There are many challenges in teaching computer programming: the diversity in students’ ability and aptitude levels; the time-consuming nature of programming; and the difficulty in motivating studen
There are many challenges in teaching computer programming: the diversity in students’ ability and aptitude levels; the time-consuming nature of programming; and the difficulty in motivating studen
This paper describes and evaluates a university-wide extracurricular ‘Certificate of Global Competence’ introduced at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2016 as a means to strengthen engineering
Between 2014-16, KTH Royal Institute of Technology set aside considerable resources in its biggest pedagogical project to date, the Pedagogical Developers Initiative.
This document discusses the adaptations, reforms, and challenges faced at the Electronics Lab at Universidad Javeriana, in Bogotá-Colombia to provide adequate logistic support to the implementation
The globalization of economy and the rapid development of technology call for the reform of engineering education to meet the social need for talents.
For the purpose of improving students’ ability to deal with real life issues, Fen Chia University has adopted a “problem-based learning” orientation, hoping that “Standard 7: integrated learning ex
CDIO has been in the center of the new curriculum development for the ICT department of Lapland University of Applied Sciences since the year 2013.
Siemens as global technology leader in automation is supporting colleges of technology, vocational training colleges and universities to adapt the practical education in automation to the digital a
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“Prepare, Participate, Practice”: active learning in designing basic maths courses for engineering students at TU Delft works!
Project Based Learning (PBL) is an innovative pedagogical approach to applied learning that instils critical life skills into students, making them ready to face the challenges of the 21st century.
For university students, internships in industry are opportunity to apply concepts learned in their academics and develop their soft skills required to work in an interdisciplinary team of professi
A strong set of hard and soft skills are required for an engineer to succeed in today’s teambased workplaces.
CDIO standards 9 and 10 require institutions within the initiative to work toward systematically supporting and developing the teaching and the more general competency of their faculty.
The Project Design (PD) is a specialized course of the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (K.I.T), Ishikawa Prefecture - Japan, which has been applied for education program since 1995, was called as
With the development of information technology as well as the constant expansion of knowledge scope, people’s learning needs have also increased continuously, such as the development of technology
Engineering education in recent years has shifted its original focus on technical knowledge and engineering skills to more on communication and entrepreneurial skills.
Recent collaborations between Duy Tan University (DTU) and local high schools in Danang City and Quang Nam province in the Vietnam Science & Engineering Fair (ViSEF) have yielded successful out
In this paper we present an introductory course on programming for about 190 mechanical engineering, design, and product-development engineering students.
ABET accreditation plays a very important role in enhancing higher education in technology and engineering disciplines.
As engineering education has continued to improve, more colleges and universities have adopted the CDIO engineering education model for the development of course majors and project design ,which ha
The Education Network for Practical Information Technologies (enPiT) is a nationwide cooperative effort between multiple universities and industries, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of
In general, Hackathon is a programming-based contest that combines hacking and marathon. It rapidly became popular as a method of software technology development and technological innovation.
To attain accreditation, Engineering programmes in Australia must meet Engineers Australia’s Stage 1 Competency Standards.
While engineering student project-based learning teams are primarily focused on their main goals, they also operate within the larger administrative context of their home school.
Defining customer needs; considering technology, enterprise strategy, and regulations; developing concepts, techniques and business plans.
Creating the design; the plans, drawings, and algorithms that describe what will be implemented.
The transformation of the design into the product, including manufacturing, coding, testing and validation.
Using the implemented product to deliver the intended value, including maintaining, evolving and retiring the system.