ENGINEERING EDUCATION PARADIGM SHIFT IN METROPOLIA UAS

ENGINEERING EDUCATION PARADIGM SHIFT IN METROPOLIA UAS

J. Jonninen, A. Piironen, H. Valmu (2018).  ENGINEERING EDUCATION PARADIGM SHIFT IN METROPOLIA UAS. 9.

Simultaneous changes in decline of public funding and new metrics how universities are compared caused a financial crisis especially to the field of engineering education. For this reason, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences implemented two year long MeTeLi-project to re-think the engineering education for the following financially challenging years and still maintain the high quality of the education. The MeTeLi-project took place between 2011-2013 and caused a major paradigm shift in Metropolia’s engineering education. A great emphasis was put into the first year studies, integrated learning, co-teaching, and project based learning principles. During the re-design process, the CDIO Standards provided excellent answers to numerous practical questions. This paper summarizes the results of the MeTeLi-project and analyses how this transformation affected on the metrics. 

Authors (New): 
Jukka Jonninen
Antti K. Piironen
Heikki Valmu
Pages: 
9
Affiliations: 
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Keywords: 
Government funding
Integrated Learning
Rethinking engineering education
CDIO Standard 3
CDIO standard 4
CDIO Standard 5
CDIO Standard 7
CDIO Standard 8
CDIO Standard 9
CDIO Standard 10
Year: 
2018
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