Proceedings of the International CDIO Conference

This communication examines the adaptation of the CDIO framework for evening engineering courses at ESPRIT, tailored to senior technicians holding a Bachelor of Engineering degree. These professionals enroll in the program to pursue the National Diploma in Engineering over an extended four-year peri…

The University of Twente, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, ROC of Twente (vocational education), centre of expertise TechYourFuture and the H2Hub Twente, in which various regional hydrogen interested corporations are involved, work together to shape a learning community (LC) for the developmen…

Self-directed learning (SDL) is a higher order competency that requires simultaneous development of a myriad of interrelated technical and generic skills, knowledge and attitude. The Diploma in Chemical Engineering (DCHE) from Singapore Polytechnic (SP) used the CDIO Framework to integrate developme…

A typical concern among faculty faced with requests for adding new and broader learning outcomes to existing degree programs, is that they might be forced to reduce their core disciplinary curriculum to make place for these new outcomes. The CDIO response to this is dual use of time - by means of in…

The experiences in designing an integrated curriculum for the Bachelor in Civil Engineering Technology (BCT) programme is presented in this paper. The programme currently being offered in Politeknik Ungku Omar is adapting the innovative engineering education framework of Conceive-Design-Implement-Op…

The 3-year Diploma in Chemical Engineering (DCHE) curriculum had undergone a major redesign to transition to a spiral curriculum so as to better meet the learning outcomes mandated by SkillsFuture, the Singapore Government’s national initiative. One of the outcomes is the development of a lifelong l…