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ECE Paris
Lectures:
1h30 – 100 students
Practical Work:
1h30 – 30 students
1 project: 1 per year
Mini-project: 2 per
semester
French Engineering
School
5 years
French engineer
diploma
Master of Science
3
Aalborg Universitet
Electronics and IT:
5th semester
Lectures:
1h45 – 30 students
Assignments:
1h45 – 4 to 6 students
1 project : 1 per
semester
Danish POPBL
University
3 / 5 / 8 years
Bachelor
Master
Phd
4
Intercultural Competencies
Project Group:
1 danish student + 3 french ECE students
Writing scientific documentation
Working assignments as a group
Matlab + Calculator / Handmade Calculation
Approximations / Complex Results
Academic / Industry
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Learning Style
Reflective Learner:
Think first
Think quietly
Work alone
Intuitive Learner:
Dislike repetition
Grasp new concepts
Dislike memorization and
calculation routine
Visual Learner:
Flowcharts
Diagrams
Schematics
Sequential Learner:
Linear steps
Logical stepwise path
for finding solution
Explain things
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Learning Style
Alone
Reflective:
Work efficiently quietly and alone
Intuitive:
Working faster without repetitions
Visual:
Summarizing knowledge with
flowcharts
Sequential:
Mastering a specific theme or
subject
Group
Reflective:
Avoiding confusion by thinking a lot
Intuitive:
Using and finding easily new
concepts
Visual:
Summarizing heavy process
Sequential:
Working on a subject until it is
completely understood
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Cooperation Contract
Attendance
Documentation
Expectations
Group
Lecture
Meeting
Organization
Supervisor
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Cooperation Contract
Failures at some points
No major impact on the project
Establish the “philosophy” of the group
Additional possible points (members
evaluation)
9
Management of People
Determined by the group chart:
Two groups of two students: writer + observer
Student rotation: global knowledge
Worksheets review: global agreement
Advisor meetings: validate ideas
10
Management of People
Failures:
Impossible to apply the
group mechanisms
Communication
problems:
Knowing what the
other group is working
on
Having ideas together
Potential solutions:
Group meetings:
Summarise work and
ideas
General brainstorming
Member evaluation:
Solving problems
earlier
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Management of Time
Project Planning
Built at the beginning
of the project
Pessimistic estimations
As simple as it can be:
Meetings / Seminaries
Milestones
Deadlines
Planning Control
Displayed on a board
Timeline
Pinned cards:
Meetings / Seminaries
Milestones
Deadlines
Reviewed before each
working session