Activities and Methodology

Title	Hours	ECTS	Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed
Analysis, design and development of prototypes	25	1	1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lectures on technology, methodology and the case study	20	0.8	2, 4
Type: Autonomous
Self-study	100	4	1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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The subject proposes a work with the Challenge-Based Learning (ABR) methodology that consists of a real challenge posed by an entity/institution with which it will have a relationship and will require teamwork to propose possible solutions, which are planned and developed in three phases: Bond/Commitment, Research/Prototyping and Implementation/Evaluation.

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Methodologies will be used to work based on challenges (ABR) that will use various activities such as: reading articles, conferences, document analysis, surveys, interviews, bibliographic searches, presentations, videos, prototyping, implementing proposals, reflections on process and progress, evaluation of proposals.

Following the methodology of challenge based learning, the subject is based on a coordinated set of practical works that lead to the elaboration and presentation of a proposal of technical solution of the problem posed by the actors proposing the challenge, finally contributing with some proposals of solution to solve them.

The task will be carried out in small groups of students, who can be grouped flexibly depending on the dynamics of work. The practical activity will be accompanied by a set of theoretical and methodological support sessions, as well as the tutoring of the whole learning process.

The stages of the challenge learning methodology are:

1. Discovery

The first phase involves a double recognition:

a) on the one hand, of the field of application and the problematic of study for each one of the groups of work, coming in contact with the first actors of the subject;

b) on the other, the tools necessary to properly carry out further research: preparation of the diagnosis, and the procedure for drawing up a Development Plan.

2. Research

Research should follow the process of analyzing the three parts of a development plan: understanding demand, supply, and needs. This stage also has a double aspect:

a) On the one hand, the general documents of the proposed challenge are explored.

b) On the other hand, contact is made with the necessary resources and services, conducting interviews with their managers and visiting facilities, observing users and the environment.

 3. Identification of needs and proposals for improvement

The third phase is characterized by the development of a prototype for obtaining results, accurately identifying the shortcomings in each of the sectors, and coming to design proposals for improvement at an initial level for the challenge analyzed by each group.

These activities will have the reinforcement of conferences and workshops aimed at obtaining creative results.

 

4. Presentation of Results

Communicating the results is an essential step in the process. It will be done in three formats:

Report of the proposal
Posters
Oral presentations

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.