Final report & presentation

Deadline for the submission of the final report is on 26 December 2007.

Final presentation will be on 2 January 2008. It will be 25 to 30 minutes per group.

Examview

We are currently working with another program called the Examview Pro Test Generator.

The program works by inputting questions into the Test Bank where the questions are kept. With that, we can generate a test within a few clicks. There is a wide variety of the different types of questions that we can do, for example True/False qns, matching qns, Bimodal qns etc. These questions are taken from the Test Bank and depending on the type of questions we choose, it is able to generate the different type of questions for the test.

Here is a screenshot of the Examview Test. It is an example of it.

We will be generating the questions for the Cmap notes that we have done in Sweden using this Examview Pro Test Generator

Back in Singapore

We have arrive safely back in Singapore

Last Day in Sweden

We have complete our part of the project that was the requirement in Sweden. We got numerous feedbacks from the people at the World Maritime University. Thank you for the feedbacks.
We will be heading to the plane back to Singapore in a few hours time.

Workshop on Cmap Tools

We had held a Cmap workshop for the students in the World Maritime Students on the functions of the Cmap tools. It was a one and a half hour workshop, one session, held in a classroom in WMU.

Here is a video of us holding the workshop. Our lecturer took this video for us.

Doing Cmap in WMU

We are going down to the World Maritime University (WMU) everyday to do our project. It is a 45-minute walk from the hostel to WMU.

We are in the university from 8am to 5pm (Malmö time).




A short video that was taken by our lecturer, Mr Chatterjea when we were doing our work in the classroom at WMU.

World Maritime University

We went to the World Maritime University and have met the Professor.
We will be doing our project in the WMU.

Trip to Sweden

We have arrived in Sweden.

Flight Confirmation

Our flight to Sweden has been confirmed. It will be on 25 August.

Meetings suspended

There won't be any meetings for the next few weeks.
Preparation of examination.

First Presentation Done

First presentation is over. Good job guys.

Presentation

Please remember that our presentation will be tomorrow 25 July 2007 at T1A53, 4-5pm.

Project report

We have received positive feedback for our report from Mr Chatterjea. He is pleased with our work.
Keep up the good work guys!

-Kok

Team LNG Steam

Introduction of the team members

Kok Yan Rong :
Hi. I'm from Marine Engineering at the Singapore Maritime Academy and currently in the third year of studies. I personally find this project helpful in promoting self-learning. I prefer the idea of self learning as I am a shy person who does not interact well with others.

Foo Xiang Chao :
HELLO! I am Jason. Like the rest of my teammates, I am currently doing my marine engineering diploma in Singapore Polytechnic. I enjoy doing sport such as basketball, swimming etc. I also enjoy socializing with my friends. My motto for life is once you settle on doing something; you got to do the best of it. (=

Goh Ziyang :
Hi, my name is Goh Ziyang. I’m a year 3 student in Singapore Maritime Academy, majoring in Marine Engineering. Since young, I have been fascinated by the huge vessels sailing round the world carrying 90% of worlds’ trade with them. Perhaps due to my affinity with the sea, I enjoy doing water sports such as kayaking and fishing. In the future, I hope to be a successful figure in the international maritime trade.

Aaron Leu :
Hey there, my name is Aaron Leu. I am studying marine engineering at Singapore Polytechnic. I am currently doing my final year here, of which consists of this project I am involved in. I enjoy anything to do with water, such as swimming, kayaking, fishing, and the list goes on. I also enjoy reading. As for the future, I’ll take anything that comes my way.

Aaron Choo :
Hello, I’m Aaron Choo. I’m currently pursuing a diploma in Marine Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Maritime Academy and I'm currently in the third year of studies. I enjoy doing sports such as basketball and badminton etc. I’m an optimist. I’m a Japanese anime fanatic too.

Attachment at WMU

An attachment would be done in late august to early September. The majority of the development of work would be done at World Maritime Academy, with close collaboration of Professor Takeshi Nakasawa, who is a specialist in two phase flow (steam system) and marine simulators for training of marine engineers. Experienced instructors in the maritime field would do initial evaluation of the product at WMU Malmo, hence providing useful feedbacks on the improvement of the system. After which, further trial test and data collection would be done back in Singapore during the run of the next diesel to steam engineers conversion course.

Objective

The main objective of our project is to create a resource-based learning organizers to support a simulator-based learning environment for the learning of the operation of steam system on board LNG carriers. These ships use LNG gas to operate their boiler system, which in turn operates the propulsion system of the ship. This could be done by using a knowledge based software call the CmapTools. The software could be used to create learning objects which will provide the a thorough insight of the information and knowledge through browsing, making it more accessible and clear. The final product would be used for evaluation during the conversion course for diesel to steam engineers at management level.

Introduction

In February 2007, a decision was made by the group to take up the project, titled ‘Development of Learning Organizers to Improve Simulation-based Training' for our final year project.
The project was under supervision of Mr. Kalyan Chatterjea, a lecturer at the Singapore Maritime Academy.

The main objective of it was the implementation of computer based learning in the academy. World wide, the training programs and courses specializing in this industry is still embraced in the traditional way of textbooks and monotonous lectures. The former, however, would allow the students to actively participate in the class, making learning more interactive and understandable.

This project would involve entirely on the Diesel to steam engineers conversion course. Basically, participants will be exposed to the operations of an LNG ship, of which they would be taught its operations from a ‘Dead Ship’ to ‘Full Operational Mode’. As most engineers are diesel trained, this course would allow them to have a hand on steam operated LNG tankers thus certifying them as steam trained engineers.

The 1^st implementation of this learning method was being done on the diesel to steam engineers conversion course. The project supervisor did this initial test last year and the feedbacks received were promising. Thus our work now would be further improving the current system for the use of the next cohort. This is done in collaboration with Professor Takeshi Nakazawa from the World Maritime University.

The span of the project is estimated to be 8 months. Of which, 1 month would be spent in the World Maritime University for trials by top professors in the field. Advices and recommendations would thus be provided so that we could improve it. The final project would be presented in the Maritime Conference in Philippines early next year.