Frédéric Hoogstoel

Multi-Role Project (MRP): A New Project-Based Learning Method for STEM

This paper presents the “Multi-Role Project” method (MRP), a broadly applicable project-based learning method, and describes its implementation and evaluation in the context of a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) course. The MRP method is designed around a meta-principle that considers the project learning activity as a role-playing game based on two projects: a learning project and an engineering project. The meta-principle is complemented by five principles that provide a framework to guide the working practices of student teams: distribution of responsibilities; regular interactions and solicitations within the team; anticipation and continuous improvement; positive interdependence and alternating individual/collective work; and open communication and content management. This paper presents the implementation of MRP in a course teaching software engineering, UML language, and project management. The results show that MRP helped the courses students to acquire important professional knowledge and skills, experience near-real-world professional realities, and develop their abilities to work both in teams and autonomously.

The Reciprocity Project. A P2P Meta-groupware Supporting Co-evolution and Reciprocity

Despite our efforts for ten years to identify and to take into account the issues of CSCW, the tailorable collaboration environments we have designed are not yet fully appropriated by final users.

A groupware environment for transient virtual organization building

The Reciprocity project aims to provide an environment for inter-organisational collaborations. The main goal of this project, based on a peer-to-peer approach, is to not bother social mechanisms that are inherent in such organisations. The major contributions of this project concern the respect of social hierarchy, resource sharing mechanisms that are less restricted and a reliable reflect of contributions of each participant.