#43 Anette Kolmos and Henrik Worm Routhe from Aalborg on Interdisciplinary PBL

About this episode

This episode discusses interdisciplinary engineering education with experts from Aalborg University.

The rising complexity of modern societal challenges has intensified interest in interdisciplinary engineering education. In this episode we speak to Professor Anette Kolmos (Professor in Engineering Education and PBL) and Dr Henrik Worm Routhe (Postdoctoral Researcher) from Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark, about InterPBL and the different approaches that can be taken to interdisciplinary learning and teaching. Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Prof. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about the many different ways in which we can integrate interdisciplinary projects into our engineering courses. Timestamps 0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode 0.25 Podcast Intro 0.52 Experiences with interdisciplinary from Natalie and Neil 2.30 Introduction to Anette and Henrik 7.20 Aalborg University (AAU) 9.18 Introduction to InterPBL 13.00 Examples of the challenges associated with interdisciplinary project work 14.34 Aims of the InterPBL project 17.04 Interdisciplinary in engineering practice 21.00 Definitions 24.25 Cognitive trust and boundary objects 31.00 How does interdisciplinary work impact identity? 35.28 A typology of interdisciplinary projects…

People in this episode

Hosts: Natalie Wint, Neil Cooke

Guests: Anette Kolmos, Henrik Worm Routhe

Topics covered

• interdisciplinary engineering education
• project-based learning
• Aalborg model
• engineering courses
• student motivation
• assessment in education

Keywords

• interdisciplinary learning
• PBL
• engineering education
• Aalborg University
• student engagement
• project work

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aalborg University, University College London, University of Birmingham

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