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Auto-Assessment of Teamwork and Communication Competences Improvement Applying Active Methodologies. Comparing Results Between Students of First Academic Year in Architecture, Economics and Engineering Degrees

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Learning and Collaboration Technologies: New Challenges and Learning Experiences (HCII 2021)

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In the first years of a university degree it is very important to maintain student motivation in order to avoid possible risks of early dropout. To this end, the design of practices focused on the improvement of transversal competences such as Teamwork and Oral Communication allows students to make more motivating progress in their specific knowledge. At the same time, students improve in skills that are highly recognized and required in the professional world. The practical awareness of the student’s level and the current context of hybrid teaching (face-to-face and virtual) derived from the pandemic increase student motivation to improve these competences. These skills are based on work in specific subjects and in a way that is independent of the type of degree/studies being studied, with a homogeneous profile at a national level.

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This research was funded by the project “Improving social and collaborative competences of undergraduate students using active methodologies. A mixed assessment approach”, granted at the VI Call of ACM (Aristos Campus Mundus) Research Projects—2020, with the grant number ACM2020_02.

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  2. La Salle, Ramon Llull University, C/ Sant Joan de la Salle 42, 08022, Barcelona, Spain

    David Fonseca, Daniel Amo, Enric Peña & Silvia Necchi

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Alaez, M., Romero, S., Fonseca, D., Amo, D., Peña, E., Necchi, S. (2021). Auto-Assessment of Teamwork and Communication Competences Improvement Applying Active Methodologies. Comparing Results Between Students of First Academic Year in Architecture, Economics and Engineering Degrees. In: Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A. (eds) Learning and Collaboration Technologies: New Challenges and Learning Experiences. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12784. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77889-7_13

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