Project Organized Problem Based Learning

1. Project Organized Problem Based Learning A review on the innovative Problem based learning studying system

2. Aspects to be Analyzed PROJECT MANAGEMENT

3. Group Formation

4. Project • Automated Sensing Platform for Disaster Relief

5. Cooperation Contract • Common expectations – high ambitions • Agreement on essential aspects • Clear separation of roles – overlap avoidance • Collaboration based on helping – listening one to another • Individual initiative motivated • Schedule compliance • Continuous updates regarding project progress, schedule likely alterations, meeting cancellations

6. Management of People • Often meetings for working at the lab • Weekly meetings with the supervisor to present our queries + progress and receive feedback and guidance • Equal division of work and report writing • Freedom in proposing ideas and democratic decision making • Internal and directly personal conflict solving • 5min/hour breaks

7. Conflict management • Often disagreements • “Bad chemistry” • Curt and cheeky responses • The Irony Same culture Compromise

8. Management of Time • Abstract rather than fixed time management • Not implementation of activity diagrams or Gant charts • Valuable waste of time during the first month • Solved after putting strict daily time constraints • Often behind schedule regarding deadlines

9. Learning Styles • Working in groups has been a new innovative working experience for the group members

10. Group Work Assesment • More difficult than initially imagined • Significant experience gain • Interactivity • Evolving various learning styles • Real working model simulation • Greek proverb • Help each other to climb up the mountain

11. Conclusion • Responsibility • Compromise • Freedom for self – expression • Obligation to listen • Communication • Participation Balance