Team Work Aptitude Development in the Field of Concurrent Engineering through ICT Tools: Collaborative Engineering

摘要

This article explains the results of more than three years working in collaborative engineering learning development, at the master's degree level, in the school of industrial engineers of the UNED, distance university of Spain. The fundamental approach is based on the "distance methodology" and "continuous evaluation" of the students' work and periodic reviews. The need for a teamwork aptitude is assumed an implicit requirement and, therefore, there is a specific methodology for the project. The work is supported by data and statistics that show better results than those obtained in other subjects of the same master's where the teamwork option is not applied, or in other master's and degree subjects in the engineering field or other technical areas. The result is success in the response and participation of the students and a new methodology that could be transferred to other subjects that do not have a specific teamwork requirement, but could use this methodology to improve the results.