Experts in TeamworkStudents Spring Semester 2013

Photo: Sven Veine

Experts in TeamworkExperts in Teamwork (EiT) is a course in which students develop teamwork skills and gain experience in using their academic competence in interdisciplinary project activities.

The course (7.5 credits) is compulsory in all programmes of study at second-degree level at NTNU.

BackgroundWith EiT, NTNU has developed a unique course in which master’s degree students work in teams across the boundaries of study programmes and faculties. EiT was created in 2001 as a response to demands from business and industry for students to gain experience in working together with people from disciplines other than their own. Students should be also trained in using their academic knowledge to solve complex tasks.

The learning outcomes of EiT fulfil these demands from the business and industry by providing students with skills in interdisciplinary teamwork

Course contentImportant characteristics of EiT are that:• The learning method is experience-based.• Students work in interdisciplinary teams.• The focus is on cooperation in the team.

EiT gives the students knowledge about teams, increased self-understanding and training in skills that are important in an interdisciplinary teamwork.

In EiT, students from different programmes of study work together in teams. Each student team works on a project defined by the team, and each student is to apply and communicate his or her own academic knowledge to contribute to an integrated, well-rounded solution for the project.

Through team-based reflection, each student learns how he or she influences the cooperation in the team. The aim is that the team develops its cooperation in both professional and interpersonal terms.

Relevant and up to dateIn EiT, the students’ project is to be based on relevant issues from society and working life, and it is desirable for students to work together with external partners. EiT thus provides an exciting opportunity for links between external

organizations and students pursuing their education.

What is expected of EiT students?In EiT, students work together in interdisciplinary teams. Each team must hand in two reports:

• Project report: Presents the team’s joint project work.• Team process report: This report is about the student team’s reflections on the cooperation that took place while the students were working on their project, together with a description of the actions taken by the team to develop the cooperation during their work.

The project report and the process report each count for 50 per cent of the final grade. Each student team receives one common grade.

Because the student teams must hand in two different reports, it is often said that EiT consists of a “project part” and a “team process part”. Although this is correct to some extent, another important goal of EiT is that students under-stand how the project work and the teamwork process influence each other.

A student team from the village “Fremtidens arbeidsplass” in the spring of 2012. Photo: Kjersti Myhr

Refl ection and facilitation

- a prerequisite for learning in EiT In EiT you will learn teamwork through experiencing it in practice. Our teaching method is thus experienced-based learning (learning by doing). The learning is derived from refl ection on specifi c cooperative situations. The essence of learning to work together involves becoming aware of your own behaviour and attitudes, and how they affect cooperation. This is achieved through team-based refl ection. In your EiT team, you will refl ect on your teamwork, and practise changing your patterns of behaviour. Thinking and refl ecting are two different activities. Refl ection involves asking questions about what you do and think – then answering them. In the team, as well as describing how a situation developed, you must describe your thoughts and feelings about it. This process enables you to discover and to learn something about yourself and the others in the team. These refl ections are written down and form the basis for the team process report. A facilitator, who is a neutral and accepted person, will help you and your fellow team members to refl ect on your cooperation. The facilitator will observe you in the team, and may share some or all of his or her observations with you. The facilitator provides input in a way that encourages you to refl ect on and explore your cooperation in the team. New awareness about your teamwork enables the team as a whole to fulfi l its potential in its work on the project. At the same time, each individual in the team develops growth and learning. Another way to facilitate the team is by means of socio-grams. The purpose of drawing a sociogram is to visualize aspects of the communication in the team. The sociogram is shared with the team. This may be• verbal messages• question/answer patterns • nonverbal messages – eye contact.

A facilitator draws a sociogram of a student team. Photo: Sven Veine

Observation - what does the facilitator look for and listen to?

By observing the student teams as they work, the facilitator obtains a basis for understanding and mapping the dynamics of the team. (What is happening in the team? What communication patterns can she or he see and hear?) In the observation activities, the facilitator may look for these team dimensions:

Participation and dominance

Steady or uneven? One-way or dialogue?

Polarities

Tensions between different groupings?

Decision-making and ownership

Focused on one, some or all?

Information sharing

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Focused on the topic or personal? Superfi cial or more detailed?

Progress

Goal-oriented activity or constantly getting sidetracked?

Undiscussable issues

“Everyone knows that” - no one talks about it.

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VillagesLearning in EiT takes place in units called villages. In spring 2013, NTNU will offer about 75 villages.

All faculties at NTNU offer villages. This is not a typical structure, as most other courses are offered by only one faculty.

What characterizes an EiT village?

• It is a “class” consisting of 20-30 students with different academic backgrounds (the students are divided into smaller teams, normally of 5 students)• In each village, one professor village supervisor and two learning assistants facilitate the students’ learning.• All villages share the same learning outcomes and learning methods.• What differentiates them is that each village has a unique village theme.

A student team from the village “To Capture CO2”. Photo: Nina Haugland

Village language Most villages have Norwegian as their village language, while almost a third of the villages have English as their village language.

Information about the language for each village is shown in the Web presentation of the different villages.

The general rule is that you can choose freely between Norwegian and English villages as long as you have a command of the language for the village. NB: The exception is that students in some master’s programmes from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management must choose an English village.

Types of villages There are two types of villages (intensive and semester-based).

Your programme of study determines whether you must join a semester-based or an intensive village, or whether you can choose the type of village yourself. The lists further back in the brochure show the type of village in which students in the various programmes of study are to take part.

Applying for a different type of villageIf you have a specific reason, you can apply for a different type of village. The application should be directed to your faculty and the deadline is 1 October 2012. This means that students who in principle need to choose semester-based villages can apply to take Experts in Teamwork in an intensive village, and vice versa.

Even if you apply for a different type of village, you must still submit your list of five village priorities according to your original plan via Student Web by 1 November 2012. Contact your faculty, or see www.ntnu.edu/eit, for more information.

Intensive villages:• Teaching every weekday in a three-week period in January• Starting date: 7 January 2013• Deadline for submitting the reports: 1 February 2013

Semester-based villages:• Teaching every Wednesday throughout the spring semester• Starting date: 9 January 2013• Deadline for submitting the reports: 2 May 2013

In EIT, you will be working in an interdisciplinary team, but as EiT students you share the responsibility for how interdisciplinary the various villages turn out to be.

All the EiT villages are interdisciplinary, but the degree of interdisciplinarity varies. Many villages with a theme that is specific to a particular discipline are often not chosen by students from a broad range of subject areas. So these villages are often more homog-enous. If you want to work with students from another campus, keep this in mind when you list your priorities for a village.

Semester-based / Village language: Norwegian• Anvendelser av Smartgrid i el.forsyning• Biodrivstoff – en løsning eller et blindspor?• Biomaterialer: Fremtidens kroppsdeler• Byggelandsbyen• Bærekraftig inkludering• Bærekraftige kystsamfunn - Akvakultur/Havbruk• Concrete Innovation• Den nye energien - fremtidens energiforsyning for en bærekraftig utvikling• Det intelligente transportsystemet• En spillverden på ett semester• Fergefritt Vestland• Folkehelsa: Handler det om samfunnskontroll eller personlig ansvar?• forbruk | design | livsstil• Forvaltning og bevaring av økosystemtjenester og biomangfold i Bymarka, Trondheim• Havromsteknologi• Idrettsanlegg• Idrettsteknologi• Ingen drepte i trafikken• Instrumentering og styring over Internett• Kulturentreprenøren

• Kunnskap for en bedre verden• Miljøpåvirkning og helse• Nanoteknologi – evolusjon eller revolusjon?• Nettbasert læring• NUTS – studentsatellitt• Programvare og kunst: Hvorfor og for hva?• Prosjektlandsbyen• Punktlig og effektiv jernbane• Robot og menneske• Smart bygging• Smart Grid• Smart instrumentering av trafikk• Soundscaping – Lyddesign i offentlige rom• The Big Bang of Internet – teknologi og tjenester i takt• Tre – et bærekraftig byggemateriale• Utvikling av velferdstjenester/teknologi• Varmepumpende systemer• Verdiskapning og samfunnsansvar• VR-landsbyen• Waterworld

Tips about diversity in EiT and choice of a village

Villages planned for Experts in Teamwork during spring 2013NB: The list contains the information available at 30 June 2012. Changes in the number of villages as well as in the type, language, and title of the villages may be made after this date. An updated version is available at www.ntnu.edu/eit. Please note that the villages have either Norwegian or English as village language.

Villages planned for Experts in Teamwork during spring 2013NB: The list contains the information available at 30 June 2012. Changes in the number of villages as well as in the type, language, and title of the villages may be made after this date. An updated version is available at www.ntnu.edu/eit. Please note that the villages have either Norwegian or English as village language.

Tips about diversity in EiT and choice of a villageIf you want to join a village with a high level of interdisciplinarity, you should choose a village with a theme from a field of study that is different from your own, or a village that offers opportunities for many different fields of study. This gives you the best chance of working in a team with students from very different academic backgrounds.

This year, there are about 75 villages to choose from and it is easy to choose themes that are clearly related to your own subject area – but remember that an exciting theme may be hiding behind a title that does not catch your interest immediately. So we recommend that you allow yourself plenty of time to choose the priorities for your 5 villages.

Semester-based / Village language: English• A Light, Strong and Bright Future with Materials• Development of new Strategies for the Promotion of Biotechnology: Scientific and Social Approaches• GPS• Gullfaks Village• Norne Village• Standardization and Globalization - a tool for sustainable innovation?• Sustainable Property Development• To capture CO2• Trondheim as an International Student Town

Intensive / Village language: Norwegian• Det personlige genom• Fremtidens arbeidsplass• Idrett og samfunn• Klimakvoter – fremtid eller avlat• Kommunikasjon• Kultur og næring• Lev & Lær• Livet på lavkarbo(n)• Marinbiologisk ressursforvaltning i verdens

rikeste land – Norges globale ansvar• Naturressurser – vern versus bruk• Sameksistens mellom beitedyr og rovdyr• Samhandlingsreformen – hvordan få til bedre samhandling I helsetjenesten• Samspill i byggprosjektering• Skolegården - et sted å være - et sted å lære

Intensive / Village language: English• Childhood Village• Mission Possible. Where nature fails, innovative technologies can make a difference.• Promoting Environmental Conservation via Innovative Communication• Sustainable Architecture• The Aging Brain

What type of village can you choose?

Village language: You can find out which language is used in each village in the village presentations on the Experts in Teamwork website.

* Students from these programmes of study must choose English villages. !

Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art• Architecture• Fine Art• Real Estate and Facilities Management

Faculty of Medicine• Exercise Physiology and Sport Sciences• Medical Studies• Molecular Medicine• Neuroscience

Faculty of Humanities • Archaeology• Art History• Comparative Literature• Comparative Religion• Dance Studies• Drama and Theatre• English• European Studies• Film and Videoproduction• Film Studies• French• German

• History• Interdisciplinary Studies of Gender and Culture• Language and Communication Studies• Lingvistikk• Media Studies Visual Culture• Music Performance• Music Technology• Musicology• Philosophy• Phonetics• Scandinavian Language and Literature• Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering • None

Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology • None

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology • None

Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management• Adult Education• Childhood Studies*• Clinical Programme in Psychology• Counselling• Economics• Education• Financial Economics• Media, Communication and Information Technology• Political Science• Psychology• Sociology• Sports Sciences

Intensive villagesStudents from these programs of study can choose intensive villages:

Note: If your programme of study is listed under both

intensive and semester-based villages, you are free to choose either

type of village.

Semester-based villagesStudents from these programs of study can choose semester-based villages:

Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art• Architecture• Fine Art• Real Estate and Facilities Management

Faculty of Medicine• Medical Studies

Faculty of Humanities • Archaeology• Art History• Comparative Literature• Comparative Religion• Dance Studies• Drama and Theatre• English• European Studies• Film and Videoproduction• Film Studies• French• German• History• Interdisciplinary Studies of Gender and Culture• Language and Communication Studies• Lingvistikk• Media Studies Visual Culture• Music Performance• Music Technology• Musicology• Philosophy• Phonetics• Scandinavian Language and Literature• Science and Technology Studies (STS)

Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering • Communication Technology• Communication Technology - Telematics• Computer Science• Electric Power Engineering

• Electronics• Energy and Environmental Engineering• Energy Use and Energy Planning• Engineering Cybernetics• Informatics• Information Systems• Mathematics• Statistics• Telematics - Communication Networks and Networked Services

Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology • Civil and Environmental Engineering• Engineering and ICT• Geology• Geotechnics and Geohazards• Geotechnology• Hydropower Development• Industrial Design Engineering• Industrial Ecology• Marine Coastal Development• Marine Technology• Natural Gas Technology• Petroleum Engineering• Petroleum Geosciences• Petroleum Geosciences and Engineering• Product Design and Manufacturing• Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS) • Subsea Technology

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology • Applied Physics and Mathematics• Biology• Biotechnology

• Chemical Engineering• Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology• Chemistry• Condensed Matter Physics• Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry• Light Metals, and Silicon and Ferroalloy Production• Materials Technology• Medical Technology• Nanotechnology• Physics

Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management• Adult Education• Development Studies*• Geography• Human Movement Science• Industrial Economics and Technology Management • Entrepreneurship• Project Management*• Safety, Health and Environment

Interdisciplinarity in the team: Psychology, physics and mathematics, marine technology, musicology and electronics.

Pipe organ bike

Samples of student projects in EiT during spring 2012

When you pedal on the bicycle, air is blown into the organ pipes on the handlebars, and you can play a tune by turning the handlebars.

Photo: Tove Bredesen

Photo: Nina Haugland

Sea urchin sorting machine

A machine that scans, measures and sorts sea urchins.

Interdisciplinarity in the team: cyber-netics, biology, chemical engineering and biotechnology og informatics.

Work break as a resourceThe students looked at the break as a workplace resource, and explored workplace design to support this.

Interdisciplinarity in the team: architecture, financial economics, product development and manufacturing, medicine, social economics and political science

A green board game

This team developed the board game “Grønnskalle” (“Green Skull”) with a focus on sustainability.

Interdisciplinarity in the team: Medicine, technical cybernetics, sociology, consulting and fine art.

Solar-driven ice-makerA machine powered by solar cells, producing ice that can be used to cool food. Great benefits in deve-loping countries. Interdisciplinarity in the team: Energy and environmental engineering, product design and manufacturing, industrial chemistry and biotechnology, and materials technology.

Photo: Nina Haugland

Photo: Kjersti Myhr

Photo: Kjersti Myhr

Photo: Nina Haugland

Registration for the EiT course To be able to follow EiT in the spring

semester in 2013, you must submit a list of the five villages you would

most like to attend by 1 November 2012.

If you do not register by submitting your village priorities before the deadline, you will not be able to

attend EiT during this academic year.

Villages to chooseFrom 20 September you will find a list of all villages on www.ntnu.no/eit/landsbyer (Norwegian) and http://www.ntnu.edu/eit/villages (English), including a descrip-tion of each. When choosing the five villages you would most like to attend, you should follow these guidelines:

• Choose the village type given by your programme of study.• Choose at least two villages offered by another faculty than your own.• Choose only villages for which you have a good command of the village language.

If you follow the above guidelines, you will have the best chance of being given one of the five villages on your prioritized list.

Submitting village priorities via Student WebYou should submit your list of five village priorities via Student Web by 1 Novem-ber 2012 (Student Web is open for EiT village registration between 1 October and 1 November). You can re-prioritize as many times you want before the deadline. At www.ntnu.edu/studies/studentweb you will find a guide, “Choosing your course in Experts in Teamwork” (PDF), explaining how you prioritize your vil-lages in Student Web.

If you cannot access EiT in Student Web If you do not follow the normal progress of study, you may not be able to access EiT in Student Web. In this case, you must contact your faculty before 1 Novem-ber 2012. They will enrol you manually and register your list of village priorities. For more information about choosing villages, contact your faculty, or see www.ntnu.edu/eit.

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Allocation of village placesIn mid-December, you can see which village you have been allocated to via Student Web.

The village supervisor in your village will send you a welcome message by email. In the email, you will receive information about when and where to arrive on the first village day.

NB: In EiT, attendance of every village day is compulsory.

Each faculty has an EiT contact person with whom you can talk if you have questions relating to Experts in Teamwork.

Your EiT contact can help you with:• exemption or application for a different type of village• manual registration of your list of village priorities• questions about attendance

The faculties

EiT faculty contacts: • Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art: Helge Gunnar Gravås - helge.gravas@ab.ntnu.no• Faculty of Medicine: Ingrid Ofstad Dahl - ingrid.o.dahl@ntnu.no• Faculty of Humanities: eit@hf.ntnu.no• Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering: Erik Langbakk - erik.ingve.langbakk@ime.ntnu.no• Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology: Marit Snilsberg - marit.snilsberg@ntnu.no• Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology: Kristin Omre - kristin.omre@nt.ntnu.no• Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management: Ida Marie Bruun Jacobsen - eit@svt.ntnu.no

Important dates• 20 September 2012: The villages are presented on the Web.• 1 October 2012: Deadline to apply for another village type or for exemption.• 1 November 2012: Deadline for registration for the EiT course by submitting your list of village priorities through Student Web.• December 2012: You will be informed of the village in which you have been allocated a place.• 7 January 2013: First village day for intensive villages.• 9 January 2013: First village day for semester-based villages.

Remember:

The deadline for registration for the EiT

course is:

1 November If you do not do this, you will not be able to attend

EiT during this academic year.

Photo: Nina Haugland