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ENM021 - Applied industrial ecology, Vt 2010, MPECO, ENM021

Your own effort

1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

19 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»		4		21%
Around 20 hours/week»		3		15%
Around 25 hours/week»		5		26%
Around 30 hours/week»		3		15%
At least 35 hours/week»		4		21%

Genomsnitt: 3

- most time on the assignments» (Around 20 hours/week)
- Very uneven workload though» (Around 25 hours/week)
- Working on the assignments and reading all the articles» (At least 35 hours/week)
- Most of the time working on the assignments» (At least 35 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

19 svarande

0%»		0		0%
25%»		2		10%
50%»		2		10%
75%»		7		36%
100%»		8		42%

Genomsnitt: 4.1

- unfortunatly not more. would have liked to attend everything.» (25%)
- Another course at the same time.» (50%)
- When the seminars were moved I couldn"t attend, otherwise I went to the lectures and seminars.» (100%)

Goals and goal fulfilment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/read the goals»		1		5%
The goals are difficult to understand»		0		0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		5		27%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		12		66%

Genomsnitt: 3.55

- The teachers return to the course goals frequently.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

17 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		3		17%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		13		76%
No, the goals are set too high»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.88

- Seriously... this is suppose to be a master course. Yes it was explained that we where just going to touch on each tool or method, but still there could be higher demands put on each student» (No, the goals are set too low)
- The projects took an unreasonable amount of time. Maybe skip the exam?» (No, the goals are set too high)

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

No, not at all»		1		5%
To some extent»		12		70%
Yes, definitely»		3		17%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.23

- The assignments were more useful» (To some extent)
- The questions were quite fuzzy. They could have been clearer or more precise. Many of them were just like "describe MBA".» (To some extent)
- But I have learnt much more working on the assignments and the seminars than by the exam» (To some extent)
- It is difficult to make an exam that is a good assessment. Maybe a home exam would be better to give the student opportunity to discuss and describe the different aspects of the problems.» (To some extent)
- I think the examination could be less memory-based. Since in some extent it assess wheter you remember what you read or not.» (To some extent)
- To much focus on memorizing bullet points, instead of analytical skills» (To some extent)
- The exam was one of the most boring ones I have ever written. "Typtals tenta" in Swedish. » (To some extent)
- some questions on the exam were really bad» (To some extent)

Teaching and course administration

6. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		11%
Some extent»		10		55%
Large extent»		6		33%
Great extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.22

- Too many slides! Poor or none examples to connect to real life. Too much focus on methodological words instead of explaining what things really were.» (Small extent)
- Depends on which teacher...» (Some extent)
- Not so inspiring.» (Some extent)
- Specially the seminars» (Large extent)

7. To what extent has assignment 1 (on Industrial metabolism ) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		3		16%
Large extent»		8		44%
Great extent»		7		38%
Did not attend»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.22

- To bad that we could not come to very good conlcusions» (Some extent)
- Not very fun compared to other tools in the course and hard to make small enough to be just 40 hours.» (Large extent)

8. To what extent has assignment 2 (on Technology assessment) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		3		16%
Large extent»		9		50%
Great extent»		6		33%
Did not attend»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.16

- Interesting to do models.» (Large extent)

9. To what extent has seminar 1 (on the concept of Industrial Ecology ) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		11%
Some extent»		4		22%
Large extent»		9		50%
Great extent»		2		11%
Did not attend»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.77

- The seminars in general was bad conducted and did not felt like we where at a technical school in 4th year! The tasks that we did was high school standard.» (Small extent)
- Just a discussion about what other people think, very abstract and didn"t give any practical skills.» (Some extent)

10. To what extent has seminar 2 (on Indicators) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		11%
Some extent»		6		33%
Large extent»		4		22%
Great extent»		3		16%
Did not attend»		3		16%

Genomsnitt: 2.94

- Since there never were any example of a real, common indicator, everything was very abstract and not easy to get.» (Small extent)
- The seminars in general was bad conducted and did not felt like we where at a technical school in 4th year! The tasks that we did was high school standard. Ulrika could for example give examples of what indicators are, not just talk about the structure of how to find them. It took a while until I realised how easy it was. She just made it more complicated. » (Small extent)
- Could have been lecture instead.» (Some extent)

11. To what extent has seminar 3 (on Exergy analysis) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		4		22%
Some extent»		4		22%
Large extent»		3		16%
Great extent»		0		0%
Did not attend»		7		38%

Genomsnitt: 3.11

- Please do better planning! » (Small extent)
- Not the excersises. » (Some extent)
- Liked it that more pressure where set on the students that if we where going to participate we needed to prepare. Though Sten did have little structure on the class.» (Some extent)
- Did not really dare to go, since the articles were so difficult to understand and I did not feel like presenting them for ten minutes.» (Did not attend)
- too much and too mssy discription of th preparation. felt like t wasn"t worth the time that had to be spent» (Did not attend)
- The bonus points didn"t seem worth the time for preparation» (Did not attend)

12. To what extent has seminar 4 (on Technology assessment) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		4		22%
Some extent»		3		16%
Large extent»		6		33%
Great extent»		2		11%
Did not attend»		3		16%

Genomsnitt: 2.83

13. To what extent has seminar 5 (on Multi criteria analysis) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		2		11%
Large extent»		6		35%
Great extent»		7		41%
Did not attend»		2		11%

Genomsnitt: 3.52

- had already knowledge about MCA. » (Some extent)
- That was a good seminar» (Great extent)
- Moreover it was very funny to play the role game and very ilustrative. I definately would keep this activity for next year » (Great extent)
- Good to be able to really practice the method instead of just theorizing about it.» (Great extent)
- She was very good.» (Great extent)

14. To what extent has seminar 6 (on Characteristics of tools and methods) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		3		17%
Some extent»		6		35%
Large extent»		2		11%
Great extent»		3		17%
Did not attend»		3		17%

Genomsnitt: 2.82

- The frameworks used for assessing tools are very fuzzy and come up with truisms when used.» (Small extent)
- Again, much theoretical talk. A lot of talk about methodological aspects that in the end according to teachers didn"t cover everything anyway. Hard to extract the real meaning of things because they got lost in all theory» (Small extent)

15. To what extent have the lectures by Ulrika Lundqvist been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		2		11%
Some extent»		9		52%
Large extent»		4		23%
Great extent»		2		11%
Did not attend»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.35

- but a bit late in the course» (?)
- Because most of the work is done on your own» (Small extent)
- Many slides and few real examples. Just a lot of theory that didn"t mean so much, it just got blurry.» (Some extent)
- It feels that she has a lot of knowledge. Though it is as if she over-explains things with a huge powerpoint with just bullet-points on a white background. It felt that she needed to write down on the power point everything that she said. In this way I felt that it was unnecessary to go to her classes. (I did it anyway) » (Some extent)
- Not so inspiring.» (Some extent)
- Nice powerpoints to read but hard to use while lecturing.» (Some extent)

16. To what extent have the lectures by Ulrika Palme (on Multi criteria analysis) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		1		5%
Large extent»		6		33%
Great extent»		7		38%
Did not attend»		4		22%

Genomsnitt: 3.77

- Structured and enough information, but still a little bit confusing.» (Large extent)
- Great lecturer, one of the best.» (Great extent)
- She was good in teaching. Interesting» (Great extent)

17. To what extent have the lectures by Sten Karlsson (on Exergy analysis) been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		6		33%
Some extent»		7		38%
Large extent»		4		22%
Great extent»		0		0%
Did not attend»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.05

- Not structured, very hard to follow.» (Small extent)
- What he did on the "lectures/calculation lessons" first of all did not follow the schedule. I think this is an important thing because some people, me included like to prepare to the lesson and plan if you want to attend. Then secondly when he calculated questions on the black board he jumps over to explain many steps which is crucial for the understanding. And then assumes that we know them or should know them. My personal opinion is that he should reconsider how he teaches and take smaller steps in the calculations.» (Small extent)
- It"s hard to motivate myself to learn about exergy. Give me some inspiration.» (Small extent)
- Too much information in very short time » (Some extent)
- Could need a better structure in his lectures. Exergy on this level is not difficult but everyone seems to get scared because of some unknown reason. Keep it simple and clear.» (Some extent)
- difficult, mor guidance for calcultions would be good» (Some extent)
- Could be more explanations about calculations.» (Large extent)

18. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		9		50%
Large extent»		9		50%
Great extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 2.5

- Many articles seemed really old or was hard to read because of bad printing quality.» (Some extent)
- Vary much.» (Some extent)
- Articles take a lot of time to read and are often to specific to be really helpful.» (Some extent)

19. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		8		44%
Very well»		10		55%

Genomsnitt: 3.55

- maybe sten could put his slides there too?» (Rather well)

Study climate

20. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		1		5%
Rather good»		4		22%
Very good»		12		66%
I did not seek help»		1		5%

Genomsnitt: 3.72

21. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		0		0%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		2		11%
Very well»		16		88%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.88

- I guess the uncertainty about how the assignments was supposed to be done made it difficult to cooperate in a good way.» (Rather well)

22. How was the course workload?

Too low»		1		5%
Low»		2		11%
Adequate»		7		38%
High»		6		33%
Too high»		2		11%

Genomsnitt: 3.33

- High, but that is what it should be like at Chalmers - therefore adequate.» (Adequate)
- Very uneven» (High)
- The workload depends on how deeply you go on the assignments» (High)

23. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		1		5%
Low»		3		16%
Adequate»		6		33%
High»		5		27%
Too high»		3		16%

Genomsnitt: 3.33

- At times way too high. But there should have been less time for assignment 1 perhaps, because the presentation of assignment 2 came too close to the exams. Also the last three seminars were all in one week and too close to the exam.» (High)
- Because of this course I missed a lot in the other course I read.» (High)
- Lots of different tasks running at the same time. » (Too high)
- I studied more courses than full time (175%). But that was of course self-imposed. » (Too high)

Summarizing questions

24. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		5%
Fair»		4		22%
Adequate»		6		33%
Good»		7		38%
Excellent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 3.05

- One of the most boroing courses I have studied to. That is a shame because I understand that this knowledge of getting an overview of which tools and methods that are out there for an Industrial Ecology student is good. But the worktasts where overall in addition to the boring "typtals tenta" boring and uninspiring. » (Poor)
- I do not see the value in being able to compare different tools like we did in the course. I did learn about presenting to other people, which was good, but that was not the goal with the course.» (Fair)
- Since this course is the title course for our master I wish it would have given me a clear view of the subject. But I realize that the subject is very broad so that might not be possible to get. or at least it is difficult.» (Good)
- The exergy parts could be better explained, I think I learned only from the reading.» (Good)

25. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

26. What should definitely be changed to next year?

27. Additional comments