Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-06-16)
[EN] For lecturers in higher education it is a great challenge to involve students into critical thinking, carefully pondering solutions to mechanical engineering problems. Project based teaching gives the opportunity to ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-05-31)
[EN] The iron carbon phase diagram ICPD may simply be described as alloying maps of steels and cast iron in material science. However, the required thermodynamic background knowledge should be high level and understanding ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-07-26)
[EN] Flipping the classroom is a method to let students study the science on their own and then take time to discuss their questions and do extended hands-on lectures or exercises in class – or in the case of the covid-19 ...
Pfennig, Anja; Siegeris, Juliane(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-06-20)
[EN] Higher education has increasingly adopted project-based courses to prepare students for dynamic and globalized work environments. While this approach offers a student-centered, collaborative experience, it can overwhelm ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-06-16)
[EN] Critical thinking and self-directed learning are corner stones to prepare first year mechanical engineering students for the demands of the employment market. Creating a positive learning environment presupposes ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-04-28)
At HTW Berlin material science is taught to first year students in combination with laboratory exercises on materials testing. Still, basic knowledge upon theory is necessary to work practically during lab sessions. Therefore ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-07-26)
[EN] Diversity among engineering students is growing more and more acknowledgeable in higher education – especially in first year classes where in applied universities students from many backgrounds form new classes. ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-02)
[EN] Since summer 2015 lecture videos are implemented in “inverted classroom” teaching scenarios to teach material science to first year students studying mechanical and automotive engineering at HTW Berlin. Lecture videos ...
Pfennig, Anja; Maier-Rothe, Jörg(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-02)
[EN] Videos implemented in higher education are widely used by students and provide an audio and visual stimulus covering different learning methodologies. Lecture videos that are analogous to the desired learning outcomes ...
Siegeris, Juliane; Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-05-31)
[EN] To meet the needs of globalization and change in higher education group work projects are increasingly used. However, there is many methods mentioned in literature to assign student teams but little guidance on how ...
Pfennig, Anja(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-06-20)
[EN] In higher education the more and more common teaching method “inverting classroom” comprises of 2 phases: the self-study phase prior to the course and second the in-class or online sessions where discussions take place ...