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.
Pages:
18-36
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
Keywords:
Sustainability
Digitalization
Acceleration
CDIO Standard 1
CDIO Standard 2
CDIO Standard 3
CDIO standard 4
CDIO Syllabus
CDIO Standard 5
CDIO Standard 6
CDIO Standard 7
CDIO Standard 8
CDIO Standard 9
CDIO Standard 10
CDIO Standard 11
CDIO Standard 12
Year:
2022
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