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Objectives
1. Communication and Presentation Skills1. Communication and Presentation Skills
2. Teamwork & Leadership Attributes2. Teamwork & Leadership Attributes
3. Design office Environment in Class3. Design office Environment in Class
Recent Assessment of the Departmental Programs
Lack of Communication SkillsLack of Communication Skills
Lack of Presentation SkillsLack of Presentation Skills
No formatted approachNo formatted approachexists to develop teamworkexists to develop teamwork& leadership attributes & leadership attributes amongst studentsamongst students-Vital skills for success Vital skills for success at the professional levelat the professional level
Recent Assessment of the Departmental Programs
Simulating a Design Office Environment
with Premium on Reinforcement of
Personal Skills
TransitionTransitionTransitionTransition
Need
Background of Problem
Most pre-university preparatory schools do not focus on
development of communication & presentation skills
Background of Problem
Very limited opportunities forSaudi youth to participate in
community activities and organized sports so as to
hone teamwork and leadershipattributes
Last SemesterLast Semester
CE315 CE40
8
StrategyStrategy
The Department in concertwith the College of Engineering chose two design courses in whichto embed design components and
communication skills
Pilot Study
Inasmuch as this was an innovationbeing attempted for the first timeas a package, the instructors for the two courses had the liberty of reformattingthe courses so as to achieve the designedresults.
StrategyStrategy
Execution Execution
CE 315 is a 2-3-3 format course. The contact hours of the Lab (3) allowed the flexibility for embedding new ideas
CE 315 is a 2-3-3 format course. The contact hours of the Lab (3) allowed the flexibility for embedding new ideas
Extensive use was made of a very popular software used in design
industry (STAAD.Pro)
Design synthesis education in the Lab in parallel with component design in the class-room lecture format
Execution Execution
Execution Execution
The class of modest size (12 students) was divided into teams based on personalchoice of students (2 to 3 each)with the teams working together on select large scale assignments over the courseof the semester.
Group
II
On completion of the assignment,each team was asked to make apresentation of their work.
PowerPoint PresentationPowerPoint
PresentationInteractiveInteractive
Execution Execution
Execution Execution
Presentation was rotated amongst team membersin order to give each student an opportunity to improve communication & presentation skills (C & P)
Execution Execution
After each presentation, pointers weregiven to the students to help enhancetheir communication skills and the positivity of their body language
Execution Execution
Discernible improvement was noted not onlyin the C & P skills but also in self confidence,demeanor, team work, and leadership traits
Execution Execution
The crescendo of the experiment wasThe crescendo of the experiment wasthe introduction of the students tothe introduction of the students toa full scale project a full scale project (inclusive of reading(inclusive of readingof blueprint drawings)of blueprint drawings) so that the teams so that the teams could construct 3-D space models for could construct 3-D space models for analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.
The crescendo of the experiment wasThe crescendo of the experiment wasthe introduction of the students tothe introduction of the students toa full scale project a full scale project (inclusive of reading(inclusive of readingof blueprint drawings)of blueprint drawings) so that the teams so that the teams could construct 3-D space models for could construct 3-D space models for analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.analysis and design using STAAD.Pro.
Execution Execution
Reaching such a climax
in a one semester introductory
design course is not normally
possible in the traditionally
formatted course
Reaching such a climax
in a one semester introductory
design course is not normally
possible in the traditionally
formatted course
Synthesis design in parallel to component design seems to strike the fancy of studentsand the relaxed lab environment was notedto be conducive to accelerated learning
Execution Execution
Visit to building sites
Visit to Dammam
Municipality
ACI Technical
Dinner meetings