Exploring Potential of Project-based Learning in Enhancing Operation and Management of Urban Rail Transit Teaching in New Era of Artificial Intelligence

Jiamin Zhang

doi:10.6919/ICJE.202501_11(1).0017

Authors

Jiamin Zhang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6919/ICJE.202501_11(1).0017

Keywords:

Operation and Management of Urban Rail Transit (OM-URT); Project-based Learning; Critical Thinking; Higher Order Thinking; Complex Problem-solving Skills; Artificial Intelligence.

Abstract

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the transportation field, the operation and management of urban rail transit (OM-URT) involves a various area of scopes. With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution age and new generation of information technique, as well as the generative Artificial Intelligence, the pedagogy has gone through a series of changes, such as the emergence of the project-based learning. The purpose of this study was to expose the project-based learning on the development of OM-URT course, with regards to three core objectives, i.e., critical thinking, higher order thinking, and complex problems-solving skills. Firstly, we present an overview of the OM-URT curriculum, schedule, and objectives. Secondly, three projects are described that covers a range of topics about OM-URT, including the learning prerequisites, the tutorial for OM-URT with the project-based learning, and project library. Thirdly, the outcome assessment of the OM-URT curriculum are summarized, including the students’ anonymous questionnaire feedback. The project-based learning method could not only equip the students with academic achievements on the course OM-URT, but also facilitate seamless cooperation and collaboration among the students under the guidance of the teachers during the development and modification of the solutions and schemes for the OM-URT projects. It is instrumental in practicing and training complex skills in higher education, e.g., OM-URT course.

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