all sitting at home?I had one of my project courses starting Product and production design in April 2020 with 50 students that during 10 wee…
How to enhance social interaction in on-line courses Posted on September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 by petert I had a short lecture on how to enhance the interaction between students in on-line courses and I presented different solutions that I have used on this blog previously such as:Virtual poster exhibitionDiscussion threads in Canvas for creating interact…
