CDIO educational framework helps students to construct their expandable knowledge, personal, interpersonal and system competencies. We have put in practice the 3 level projects CDIO approach in the College of Engineering, Shantou University. The projects are divided to three Levels: Level-1 projects would be designed to cover the most of the knowledge and competencies of a bachelor program; Level-2 projects are designed to cover the knowledge of a group of the related core courses; Level-3 projects, which are similar to a course designing, are designed to cover a core course. We describe the designation, implementation and evaluation of the Level-2 projects in Computer Science program. The students answer our inquiry to the approach. The inquiry indicates that the level-2 projects are benefit to training students understanding of the project design, team spirit and mode of thinking.
THE LEVEL-2 PROJECTS FOR COURSE CLUSTERS
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Conceive
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Design
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
Implement
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Operate
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.
