Evaluating the Impact of Involving Students in Producing Learning Aids in Project Management. The Animation Project

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the preliminary findings from implementing and evaluating a project-based learning example (The Animation Project). The idea of the project is to involve the students in producing learning aids in project management in the form of video animations of real-life project cases. This was done to create an authentic project experience of actual projects that has solutions that potentially could be implemented. The preliminary findings suggest that the project adequately satisfied its intended objectives, in particular, the project provided students with an opportunity to understand and relate better to various project management concepts. Results also suggest that involving students in authentic project assignments may have positive impact on motivation and dedication in the project.

Addressing Collaboration Challenges in Project-Based Learning: The Student’s Perspective

“…They concluded that the academic achievement and retention of knowledge of project-based learning groups were better than those of a traditional teaching group. Hussein et al [32] showed that PjBL can be used for the co-creation of teaching and learning materials. Bovill et al [33] explained that the co-creation of learning and teaching occurs when staff and students work collaboratively with one another to create components of curricula and/or pedagogical approaches.…”