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Team forum and brainstorming on knowledge transfer and integrating new students
Knowledge Transfer
New Students
- Assign mentors (from any team) as a question person for new members
- Evaluation that past wiki pages are actually read
- Online wiki orientation tutorial with quizzes
- Better documentation to aid future members
- More basic introductory information (i.e. glossary)
- Smaller training sessions for new members
- Newcomer orientation w demo plant and slideshow of processes
- Lateral knowledge transfer between teams
- Team updates on any major breakthroughs at beginning of class
- Monthly short (3-5 minute) update on projects to entire class
- Weekly updates from half of teams, with each team going every other week
- Class/speakers on Monday, half updates on Wednesdays (short class period)
- Ensure an understanding of goals for team each semester
Open house for research tours at the beginning of the semester
AguaClara Credits
- 1 credit technical writing course to add to CEE 2550 for technical writing option
- Offer CEE4550 course as by permission of instructor with CEE 4540 or CEE 3310
Forums
- End of semester check in to see how these changes have worked out
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