Complete Integration of Team Project-based Learning into a Database Syllabus
This is an incremental educational study for instructors teaching database courses, showing how to structure team projects.
The authors integrated team project-based learning into two advanced database courses over four years, reporting positive outcomes in teamwork, student satisfaction, and final grades.
Team project-based learning (TPBL) combines two learning techniques: project-based learning (PBL) and teamwork. This combination leverages the learning outcomes of both methods and places students in a real work situation where they must develop and solve a real project while working as a team. TPBL has been used in two advanced database subjects in Jaume I University (UJI)'s Computer Science degree program. This learning method was used for four years (academic years from 2018/19 to 2021/2022) with positive outcomes. This study presents the project development, which includes teamwork formation, activities, timetable, and exercised learning competencies (both soft and specific). Further, the project's results were evaluated from three different perspectives: a) teamwork evaluation by teammates, b) Students' opinions on the subject and project, and c) subject final grades.