11224 - Web-Based Collaborative Engineering and European Language Skills (except English) I Modulübersicht

Module Number: 11224
Module Title:Web-Based Collaborative Engineering and European Language Skills (except English) I
  Webbasierte Projektbearbeitung im Ingenieurwesen und europäische Sprachen
Department: Faculty 2 - Environment and Natural Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • apl. Prof. PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Molkenthin, Frank
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every winter semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:
  • 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.
Contents: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.
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:No successful participation in associated phase-out module 41418 Language Skills.
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Practical training / 4 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 60 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:see https://euroaquae.tu-cottbus.de
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination: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
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Bauingenieurwesen / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Environmental and Resource Management / keine PO
  • Abschluss im Ausland / Euro Hydroinformatics and Water Management / keine PO
Remarks:EuroAquae module: EA-1.5/6
Module Components:
    • 019035 Course German as a Foreign Language (A1, Part 1 - Starter) 
    • 240635 Lecture/Practical training HydroWeb: Web-based Collaborative Engineering
      Components to be offered in the Current Semester: