Early Successes

One of the processes that supports implementation and adaptation of CDIO is to commission activities that effect early, reliable, and visible change. We call these early successes. Following are some examples of early successes, as suggested by the CDIO collaborators.

Assessment

• Identify learning objectives for several courses. Consider disciplinary knowledge as well as personal, interpersonal and system building skills (related to CDIO Syllabus).
  • See Educational Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes (.ppt, 104K)

Curriculum

• Start or modify a first-year engineering course that includes a simple design-build experience.
  • See Towards a New Model for First-Year Introductory Courses in Engineering Education Programmes (.doc, 116K)
• Modify an existing good course by adding a design experience.

Teaching and Learning

• Review the Top 10 List of (students') Recommendations, and discuss the extent to which they are, or should be, followed by faculty.
  
  • See Appendix A (page 12) of Student involvment in principled change: Understanding the student experience (.pdf, 140K)

Workspace

• Modify an upper-level design course to include a simple, low cost design-build exercise.
  
  • Example: Machine Elements and Manufacturing Engineering joint project (.ppt, 1.5MB) 
• Modify an appropriate meeting room or flexible classroom space to create a design-build workspace that supports hands on and social learning.
  
  • See page 79 of CDIO Workshops and Laboratories Survey for the Vehicle Engineering Program at the Royal Institute of Technology (.pdf, 6.1MB)
    
  • See slides 11-13, Workshop Theme Status Report. (.ppt, 1.7MB)