COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING IN DISTANCE UNIVERSITY MASTER’S DEGREE

This article explains the results of more than four years working in collaborative engineering learning development, at the master's degree level, in the school of industrial engineers of the Distance University of Spain (UNED). The study is based on three items: the distance methodology and continuous evaluation of the students’ work and periodic reviews. The teamwork aptitude is an implicit requirement and, therefore, there is a specific methodology for the project. The work is supported by data and statistics that show better results than those obtained in other subjects of the same master’s where the teamwork option is not applied. The result is satisfactory in the response and participation of the students and it is demonstrated that the new methodology could be transferred to other subjects that do not have a specific teamwork requirement, but could use this methodology to improve the results.