The open design education approach

The open design education approach: An integrative teaching and learning concept for management and engineering

Binnekamp, R. (TU Delft Real Estate Management)
Wolfert, A.R.M. (TU Delft Integral Design & Management)
Kammouh, O. (TU Delft Integral Design & Management)
Nogal Macho, M. (TU Delft Integral Design & Management)

Cardoso, Alberto (editor)
Alves, Gustavo R. (editor)
Restivo, Teresa (editor)

2020

Construction Management and Engineering students need to acquire managing skills for solving real-world problems that are complex, rarely straightforward and lack 'one right answer'. For this, they need to become 'open designers', capable to be reflective, integrative and creative in- and on action with dynamic and new situations. In this paper, the so-called Open Design Learning Circle (ODLC) will be proposed as an innovative educational concept in which engineering-, management- and pedagogic sciences are integrated. Within this concept the students 'dialogue' with: 1) an objective open glass box model covering engineering products and management processes (outer) and, 2) their subjective open human threefold, reflecting their personal learning (inner). The integration of both human and model dialogues is essential for the emergence of new knowledge and creative insights for open designs, which is essentially distinct from more traditional learning concepts. To enable this emergence, a self-chosen system of interest is the 'experiential vehicle' that forms the basis for a self-created textbook and model. Thereby, the ODLC forms the fundamental basis for creating 'open and persistent learners'. In this paper, it also will be shown how the ODLC can be operationalized into a learning cycle and how it has been implemented in an example course on systems engineering management within the MSc Construction Management Engineering curriculum at the TU Delft. Finally, some preliminary student findings and next steps for further research are discussed.

Co-creating and co-sensing
Co-reflecting
Construction Management and Engineering
Experiential Learning
Integrative Education
Management Process/Engineering Product/Learning Person
Open Design Learning Circle/ Cycle
Problem Solving
System of Interest

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https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125161

IEEE

2020-12-25

978-1-7281-0930-5

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020

11th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020, 2020-04-27 → 2020-04-30, Porto, Portugal

IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, 2165-9559, 2020-April

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© 2020 R. Binnekamp, A.R.M. Wolfert, O. Kammouh, M. Nogal Macho