A COLLABORATIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING AND LEARNING PROJECT: A CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE

摘要

Students studying web-development need experience in providing their expertise to people with limited Internet experience. On the other hand, students studying manufacturing management need experience to communicate ideas and concepts such as engineering drawings and tooling plans to non-engineering students. Based on this need, two faculty members developed an interdisciplinary collaborative project reflecting the essential elements of successful collaboration in teaching and learning. Students enrolled in either a web-development or a manufacturing course participated in this study. These students were working in interdisciplinary teams producing engineering drawings and production plans that were to be displayed and disseminated via interactive websites. As part of the challenge, students were required to use Internet tools such as chat rooms and discussion forums, to meet the outside-the-classroom communication component.