Abstract:

A Graphic Design teacher from the Organization, Business Management and Product Design’s department, analyzes how to improve the coordination between six teachers who teach the same subject. They considered improving the sequentiality and arrangement of the content in the subject Graphic Design during the first course in Engineering degree with five theory groups and twenty computer practice groups. It is a common subject that is taught together in the degrees of mechanics, electronics, electricity and chemistry at the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of Girona.

These studies work with the Moodle platform where there is a subject file where all the content is organized and structured by blocks. What is presented in this presentation is the experience to improve the coordination of the class itself, which each teacher will develop in order to make it as equal as possible and to make it indifferent whether a student is in one or another group. The aim is to prevent a teacher from going deeper into some aspects and not others. In order to make this improvement, a working group of teaching staff is created. Periodic meetings of teachers are held with a list of improvements that allow the content to be ordered and to do so following a coordinated order and sequence between all of them.

The subject is divided into five blocks. First, visualization of the objects in space and representation of the projected views in 2D with the corresponding dashed lines to see the hidden parts. A second, dimensioning the elements represented in the first. A third with the application of cuts applying the regulations and rules that help to interpret and represent the shape of the different types of holes. A fourth section where a small project of a real object will be developed applying problem-based learning. A final section where using computer tools draw objects explained in 2D and 3D.

The subject starts from a scheme and syllabus for each session where it is established clearly that will be developed in each one, the exercise that will be developed, with the most important points to emphasize on and with a criteria fixed in the case of being scored, given that each group has a different teacher. It seeks to unify criteria based on a rubric for the correction of the project and works. And a joint correction is made between teaching staff when it is an evaluable exercise in order to follow the same criteria.

On the other hand, the same presentation to all of them is shared with the teaching staff, pointing out to each transparency the most important aspects that have been developed during the class. There is a common warehouse where there are the physical pieces that will be used for each session. Videos have been produced to support students in developing both classroom work and computer exercises. Solved exercises are provided for students to see how to solve them.

In conclusion, these improvements have given an extraordinary result, on one hand the teaching staff’s warranty who have followed the same scheme no matter which group it is and on the other hand the students who have allowed them to make a group change if it was necessary and most important it has been in the final results where the number of passed has been increased substantially.

Keywords:

Coordination, education, engineering, graphic design.