The Aalborg Model Problembased projectwork in teams

The Aalborg Model Problembased projectwork in teams

Universities for more than 500 years

• The feudal society – theology and law

• The agricultural society – agriculture and land management

• The industrial society – engineering and business

• The knowledge society – information and cutting edge innovation

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The Aalborg Model: Problem Based Learning

50%courses

50%project

Projectcourses

Project

Study courses

Individual examination

Group examination

Model from The Aalborg PBL model - Progress, Diversity and ChallengesAnette Kolmos, Flemming K. Fink & Lone Krogh

One semester

Student Working Space

• Each project group is allocated working space, typically a group room.

• The working space is equipped with one or two computers and network access. Access to printer facilities etc.

• Student working spaces are located in the same buildings as teachers’ offices etc.

• 24 hour access.

Average time of study (bachelor and master)

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Income

Humanities Science Social Science

Engineering Medicine Times Higher Education Supplement

1 Aalborg University

Aalborg University

University of Southern Denmark

Aalborg University


University of Copenhagen

2 University of Southern Denmark

Aarhus University

Aalborg University


Aarhus University

Aarhus University

3 Aarhus University


Aarhus University

Technical University of Denmark


Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

4 University of Copenhagen



- - University of Southern Denmark

5 - - - - - Aalborg University

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The Aalborg Model (PBL)

Problem analysis

Problem solving

Report / Documentation

Literature Lectures Internet

Tutorials Field studies Experiments

Model from The Aalborg PBL model - Progress, Diversity and ChallengesAnette Kolmos, Flemming K. Fink & Lone Krogh

The Research Information System at AAU

– changing the University

Changing the Research Information System

Developments

• VBN is the CRIS of Aalborg University

• Mandatory registration since 1992

• Plans for online registration in 2002

• Development driven by Aalborg University Library and Atira A/S

• First online registration in 2003

• VBN runs on PURE, version 4

• Data goes back to 1974

Types of content

• Publications• Research projects• Research activities• Press cuttings• Researchers• Organisations

- All linked together

Changing the university

Research communication

• To render visible the research activities of Aalborg University

• Accessibility of knowledge

• Knowledge sharing

• Establishing partnerships within the business world

• Establishing collaboration with other research institutions

• Researchers CV

Management tool

• Statistics on all content

• The bibliometric research indicator used by The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation)

• Aalborg University’s budget model

• Annual cycle for reporting

• Strategic development and development contract

Focus on publications – what counts!

Research category• Peer reviewed articles• Peer reviewed conference papers• Reviews• Letters• Scientific book• Contribution to scientific book• Doctoral thesis• PhD dissertation• Report• Contribution to report• Patent

What does not count!

• Research categoryo Article, editorial, encyclopedic article, comment,

preface/epilogue, working paper, conference article (not peer reviewed) poster, abstract, lecture script, etc.

• Communication category: doesn’t count

• Education category: doesn’t count

• Commissioned categoryo Article, working paper, conference paper, poster, abstracts,

lecture script

Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation

Bibliometric Research Indicator

Publication type

Level 1 (80% of the publications world wide within the research field)

Level 2 (20%) Without level

Monograph 6

Scientific articles in journals

1 3

Scientific articles in anthology-series with ISSN

1 3

Scientific articles in anthologies

0.75

PhD thesis 2

Doctoral thesis

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Patents 1

The Aalborg University Budget Model

Publications at AAU2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Research 3273 3552 3604 3927 3771

Communication 496 551 427 438 347

Education 95 67 95 39 14

Counselling 49 40

Publications per Faculty

Main area Total MonographArticle in journals(level 1)

Article in journals(level 2)

Contribution to Anthology

PhD-thesis Patent

NAT/TECH 1120 22 367 208 428 83 12

SOC 282 36 63 28 146 9 0

HEALTH 198 2 94 60 25 16 1

HUM 147 11 39 16 72 9 0

Points per Faculty

Main area Total MonographArticle in journals(level 1)


Contribution to

AnthologyPhD-thesis Patents

NAT/TECH 1158,46 43,67 276,20 427,39 238,06 166,00 7,14

SOC 351,35 108,00 54,02 68,00 103,33 18,00 0,00

HEALTH 217,93 1,50 61,08 106,59 15,76 32,00 1,00

HUM 166,39 23,00 35,23 39,38 50,79 18,00 0,00

Press cuttings2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Press cuttings

1462 2538 3863 5129 6710

Budget model

Allocation distribution model based on VBN data

Professors and associate professors which count in the National Bibliometric

Indicator: 40% of their workload for free research.

Assistant professors: 50% of their workload for free research.

40-50.000 US$ for each Ph.D. thesis and doctoral dissertation.

The rest of the basic research grant is distributed to the faculties due to number of

points in the National Biobliometric Indicator and amounts of external research funds.

Publications from Danish universities

TotalMonograp

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Contribution to

Anthology

PhD.-thesis

Doctoral-thesis

Patents

Aalborg University

1747 71 563 312 671 117 0 13

Aarhus University

4706 159 2351 1288 698 194 8 8

Copenhagen Business School

665 67 189 118 261 29 1 0


2357 84 998 717 428 128 2 0

IT University

123 4 41 18 48 11 0 1


6747 200 3480 1892 798 361 8 8

Roskilde University

547 59 161 79 206 39 3 0


2005 76 945 518 334 117 4 11

Points for Danish universities

TotalMonograp

h



Contribution to

Anthology

PhD.-thesis

Doctoral-thesis

Patents

Aalborg University

1894,13 176,18 426,53 641,35 407,94 234,00 0,00 8,14

Aarhus University

5303,25 476,94 1587,23 2352,84 451,57 388,00 40,00 6,68

Copenhagen Business School

932,06 262,75 156,89 276,16 173,27 58,00 5,00 0,00


2998,78 369,59 644,69 1473,16 245,35 256,00 10,00 0,00

IT University 138,38 14,75 30,75 42,75 27,13 22,00 0,00 1,00


7034,54 669,28 1998,61 3115,62 483,53 722,00 40,00 5,50

Roskilde University

665,89 113,50 134,78 182,45 142,16 78,00 15,00 0,00


2099,59 245,88 560,31 814,21 216,98 234,00 20,00 8,21

Ongoing development

• VBN: Aalborg University CRIS and Open Institutional Repository

• Complete registration and dissemination of student projects

• Further developments on collaboration with industries etc.

• Further development and usage of VBN as management tool

• Sharing and integrating VBN data worldwide

Visit VBN at www.vbn.aau.dk

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The Aalborg Model Problembased projectwork in teams