Tips on Leadership, Teamworking and Communication- Survey Camp

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, especially in School of Civil Engineering had been producing a good quality professional with all set of generic skills. We have proved to produce a prominent leader in politics, business and government sectors. Among important skills are leadership, teamworking and communication. It is confusing at first and second year of study in Civil Engineering why those skills are important. With the confusion, the student required some understanding of those skills before that can acquire it through training in classroom, laboratory and fieldwork.

In School of Civil Engineering, we had a programme known as Survey Camp which been introduced in the first year. In summary, this programme instils the technical knowledge and integrate with real engineering problems with the development of three generic skills such as leadership, team working and communication. Following are some link of videos in related generic skills. Please enjoy watching.

Leadership
1. Level of leadership – John Maxwell

2. Confidence, Courage & Decision Making – John Maxwell

Teamworking

1.  Working together to make things happen- TED talk

2. Teamworking skills – Texas Higher Education

Communication

1.5 ways to improve your communication

2. How To Improve Communication Skills – 7 Unique Tips!

 

 

Gold at IPHEX 2017

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 November 2017 – UTM researchers won Best of the Best and Special Award in Engineering Education awards at the 4th International Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo (I-PHEX) 2017, which was held at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

The winning Best of the Best project, which was led by Dr. Noraini Ibrahim and co-led by Dr. Shahliza Abd. Halim, and Dr. Masitah Ghazali from Faculty of Computing, with the project entitled Integrating Collaborative Case Study in Project-Oriented Problem-Based Learning Approach for Software Engineering Courses, was selected as the best innovative product in improving higher education.

Meanwhile, the selected project which won Special Award in Engineering Education was led by Ir. Dr. Zaki Yamani bin Zakaria from Faculty of Chemical & Energy Engineering, with the project entitled Metacognitive Development through an Introductory to Engineering Course Using Cooperative Problem Based Learning (CPBL).

n addition, UTM researchers also won three Gold awards at I-PHEX 2017. The winning researchers included Dr. Noraini Ibrahim, Ir. Dr. Zaki Yamani, Mr. Muhammad Azril Hezmi from Faculty of Computing, Faculty of Chemical & Energy Engineering, and Faculty of Civil Engineering, respectively.

Besides Gold, UTM researchers have also managed to grab Silver and Bronze awards. The Silver award recipients included Associate Professor Dr. Dayang Norhayati Abang Jawawi and Associate Professor Dr. Yudariah Mohammad Yusof from Faculty of Computing and Faculty of Science, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Bronze award was won by Dr. Noor Dayana Binti Abd Halim from Faculty of Education.

I-PHEX 2017 was jointly organised by the Society for Engineering Education Malaysia (SEEM) and the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) with a total of 39 participants nationwide.

This was the fourth I-PHEX organised as an international level exhibition, with the purpose to recognise and award efforts to improve higher education. I-PHEX 2017 was held at the 7th World Engineering Education Forum 2017 (WEEF 2017).

The expo is not only viewed as a platform to showcase innovative efforts that contribute to resolving the challenges of higher education, but also as a trigger to inspire others to be involved in the discussion, research, and the implementation of higher education innovations.

Credit: https://news.utm.my/2017/12/utm-researchers-won-best-of-the-best-and-gold-awards-at-i-phex-2017/

Team research members:

 

Related Documents/Site:

1.Enhancing_Civil_Engineering_Professional_Skills_through_Survey_Camp_Course_using_Project-Based_Learning

2.www.ukur.my