The 15th International CDIO Conference: Proceedings – Full Papers

Abstract

We present a four-year electronics-ICT educational master program at Ghent University in Belgium. The students develop knowledge and skills from novice to experienced electronic circuit designers. In the corresponding topics, the immersion into engineering problems is deepened. The horizontal and vertical alignment of courses in the four-year master program at our university is discussed. The curriculum of the four-year master program is highly projectoriented and all topics are clustered around a well-considered set of standards. This clustering supports the logical structure of the program, with students gradually acquiring the necessary competences. All standards and their mutual interaction are extensively discussed in the paper. We also focus on four design-implement projects included in the electronics-ICT program, explicitly following CDIO-guidelines. Whereas the first-year project has a limited level of difficulty, the challenges increase significantly in the course of the next years. Students learn that product design is an iterative process on different levels, where the design strategy can be changed continuously based on important and crucial feedback. Different evaluations have demonstrated that our students are not only aware of CDIO-principles, but are also convinced of the quality of the results obtained by following the standards.

Evaluation of the Engineering Curriculum Elements for Compliance

“…Мировой опыт применения стандартов CDIO (CDIO Standards) для модернизации базового инженерного образования, а также содержания комплексной инженерной деятельности показал их эффективность, в том числе в России [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Модернизация образовательных программ начинается, как правило, с анализа их исходного состояния на предмет соответствия рекомендациям CDIO Standards и планирования корректирующих мероприятий.…”