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The Aalborg Model. Problembased projectwork in teams. Universities for more than 500 years. The feudal society – theology and law The agricultural society – agriculture and land management The industrial society – engineering and business
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The Aalborg Model Problembased projectwork in teams
Universities for more than 500 years • The feudal society – theology and law • The agricultural society – agriculture and land management • The industrial society – engineering and business • The knowledge society – information and cutting edge innovation
The Aalborg Model: Problem Based Learning Study courses Individual examination 50%courses Projectcourses One semester 50%project Project Group examination Model from The Aalborg PBL model - Progress, Diversity and ChallengesAnette Kolmos, Flemming K. Fink & Lone Krogh
Student Working Space • Each project group is allocated working space, typically a group room. • The working space is equipped with one or two computers and network access. Access to printer facilities etc. • Student working spaces are located in the same buildings as teachers’ offices etc. • 24 hour access.
The Aalborg Model (PBL) Literature Lectures Internet Problem analysis Problem solving Report / Documentation Tutorials Field studies Experiments Model from The Aalborg PBL model - Progress, Diversity and ChallengesAnette Kolmos, Flemming K. Fink & Lone Krogh
The Research Information System at AAU – changing the University
Developments • VBN is the CRIS of Aalborg University • Mandatory registration since 1992 • Plans for online registration in 2002 • Development driven by Aalborg University Library and Atira A/S • First online registration in 2003 • VBN runs on PURE, version 4 • Data goes back to 1974
Types of content • Publications • Research projects • Research activities • Press cuttings • Researchers • Organisations • - All linked together
Research communication • To render visible the research activities of Aalborg University • Accessibility of knowledge • Knowledge sharing • Establishing partnerships within the business world • Establishing collaboration with other research institutions • Researchers CV
Management tool • Statistics on all content • The bibliometric research indicator used by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) • Aalborg University’s budget model • Annual cycle for reporting • Strategic development and development contract
Focus on publications – what counts! • Research category • Peer reviewed articles • Peer reviewed conference papers • Reviews • Letters • Scientific book • Contribution to scientific book • Doctoral thesis • PhD dissertation • Report • Contribution to report • Patent
What does not count! • Research category • Article, editorial, encyclopedic article, comment, preface/epilogue, working paper, conference article (not peer reviewed) poster, abstract, lecture script, etc. • Communication category: doesn’t count • Education category: doesn’t count • Commissioned category • Article, working paper, conference paper, poster, abstracts, lecture script
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation Bibliometric Research Indicator
Budget model Allocation distribution model based on VBN data Professors and associate professors which count in the National Bibliometric Indicator: 40% of their workload for free research. Assistant professors: 50% of their workload for free research. 40-50.000 US$ for each Ph.D. thesis and doctoral dissertation. The rest of the basic research grant is distributed to the faculties due to number of points in the National Biobliometric Indicator and amounts of external research funds.
Ongoing development • VBN: Aalborg University CRIS and Open Institutional Repository • Complete registration and dissemination of student projects • Further developments on collaboration with industries etc. • Further development and usage of VBN as management tool • Sharing and integrating VBN data worldwide