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they have acquired an initial approximation of their own engineering methods and tools:
observation, measurement, conception, design, construction and validation.
One example of this “Endurance-P”:
AR-E: Augmented Reality Education; Systems and computing Engineering
The problem: How to enhance the learning process based on 3D interaction. The
challenge stated by the students was “how to enrich computer-based exhibitions with
augmented reality”
The proposal: Based on web cam pattern recognition of printed 2D pieces, the system
can display 3D objects whose projection follows the 3D position of the physical
pattern. The demonstration application was a virtual museum. The system shown
integrates a pattern recognition library and 3D models with an interaction proposal
to illustrate the virtual museum`s idea.
In the fair (a whole day) students exhibit their projects in stands located in the
engineering building. Around 3000 people come to the ExpoAndes fair (parents, high
school students, students and professors), 150 stands show the prototypes of the 600
freshman students of the engineering school, and an evaluation of the presentation is
made.
The assessment of the course
Throughout the different projects (the two Sprint-P’s and the Endurance-P) the OCDIO
approach is present. The assessment tools try to follow these steps. We find two main
assessment events:
• Oral communication (presentations, poster sessions, demonstration sessions, fair)
• Written communication (design documents, project final report).
We try to apply the same set of criteria for all of them, with different relative weights,
depending on the step of the project. These criteria evaluate different aspects of the
project:
• Creativity/Novelty of the proposal´s idea to solve the challenge
• Potential impact in society (more for the Endurance-P)
• Review of similar projects, potential market
• Project Goals
• Engineering Design
• Prototype demo
• Quality of presentation
• Communication abilities
• Team work
The teamwork aspect, which is very difficult to observe, is addressed with an intragroup
self-assessment tool, ex-post the project. Each student should assess the participation of
Proceedings of Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011
Madrid, 4 th - 7 th October 2011