CG1413

CG1413 - Effective Team Communication

This module aims to prepare students for the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) approach, which is an innovative educational model for computer engineers. It centres on team-based, hands-on projects. Students will learn personal, interpersonal and intercultural communication skills emphasizing teamwork and team dynamics. These skills, such as resolving conflicts and negotiating agreements, are transferable and applicable to other modules for their degree programme. Assessment is via oral and written communication evaluation tools such as peer-teaching, critical reflections, critiques, and presentations.

This module is only offered in Semester 2 of each academic year and is usually twinned with another computing module.

It is a 48 hour module taught over 12 weeks with 2 two-hour tutorials per week.

Objectives

By the end of the module the students should be able to:

  • apply teamwork principles to project work;
  • use principles of communication to interact with one another, conduct meetings, resolve conflicts and negotiate objectively;
  • make and give effective presentations on discipline-related and general topics;
  • give constructive criticism and feedback to peers;
  • reflect on the communicative performance of themselves and their team;
  • write persuasive and effective email messages;
  • present well-supported explanations and arguments in oral feedback, oral interactions and oral defence; and
  • apply the 7Cs to communication.

Assessment

CG1413 is a 100% Continuous Assessment module.

Prerequisites

If students are required to take ES1000, Basic English, and/or ES1102, English for Academic Purposes, they must complete those modules before taking this course.

Co-requisite

CG1103

Preclusions

CS2301, ES2002, ES2007D, ES2007S, IS2101, EG1413, CS2101

Modular Credits

Four

Workload

0-4-0-2-2