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A MODULAR CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT CDIO IMPLEMENTATION IN METROPOLIA

Two universities of applied sciences in Helsinki area will merge in August 2008.
IMPLEMENTING ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INTO CDIO PROGRAMS

This paper aims to bridge education for sustainable development (ESD) and integrated learning of generic competencies applying the CDIO model, by describing how ESD can be implemented into an exist
THE CDIO APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

The CDIO approach includes a methodology for embedding the development of student skills and attributes in an engineering program.
CHANGING LEARNING METHODS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING – CDIO AND CHEMICAL PRODUCT ENGINEERING

Chemical Product Engineering is evolving at universities in response to the changing conditions in industry.
UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING LABORATORIES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE DELIVERY OF CDIO CURRICULA

The laboratory was the original hands-on component in undergraduate engineering curricula.
Back-of-the-spreadsheet calculations: a tool for active learning and design

This paper presents two different approaches that have been used to teach junior-year Mechanical Engineering students numerical analysis in a heat transfer course.
A DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF MULTIMODAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA FOR FUTURE CDIO WORKSPACES IMPLEMENTATION

CDIO programs foster active learning and project based courses, which are key for the learning of disciplinary knowledge, design skills and also provide opportunities to improve students’ personal
Gender perspective in CDIO based engineering physic education

In addition to the engineering knowledge, skills such as leadership and communication are important for engineers.
STUDENTS' EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES RELATED TO THEIR CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF PREVAILING CURRICULUM - ALIGNMENT OR DISSONANCE

In a longitudinal study four students, in four cohorts of engineering students, have been interviewed on a regular basis, from enrolment until graduation and their entrance into work-life.
CREATING CREATIVITY: FACULTY ENGAGED PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Motivation among faculty for internally generated creativity and change, as well as means to promote it, are presented and discussed, resulting in suggestions for a smooth program development metho
Differences in perceptions of studies between cohorts of engineering students

This paper draws on a larger longitudinal study and is based on 1775 questionnaire responses from five questionnaires and students in four cohorts of students in Applied Physics and Electrical Engi
Change Management for Transformation from Traditional Engineering Education to CDIO – STU Experience

Engineering education in China has been evolving from traditional engineering programs profoundly influenced by planned economy to present model.
Strategies for Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to CDIO reform

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
‘MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN’: SUPPORTING COLLABOARTIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN DEPARTMENTS

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.
Successful Integration of Key Competences in Curriculums Training Collegiate Tutors

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
EVALUATING ASSESSMENT IN AN ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MODULE

Teaching tertiary mathematics to engineers is a worldwide issue.
A Software Engineering Program Using the CDIO Framework

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
ENGINEERING PHYSICS LABORATORY

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.
A support program for project-based active and blended learning

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,
CDIO in Practice in Cornerstone Project for Civil Engineering Program

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.
IMPLEMENTING INNOVATION AND BUSINESS PROJECTS: CROSS FERTILIZATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION

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
A PROPOSAL TO BROADEN THE CDIO SELF-EVALUATION MODEL

The quality of education is a very relevant topic in the field of education. The quality should also be measured in some reasonable way.
FIRST YEAR PROJECT IN ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING USING CDIO

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.
AN INTRODUCTORY PROJECT IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING

A new introductory project has been developed with the aim to motivate first year undergraduate students.
CLICKERS IN LARGE LECTURE ROOMS

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.

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