A look at the assessment process of a Year 1 project course

#58 Bonus Material from the Fika Chat Podcast at the Electrical Project Fair for the Course EH1010

Marcus Lithander (podcast host) and Gunnar Tibert (co-host) interview examiner Elias Flening together with assistants Anton and Emil.

Published May 23, 2025

How does the assessment group work in a project course where first-year students build a robot to solve an everyday problem? The Fika Chat podcast met with student teams and examiners at the project course fair for first-year students in the five-year Master of Science in Engineering programme in Electrical Engineering (CELTE).

Relation to framework principles

Principle 3 Active student-centered learning: At KTH, pedagogy is characterised by student-centered methods and learning activities that achieve long-term in-depth learning and improve the effectiveness of teaching.

Principle 4 Assessment and examination for learning: At KTH, constructive alignment of examinations and learning activities is applied, resulting in enhanced achievement of both course and degree objectives.

Definitions of the 13 principles

You can also watch the videos below on KTH Play, with subtitles and timestamps for the content.

Timestamps for the interview with the assessment group

Watch the interview on KTH Play with subtitles and timestamps (Swedish)

00:16 – About the assessors and EH1010
03:10 – Assessment forms and relationships
05:11 – The assessment in detail and the process
06:52 – The criteria in the assessment matrices
07:28 – Why the matrix is not linked to performance
09:05 – Depends on which performance is being assessed
09:55 – Peer-to-peer feedback

Fika Chat at the Electrical Project Fair

A slightly different kind of Fika Chat, as podcast host Marcus Lithander and deputy programme director Gunnar Tibert visited the U-building at KTH Campus during the Electrical Project Fair for EH1010 (CELTE Year 1). They interview a few project teams presenting the results of their robot projects.

#58 Fika Chat at the Electrical Project Fair

Watch the subtitled and chapter-divided Fika Chat podcast KTH Play #58

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00:34 – About the fair and the course
02:30 – "Bojbåt" or "gruppsex"
05:43 – Who’s attending?
06:42 – The "InstaCooler" drink chiller
11:44 – Ahlgrens cars sorter
16:52 – Decision support with electronic guidance
21:56 – The card shuffler
26:45 – Assessment and setup
29:56 – Expensive?
31:24 – Medminder or pill thriller
36:44 – How did they find out about the course?
38:21 – The progression track
39:43 – Why is this course well placed right now?

#58 Bonus: The Mandolin Robot

The project team shares the most challenging part of creating this mandolin slicer – one that’s hard to cut yourself on (and produces “Royal potatoes” at KTH Royal Institute of Technology).

Watch #58 Bonusmaterial: The Mandolin Robot (KTH Play)