Research Initiation Grant: Using modular scaffolding in virtual team projects to develop critical skills in engineering students

该项目提出了一种创新的方法，将团队合作和分布式协作整合到工程课程中，通过信息和通信技术（ICT）支持的框架来提高工程学生的关键技能。需要的一些具体技能包括项目管理、团队合作和领导能力。本研究将虚拟团队干预的设计、实施与实证检验整合到两个专案工程课程中。建议的干预措施将在课程的背景下实施，通过对现实生活中的工程问题的研究，为工程专业的学生提供真实的项目学习经验。这一举措努力使工程专业的学生更接近成为多学科和分布式团队中成功的团队成员和团队领导者。所寻求的资金将支持在分布式协作和全球领导力领域的研究和教学方面的坚实计划的发展，这些计划可以对未来工程师所需的关键技能产生影响。

This project proposes an innovative approach integrating teamwork and distributed collaboration into the engineering curriculum by using scaffolds supported through information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance critical skills in engineering students. Some of the specific skills sought include project management, teamwork and leadership. This study incorporates the design, implementation and empirical testing of a virtual team intervention in two project-based engineering courses. The proposed intervention will be implemented in the context of courses that provide authentic project learning experiences for engineering students through work on real-life engineering problems. This initiative strives to place engineering students one step closer to acting as successful team members and team leaders in multidisciplinary and distributed teams. The funding sought will support the development of a solid program in research and teaching in the area of distributed collaboration and global leadership that can make an impact on critical skills necessary for future engineers.