DEVELOPMENT OF THREE BACHELOR PROGRAMMES AT LINKOPING UNIVERSITY ACCORDING TO CDIO

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DEVELOPMENT OF THREE BACHELOR PROGRAMMES AT
LINKOPING UNIVERSITY ACCORDING TO CDIO

• Kenneth Bjerner Sten Granath
• Linköping University

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Linköping NorrköpingSwedens fourth
metropolitan region
Linköping 137,000 inhabitants
Norrköping 125,000 inhabitants
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Neighbours with different characters
Norrköping, old industrial town on its way to a
knowledge economy
One of top ten IT-regions in Europeaccording to
Eurostat.
Linköping, high-tech city in old cultural setting
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Outline

• Bachelor level engineering programs in Sweden
• Time table
• Programs converting to CDIO
• Old project courses
• Outline of the three programs
• Design-build-test courses
• Approval for ideas

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Bachelor level engineering in Sweden

• 4400 students per year enroll
• 24 universities and collages
• Since 1998 50 decrease in applications
• Aim To apply and later develop engineering
  technology
• Mathematics, technical subjects, natural science,
  computer science, non-technical subjects

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Time table

• In May 2004 start of planning
• In August 2004 decision by LiTHs board
• Reference group with staff, students and local
  industry
• Group to develop design-build-test course
• August 2005 restart of programs with CDIO
• June 2008 the first student graduate

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Programs converting to CDIO

• We are good at solving equations but when it
  comes to projects and initiatives we have things
  to learn Swedish mining engineer and former
  master student in US.
• Electrical Systems Engineering (ES)
• Media and Communication Technology (MK)
• Logistics Engineering (TL) new

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Old project courses

• No strategy for project courses in the curriculum
• No increase in demand on how the students perform
  their projects
• The demands on the students differed between
  courses and programs
• No strategy for personal and interpersonal skills

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Curriculum for the programs

• Many common courses
• Mathematics, computer science
• Three design-build-test courses
• Cooperation with the long programs where its
  suitable

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Approval for CDIO among staff

• Presentation of CDIO ideas for the head of the
  department and directors of studies
• Seminar to introduce CDIO for the staff
• Information on learning outcomes and learning
  goals
• Course on LIPS project model

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Course plans with learning outcomes

• All courses for the first semester done
• In November 2005 decision of new course plans for
  2006

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First design-build-test course

• Engineering project 20 percent of first semester
• Project work
• 6 members per project group
• Presentation of the result report and seminar
• Other parts
• Written and oral communication
• Group processes
• LIPS project model
• Working as an enginner
• Alumni

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Project ideas

• Optimization of transport routes
• Video production
• Alarm System

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Future work

• Two more design-build-test courses in year 2 and
  3
• Mixed project groups
• Third project in cooperation with local industry
• Evaluation of each semester according to program
  goals

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

• The CDIO Initiative has been sponsored by The
  Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.