Adopting Agile Values in Engineering Education

Madhuri, G. V.; Goteti, L. N. S. Prakash

doi:10.1109/mite.2018.8747113

Cited by 8 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…• Continuous improvement over maintenance of current practices. While it is natural to consider agile as a topic and a teaching method in software development courses [12], it can also be applied in other fields such as management or capstone courses [13,14,15]. In [16], a list of research opportunities for applying the agile framework in technology education was given, especially addressing effectiveness and other nontechnical professional skills.…”

Section: Agile Methodologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work-in-Progress: An agile approach to formative assessment in higher education

Skrede

Bjelland

Honoré‐Livermore

2021

2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Agile Methodologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Work-in-Progress: An agile approach to formative assessment in higher education

Skrede

Bjelland

Honoré‐Livermore

2021

2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…In the literature, several approaches for the integration of agile methods into the various forms of teaching are described. We found also several adaptions of the agile manifesto for the educational context, which consider the peculiarities in knowledge transfer and teaching and formulate corresponding values (e.g., [11], [12], [17], [29]). With the increasing spread of agile methods in practice, more and more researchers and lecturers were interested in using agile methods in an educational context.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agile Methods in Higher Education: Adapting and Using eduScrum with Real World Projects

Neumann¹,

Baumann²

2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This Innovative Practice Full Paper presents our learnings of the process to perform a Master of Science class with eduScrum integrating real world problems as projects. We prepared, performed, and evaluated an agile educational concept for the new Master of Science program Digital Transformation organized and provided by the department of business computing at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts -Hochschule Hannover in Germany. The course deals with innovative methodologies of agile project management and is attended by 25 students. We performed the class due the summer term in 2019 and 2020 as a teaching pair. The eduScrum method has been used in different educational contexts, including higher education. During the approach preparation, we decided to use challenges, problems, or questions from the industry. Thus, we acquired four companies and prepared in coordination with them dedicated project descriptions. Each project description was refined in the form of a backlog (list of requirements). We divided the class into four eduScrum teams, one team for each project. The subdivision of the class was done randomly. Since we wanted to integrate realistic projects into industry partners' implementation, we decided to adapt the eduScrum approach. The eduScrum teams were challenged with different projects, e.g., analyzing a dedicated phenomenon in a real project or creating a theoretical model for a company's new project management approach. We present our experiences of the whole process to prepare, perform and evaluate an agile educational approach combined with projects from practice. We found, that the students value the agile method using real world problems. However, the results are mainly based on the summer term 2019, this paper also includes our learnings from virtual distance teaching during the Covid 19 pandemic in summer term 2020. The paper contributes to the distribution of methods for higher education teaching in the classroom and distance learning.

show abstract

Incorporating Agile Methodologies Into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Chakraborty,

Galatro

2024

Comp Applic In Engineering

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Agile methodologies, when applied within an engineering education context, can provide a strategic and insightful framework that can incorporate key pedagogical techniques to maximize the student learning experience. In this work, we present a revamp of an undergraduate chemical engineering data‐based modelling course by implementing two agile methodologies: XP‐pair programming and Sprint. The selected agile methodologies are implemented in tutorials and the final exam while developing and/or completing system identification codes in R as a computational tool. Student feedback is obtained via surveys to track the effectiveness of our implemented methodologies; students provided both general and subject‐specific feedback. Our unique approach promises to pave the way for novel course design and curriculum revamp and to enhance active and experiential learning experiences among students by merging education pedagogy with engineering practices in the industry. Student responses reveal that agile methodologies substantially improved their coding, modelling, teamwork and time management skills. We also observed that our agile‐based approach works to inspire and motivate students to (i) further their own knowledge of the subject matter, (ii) appreciate the importance of data‐based modelling in both industrial and academic environments and (iii) critically identify the fallacies and real‐life consequences of poor/inefficient modelling and prediction practices. Our initiative holds the potential to successfully implement well‐known industry best practices within a university chemical engineering curriculum. Our selected agile methodologies also facilitate active and experiential and enquiry‐based learning environments, leading to students recognizing the importance of ‘how’ to learn rather than ‘what’ to learn.

show abstract

Adopting Agile Values in Engineering Education

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Work-in-Progress: An agile approach to formative assessment in higher education

Work-in-Progress: An agile approach to formative assessment in higher education

Agile Methods in Higher Education: Adapting and Using eduScrum with Real World Projects

Incorporating Agile Methodologies Into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About