Abstract
In their future working and professional environment higher education
graduates are expected to effectively work in the “Information Society”. This work is
knowledge intensive and ICT-rich. Implied is a change from application of
disciplinary topics to competence based working where knowledge, skills and
attitudes are integrated across separate disciplines. Students in higher education need
a learning environment in which they can learn to operate at the level required for
starting a professional career. The learning environment therefore should take
realistic account of the future working and professional environment with the main
focus on development of professional competences of students. The students learn to
apply knowledge in professional situations; their competence development is
measured and assessed. This is the characteristic of an educational concept which is
often termed ‘competence-based education’.
The present paper presents the Hydroinformatics on-line courses, with focus
on “Flood Modelling for Managenment”, designed for competence based learning.
An analysis is given for the differences between classical on-line learning and
competence-based learning courses, as well as the evaluation of the two given by the
participants.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 33rd IAHR Congress 2009 |
Place of Publication | Madrid |
Publisher | International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research |
Chapter | TS-9 |
Pages | 3710-3718 |
Volume | 4 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-61738-231-4 |
Publication status | Published - 16 Dec 2009 |
Event | 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 9 Aug 2009 → 14 Aug 2009 Conference number: 33 |
Conference
Conference | 33rd International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research |
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Country/Territory | Canada |
City | Vancouver |
Period | 9/08/09 → 14/08/09 |
Keywords
- Competence development
- Water management professionals
- TENCompetence
- Pilot study