Problem-Based Learning

All courses will be held online due to current corona situation.
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News: Please register in OPAL (Group: Course Group PBL 2020/2021) no later than 04.11.2020. Please also join the TUD Matrix chat in room: #Course_Group_PBL_2020:tu-dresden.de for Q&A.  All available projects will be ready and uploaded to OPAL on 04.11.2020.

Overview

The course offers hands-on learning to the topics that are discussed in the “Communication Networks 3” course using a problem-based learning approach.

The course is organized as follows:

1. Introductory part (2 meetings): We introduce the course and the problem-based learning approach. In addition, the chair members (supervisors) will offer ideas for projects.
2. Forming teams and projects selection (3 meetings): Every 2-4 students form a team, select a project, meet the supervisor, finalize the project description.
3. Project supervision and on-demand lectures (13 meetings): The students implement the projects and keep the supervisors updated. According to the topics of the selected projects, some lectures and exercises will be organized on demand (TBA). A project report must be submitted till TBD.
4. Presentations (2-3 meetings): Team members present their project. Attendance of all presentations is mandatory.

Module Description

• Module Number: ET-12 10 20
• Language of the course: English
• Optional course, 9th Semester
• Extent: 2 1 0 (V/Ü/P)

Course Schedule

• Starting date: 28.10
• Wednesday, 09:20 and Wednesday 11:10 every second week (even weeks)

OPAL

Please enroll in OPAL Group: (Course Group PBL 2020/2021) to receive updates and to get the lecture notes/slides. The registration is open till 5.11.2020.

Exam

• Content: Report + Presentation
• Current time plan (TBD): Report submission: 01.02.2021. Presentation (Online): 03.02.2021
• Final grade: G = (Report + Presentation) / 2

Timetable