Design-implement experiences

Design-implement experiences set in both the classroom and in modem learning workspaces as the basis for engineering-based experiential learning. 

Active and experiential learning, beyond design-implement experiences, that can be incorporated into lecture-based courses. 

A curriculum that includes two or more design-implement experiences, including one at a basic level and one at an advanced level... 

The resources available to engineering programs that wish to adapt and implement the CDIO approach include materials that introduce the model, the CDIO Syllabus, survey tools for investigating stakeholder needs, guidelines for design-implement experiences, support for implementation, start-up advice, and suggested steps for the transition. The transition process and its related tools are addressed in more detail in Chap. 8. 

In the CDIO approach, the organizing principle for an integrated curriculum is the model indicated in Fig. 4.3, with mutually supporting disciplines interwoven with projects and skills. This curriculum structure promotes the learning of disciplinary content and allows several flexible structures for integrating project work and design-implement experiences. 

Design-implement experiences. One of the best practices identified in the CDIO approach is the weaving of a sequence of project-based courses into the... 

In this chapter, we continue our discussion of the resolution of the second question central to the improvement of engineering education—How can we do better at ensuring that students learn these skills In Chap. 4, we examined how the curriculum can be restructured and re-tasked in order to strengthen the links between the disciplines and weave the necessary skills into the curriculum plan. In this chapter, we examine perhaps the most important device to meet the demands placed on an integrated engineering curriculum, namely, design-implement experiences. 

Design-implement experiences are key features of a CDIO program in that they... 

Recognize the importance of design-implement experiences and supporting engineering workspaces in the educational infrastructure. 

Find examples of design-implement experiences in different educational contexts. 

Appreciate the benefits and challenges with design-implement experiences. 

Adapt existing facilities and resources to improve design-implement experiences and engineering woikspaces. 

Design-implement experiences play a key role in an integrated curriculum since they can enable dual-impact learning, that is, when a single learning event... 

Because of their importance, design-implement experiences are the focus of CDIO Standard 5. 

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