[EN] Over the years, we observed that students have difficulties when moving from school to university. In order to support our first-semester students,we designed and performed an action day at the beginning of their first ...
[EN] While mathematics courses are a basic topic in engineering studies, they are often considered as a difficult subject by students. In this work we present a learning experience based on computer animation and using the ...
Andreu Andrés, María Angeles(Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2016)
[EN] The hypothesis that the same educational objective, raised as cooperative or collaborative learning in university teaching does not affect students perceptions of the learning model, leads this study. It analyses the ...
[EN] This work describes an innovation carried out during the course 2021/22 in the computer
sessions of the subject “Theory of Structures”, taught in Mechanical Engineering (third year
subject) and Industrial Technologies ...
[EN] Nomograms are an ancient and efficient mathematical tool for solving complex problems. It
is a graphical representation of a mathematical function that allows solving equations
without requiring extensive manual ...
[EN] Engineering education faces grand challenges to contextualize societal issues for students. This paper evaluates the contribution of contextualization courses for engineering students based on sociotechnical thinking. ...
[EN] In mechanical engineering, students pass several seminars aiming at selfconducted experiments and trials. In the ELLI project (Excellent Teaching and Learning in Engineering Science), different virtual and remote ...
Garrido Hernández, A.; Sánchez Blanco, G.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-29)
[EN] The purpose of this paper is, on the one hand, to inform and provide an overall strategy for the design of the subjects within the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which, as we understand, ...
[ES] La contracci´on/compresi´on experimentada por los programas de la ense˜nanza de la Ingenier´ıa, desde los
cinco/seis cursos cl´asicos a los cuatro del Grado actual, propicia un proceso de ense˜nanza-aprendizaje
que ...
Cuenca-Gotor, Vanesa Paula; Herrero-Debón, Alicia; Roselló-Ferragud, Dolors; Moll-López, Santiago; Monsoriu-Serra, Juan Antonio; Moraño-Fernández, Jose Antonio; Moraño Ataz, Marta; Sánchez-Ruiz, Luis Manuel; Vega-Fleitas, Erica(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-04-04)
[EN] This article presents the results of the creation of digital games, based on science fiction and fantasy themes, and their application in the mathematics subjects of Electronic and Aerospace BEng at the Polytechnic ...
[EN] Science and Technology Innovation Communities (STICs) are student-led partnerships that bring together businesses, research centres, and university staff. They constitute an effective way of promoting student innovation ...
Cortés Díaz, José María; Pellicer Armiñana, Eugenio; Catalá Alís, Joaquín(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)
Engineering syllabi often lack courses covering occupational risk prevention. In Spain, professional competences are awarded along with the completion of a university degree. This means that new graduates are certified in ...
Ulbrich, Nilgün; Strenger, Natascha(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)
[EN] German higher education institutions attract students from all over the word for degree mobility, especially after the Bologna reform has led to an increase in internationally-oriented, English-taught study programmes. ...
Pellicer Armiñana, Eugenio; Yepes Piqueras, Víctor; Ortega Llarena, Alejandro Javier(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
University programs in Western countries must be accredited, and although several detailed conceptual methods have aimed to design new programs, no specific quantitative tools are currently available. The purpose of this ...
Nunes de Oliveira, José Manuel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-05-25)
[EN] The engineering programmes offered at the Higher Education Polytechnic School of Águeda, University of Aveiro, have been organised, since 2001, around the Project Based Learning paradigm. This paper will briefly set ...
Oude Alink, Charlotte; Martinetti, Alberto; Karahanoğlu, Armağan; Hahnen-Florijn, Marije(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-02)
[EN] Teaching in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) requests training and skills as researching. Unfortunately, on an international level the teaching training programme is not always crystal and clear, or even worse, not ...
Fisher, Dara(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-26)
[EN] Reflecting larger trends in business, economics, and communications, the field of higher education has undergone a rapid period of globalization and internationalization over the last half century. While much scholarship ...
Llobregat Gómez, Nuria(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-03-23)
[ES] Desde 2006, las Instituciones de Educación Superior (IES), las políticas educativas y los agentes de interés han abordado las recomendaciones de la UE destinadas a proporcionar un marco para el aprendizaje permanente ...
Paya-Zaforteza, Ignacio; Garlock, Maria E. M.(International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, 2021-10-02)
[EN] In the nineteenth century, civil and structural engineers received much public acclaim for their built works (e.g. Brooklyn Bridge, Eiffel Tower). One hundred years later, the engineer was perceived by many as "out" ...