CDIO Initiative

CDIO is a trademarked initialism for Conceive Design Implement Operate. The CDIO Initiative is an educational framework that stresses engineering fundamentals set in the context of conceiving, designing, implementing and operating real-world systems and products. Throughout the world, CDIO Initiative collaborators have adopted CDIO as the framework of their curricular planning and outcome-based assessment. The CDIO approach uses active learning tools, such as group projects and problem-based learning, to better equip engineering students with technical knowledge as well as communication and professional skills. Additionally, the CDIO Initiative provides resources for instructors of member universities to improve their teaching abilities.[1]

"CDIO" redirects here. For other uses, see CDIO (disambiguation).

Concept

The CDIO concept was originally conceived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1990s.[1] In 2000, MIT in collaboration with three Swedish universities - Chalmers University of Technology, Linköping University and the Royal Institute of Technology — formally founded the CDIO Initiative.[2] It became an international collaboration, with universities around the world adopting the same framework.[3]

CDIO collaborators recognize that an engineering education is acquired over a long period and in a variety of institutions, and that educators in all parts of this spectrum can learn from practice elsewhere. The CDIO network therefore welcomes members in a diverse range of institutions ranging from research-led internationally acclaimed universities to local colleges dedicated to providing students with their initial grounding in engineering.

The collaborators maintain a dialogue about what works and what does not and continue to refine the project. Determining additional members of the collaboration is a selective process managed by a Council comprising original members and early adopters.[4]

The CDIO revised syllabus consists of four parts:[5][6]

1. Disciplinary knowledge and reasoning
2. Personal and professional skills and attributes
3. Interpersonal skills: teamwork and communication
4. Conceiving, designing, implementing, and operating systems in the enterprise, societal, and environmental context

Members

The following institutions collaborate in the CDIO initiative:[7]

Australia Chisholm Institute, Centre for Integrated Engineering & Science Curtin University Queensland University of Technology RMIT University University of Sydney University of the Sunshine Coast Brasil Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo (UNISAL) Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Instituto Militar de Engenharia Belgium Hogeschool Gent Group T - International University College Leuven Canada École Polytechnique de Montréal Queen's University, Ontario Sheridan College University of Calgary University of Manitoba Chile Catholic University of the Holy Conception University of Chile University of Los Lagos University of Santiago, Chile China Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Chengdu University of Information Technology Shantou University Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Vocational Technology Tsinghua University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Yanshan University Colombia ICESI University National University of Colombia Pontifical Xavierian University University of Antioquia University of Santo Tomas University of Quindío Denmark Aalborg University Aarhus University Technical University of Denmark Finland Lahti University of Applied Sciences Lapland University of Applied Sciences Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Novia University of Applied Sciences Savonia University of Applied Sciences Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Tampere University of Applied Sciences Turku University of Applied Sciences University of Turku France École Supérieure d'Informatique du CESI IMT Atlantique (formerly Telecom Bretagne) Germany Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena Hochschule Wismar, University of Applied Sciences Technology, Business and Design RWTH Aachen University Honduras Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana UNITEC Iceland Reykjavík University India Vel Tech University Ireland Trinity College, Dublin University of Limerick Israel Afeka Tel Aviv Academic College of Engineering SCE Shamoon College of Engineering Italy Politecnico di Milano Japan Hokkaido Information University Kanazawa Institute of Technology Kanazawa Technical College National Institute of Technology, Kisarazu College Malaysia Ungku Omar Polytechnic Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic Taylor's University, School of Engineering Universiti Teknologi MARA Mongolia Mongolian University of Science and Technology Netherlands Hague University of Applied Science Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology University of Twente New Zealand University of Auckland

Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology Østfold University College Philippines Bulacan State University University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines Poland Gdańsk University of Technology Portugal Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Russia Astrakhan State University Bauman Moscow State Technical University Cherepovets State University Don State Technical University Kazan Federal University Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology National Research Nuclear University MEPhI North-Eastern Federal University Orel State University Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation Siberian Federal University Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Ural Federal University Singapore Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore Polytechnic South Africa University of Johannesburg University of Pretoria South Korea Inje University Spain Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Technical University of Madrid Sweden Blekinge Institute of Technology Chalmers University of Technology Jönköping School of Engineering Kristianstad University Linköping University Linnaeus University Luleå University of Technology Royal Institute of Technology Umeå Institute of Technology University of Skövde University West Taiwan Feng Chia University Thailand Chulalongkorn University (Faculty of Engineering) Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi Tunisia École supérieure privée d'ingénierie et de technologie United Kingdom England Aston University Lancaster University University of Bristol University of Chichester University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Liverpool Scotland University of Strathclyde Northern Ireland Queen's University Belfast South Eastern Regional College Ulster University United States of America Arizona State University California State University, Northridge Duke University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Naval Postgraduate School Pennsylvania State University Stanford University U.S. Naval Academy University of Arkansas University of Colorado University of Michigan University of Notre Dame-College of Engineering Vietnam Dalat University Duy Tan University Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City Vinh University

Literature

CDIO currently has two guide books: Rethinking Engineering Education and Think Like an Engineer.

Sources

• Edward Crawley; Johan Malmqvist; Sören Östlund; Doris Brodeur (2007). Rethinking Engineering Education, The CDIO Approach. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-38287-6.

See also

• Technology enhanced active learning

References

1. "The CDIO Initiative". Queen's University - Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Retrieved April 12, 2018.
2. "Wallenberg CDIO documents". Archived from the original on March 16, 2005.
3. "CDIO Collaborators". Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
4. "Join CDIO". Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
5. Edward F. Crawley (2002). "Creating the CDIO Syllabus, A Universal Template for engineering education" (PDF). Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual. Frontiers in Education. 2. IEEE. doi:10.1109/FIE.2002.1158202. ISBN 0-7803-7444-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2007.
6. Crawley, Edward F. (June 20, 2011). "The CDIO Syllabus v2.0 An Updated Statement of Goals for Engineering Education" (PDF). CDIO. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
7. "Member Schools". CDIO. Retrieved May 16, 2016.

External links

• Official site