Assessing Team Learning Practices in Project/Design Based Learning Approach

Team learning is considered as a constructive way for enhancing students learning in collaborative environment. Team learning involves interaction between students through peer-to-peer learning, which makes students to be a problem solver, an excellent communicator, a good reviewer and a leader. The School of Engineering at Deakin University practices project/design based learning as one of its learning and teaching approach. The project/design based learning process helps students to be self directed leaners which enhances the student learning outcomes towards attaining graduate career expected skills. An Overarching goal of this investigation is assessing the team learning experiences of cohort of students from third year civil undergraduate engineering in a project/design based learning approach at Deakin University. From the students' experiences and views, this study will investigate and visualize the students' choice of team learning practices which enhances their learning outcomes in project/design based curriculum.