Module

Voraussetzungen

Inhalte

Introduction of Web-based collaboration and related working methods, central and distributed collaboration, synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, time management and time shift working; coordination, cooperation and competition; team management, documentation and reporting in engineering projects. Information exchange and information sharing. interaction agreements, version and access control, Web-based tools for conferencing (chat, audio, video), application sharing, web-based project platforms (CSWS), engineering reports based on the media paper and on the media Web. Team work exercise “HydroWeb”: teams from several partner universities are working on a river management project via Internet as independent units using Web technology to overcome the spatial distribution. German Language course, optional courses on other European languages except English.

Lernziele

• understanding of Web-based collaborative engineering approaches in research and professional projects • practical experiences in Web-based collaborative engineering in a river modelling project • distributed team work and team management skills using v"irtual environments" based on information sharing • basic skills in river modelling • European language skills.

Prüfungsleistung

Web-Based Collaborative Engineering: (2/3) • collaborative on-line team work and management evaluation by supervisor (40%) • web-based team reports and team presentations incl. discussion (30%) • individual questionnaire (30%) Language course: (1/3) • examination by Language Centre

Bemerkungen

EuroAquae module: EA-1.5/6