Undergraduate Industrial Training Experience: A Win-win Situation for Students, Industry and Faculty

Reliability Analysis of the Application of a Catalogue of Tutored and Evaluable Activities as a System to Structure the Contents of the So-Called Courses End of Degree or/and Master Project, “Edmp”

“…These tutors could belong to public institutions with knowledge in the area of the case studies or to the institutions visited by the students (Salleh & Omar, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013), (Crawford, French, & Lloyd-Walker, 2013). The evaluating committee was composed by teachers who worked on a rotary basis.…”

“…This strategy contributed to correct errors made during the first steps of the generation of the technical report. The activity was evaluated by assigned tutors and was useful for consolidating concepts and outlining with more clarity the trajectory of the final report (Soares et al, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013). This important intermediate phase was included in response to student's requests collected during previous initiatives in which suggestions regarding the improving of formation and contents were asked.…”

Reliability Analysis of the Application of a Catalogue of Tutored and Evaluable Activities as a System to Structure the Contents of the So-Called Courses End of Degree or/and Master Project, “Edmp”

“…These tutors could belong to public institutions with knowledge in the area of the case studies or to the institutions visited by the students (Salleh & Omar, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013), (Crawford, French, & Lloyd-Walker, 2013). The evaluating committee was composed by teachers who worked on a rotary basis.…”

“…This strategy contributed to correct errors made during the first steps of the generation of the technical report. The activity was evaluated by assigned tutors and was useful for consolidating concepts and outlining with more clarity the trajectory of the final report (Soares et al, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013). This important intermediate phase was included in response to student's requests collected during previous initiatives in which suggestions regarding the improving of formation and contents were asked.…”

Driving a Sustainable University-Industry Partnership

“…According to the authors, many parties regard the standard 10-12 weeks internship period as being too short and should be reviewed. The need for a longer industrial training duration is also supported by the study of Jamaluddin et al [5]. In addition, Filho et al [6] stated that, to enhance sustainability in the curricula, academia needs to develop a more engaging collaborative approaches in working with industries.…”

Industrial Training in Polytechnics: Enhancing Diploma Student Learning

“…One of the steps is through constant communication between the mentors (Institute and Industry) and the students to monitor their satisfaction. [2]…”

Reliability Analysis of the Application of a Catalogue of Tutored and Evaluable Activities as a System to Structure the Contents of the So-Called Courses End of Degree or/and Master Project, “Edmp”

“…These tutors could belong to public institutions with knowledge in the area of the case studies or to the institutions visited by the students (Salleh & Omar, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013), (Crawford, French, & Lloyd-Walker, 2013). The evaluating committee was composed by teachers who worked on a rotary basis.…”

“…This strategy contributed to correct errors made during the first steps of the generation of the technical report. The activity was evaluated by assigned tutors and was useful for consolidating concepts and outlining with more clarity the trajectory of the final report (Soares et al, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013). This important intermediate phase was included in response to student's requests collected during previous initiatives in which suggestions regarding the improving of formation and contents were asked.…”

Driving a Sustainable University-Industry Partnership

“…According to the authors, many parties regard the standard 10-12 weeks internship period as being too short and should be reviewed. The need for a longer industrial training duration is also supported by the study of Jamaluddin et al [5]. In addition, Filho et al [6] stated that, to enhance sustainability in the curricula, academia needs to develop a more engaging collaborative approaches in working with industries.…”

Industrial Training in Polytechnics: Enhancing Diploma Student Learning

“…One of the steps is through constant communication between the mentors (Institute and Industry) and the students to monitor their satisfaction. [2]…”

Reliability Analysis of the Application of a Catalogue of Tutored and Evaluable Activities as a System to Structure the Contents of the So-Called Courses End of Degree or/and Master Project, “Edmp”

“…These tutors could belong to public institutions with knowledge in the area of the case studies or to the institutions visited by the students (Salleh & Omar, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013), (Crawford, French, & Lloyd-Walker, 2013). The evaluating committee was composed by teachers who worked on a rotary basis.…”

“…This strategy contributed to correct errors made during the first steps of the generation of the technical report. The activity was evaluated by assigned tutors and was useful for consolidating concepts and outlining with more clarity the trajectory of the final report (Soares et al, 2013), (Jamaluddin et al, 2013). This important intermediate phase was included in response to student's requests collected during previous initiatives in which suggestions regarding the improving of formation and contents were asked.…”

Driving a Sustainable University-Industry Partnership

“…According to the authors, many parties regard the standard 10-12 weeks internship period as being too short and should be reviewed. The need for a longer industrial training duration is also supported by the study of Jamaluddin et al [5]. In addition, Filho et al [6] stated that, to enhance sustainability in the curricula, academia needs to develop a more engaging collaborative approaches in working with industries.…”

Industrial Training in Polytechnics: Enhancing Diploma Student Learning

“…One of the steps is through constant communication between the mentors (Institute and Industry) and the students to monitor their satisfaction. [2]…”