Renate Fruchter
Director of Project Based Learning Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4020, USA
E-mail: fruchter@cive.stanford.edu

Abstract:
This paper discusses key issues related to the pedagogical approach, the learning and team work culture, the choice and scope of projects, collaboration and information technologies employed, and new metrics and assessment methods that need to be considered in the development and deployment of team-oriented, project-based cross-disciplinary teamwork education programs.