This paper examines resistance toward CDIO curriculum reform and attempts to identify strategies to prevent and deal with resistance within the institution: related to faculty, students, administra
This paper examines resistance toward CDIO curriculum reform and attempts to identify strategies to prevent and deal with resistance within the institution: related to faculty, students, administra
This paper focuses on the Supported Change Program, an initiative pioneered by the UK Centre for Materials Education (UKCME), drawing on a range of literature.
Industrial employers increasingly expect engineering students to graduate from university not only having professional skills but also having key competences obtaining personal, social and methodol
Teaching tertiary mathematics to engineers is a worldwide issue.
The new Software Engineering degree program being implemented in 2008 has been designed as a collaborative effort between the School of Electrical and Information Engineering and the School of IT a
A common problem in engineering education at the universities of applied sciences is that mathematics and particularly physics are considered among students to be only supporting subjects.
To facilitate educational changes, the K.U.Leuven Association has selected a support program in order to develop practical scripts for the implementation of a digital learning environment (Toledo,
The College of Engineering, Shantou University has adopted the CDIO Initiative. One of the aims of the reform is at cultivating creative engineering graduates with CDIO competencies.
Competitiveness of the clothing and fashion industry in Europe, which is dominated by small and medium-sized enterprises (the average company is family owned and employs 20 people), should come fro
The quality of education is a very relevant topic in the field of education. The quality should also be measured in some reasonable way.
A first year student does not usually have much knowledge of what an electronics engineer does, and why such courses like mathematics and physics are studied so much.
A new introductory project has been developed with the aim to motivate first year undergraduate students.
Transferring knowledge and training skills for large audiences is quite challenging if one considers that the actual generation of students belongs to the zapping generation.
Each year our master students struggled with the same problem: how to draw conclusions from the data related to their thesis in a scientifically correct way?
To enhance active learning and understanding of analogue and digital electronics the use of elearning techniques will be investigated.
In the middle of the philosophie of CDIO we find the design based project. This is an innovativ, creativ, iterativ and heuristic scan and creation process. The needed creativity has to be formed.
This paper will describe an exciting new initiative in the UK focusing on "Implement" and "Operate" of CDIO for a Civil Engineering programme at the University of Liverpool.
In this discussion note, we look into the problem of measuring and limiting the student workload.
In this paper, we describe how Challenge Based Learning in a form of multidisciplinary project is applied to teaching of Embedded Systems Design as a part of process of implementing CDIO Initiative
The purpose of this paper is to give a short overview of a successful attempt at integrating communicative skills and disciplinary skills into a design project at the Product Design Engineering Pro
In their professional life, engineers often work with colleagues with a different background.
Some aspects of computer support in learning and assessment in engineering education are discussed. It is emphasized that the use of computer support, like e.g.
Questions concerning future directions for CDIO and areas that possibly should receive more attention by CDIO will be discussed. Discussion will be initiated in the following areas:
There is a clear shift in employers’ expectations of the desirable skills from a fresh graduate.
Research evidence reveals that the process of transition from school to university is a key factor in 1st year student attainment and retention.
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.