THE CDIO SYLLABUS 3.0 - AN UPDATED STATEMENT OF GOALS

Abstract

The CDIO Initiative is going through a process of reconsidering and updating the CDIO approach for engineering education development. Previous work resulted in substantial updates of the twelve CDIO standards and the introduction of “optional” CDIO standards. This paper reports on a similar review and update of the CDIO Syllabus to version 3.0. It has been developed by a working group consisting of four sub-groups and iterated and refined guided by feedback from the whole CDIO community. There are mainly three external drivers that motivate the changes: sustainability, digitalization, and acceleration. There is also an internal driver in the form of lessons learned within the CDIO community, from using the Syllabus in curriculum and course development. Approximately 70 updates are proposed, amongst them three additions on the X.X level, namely 1.4 Knowledge of Social Sciences and Humanities, 3.1 Teamwork and Collaboration, and 5.3 Research.

Affiliations

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

KTH Royal Institute of Technology,Sweden

Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore

Aarhus University, Denmark

University of Calgary, Canada

Aldert Kamp Advies, The Netherlands

Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

University of Jyväskylä

Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland

Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Authors

Johan Malmqvist, Ulrika Lundqvist, Anders Rosén, Kristina Edström, Rajnish Gupta, Helene Leong, Sin Moh Cheah, Jens Bennedsen, Ron Hugo, Aldert Kamp, Ola Leifler, Svante Gunnarsson, Janne Roslöf, Daniel Spooner

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