Academic challenges as part of capstone project resilience training

Jacob J. Greeff; Andre Nel; Reolyn Heymann; Johnson Carroll

doi:10.1109/AFRICON51333.2021.9570882

Academic challenges as part of capstone project resilience training

Jacob J. Greeff, Andre Nel, Reolyn Heymann, Johnson Carroll

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science

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Abstract

Capstone projects are the projects students undertake during undergraduate studies where they serve as the final gatekeeping process in engineering degrees to ensure students have the ability to leverage all of the knowledge they have gained in the solving of an open ended problem. As part of a larger project to improve the experience of students in a capstone project module, a challenge-based system has been implemented with inspiration taken from the Superbetter approach. This paper introduces the wider project context, presents the three design cycles the challenge system went through and presents results. In this paper it is shown that the implementation of the artefact was ultimately not a success, and the reasons for this are explored and recommendations for the implementation of similar systems in the future in other contexts are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2021 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2021
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665419840
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRICON51333.2021.9570882
Publication status	Published - 13 Sept 2021
Event	2021 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2021 - Virtual, Arusha, Tanzania, United Republic of Duration: 13 Sept 2021 → 15 Sept 2021

Publication series

Name	IEEE AFRICON Conference
Volume	2021-September
ISSN (Print)	2153-0025
ISSN (Electronic)	2153-0033

Conference

Conference	2021 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2021
Country/Territory	Tanzania, United Republic of
City	Virtual, Arusha
Period	13/09/21 → 15/09/21

Keywords

Capstone projects
Educational activities
Educational technology
Engineering education
Engineering students

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Greeff, JJ, Nel, A, Heymann, R & Carroll, J 2021, Academic challenges as part of capstone project resilience training. in Proceedings of 2021 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2021. IEEE AFRICON Conference, vol. 2021-September, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2021, Virtual, Arusha, Tanzania, United Republic of, 13/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRICON51333.2021.9570882

Academic challenges as part of capstone project resilience training. / Greeff, Jacob J.; Nel, Andre; Heymann, Reolyn et al.
Proceedings of 2021 IEEE AFRICON, AFRICON 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. (IEEE AFRICON Conference; Vol. 2021-September).

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