IISES International Academic Conference, London

CDIO IMPLEMENTATION IN ENGINEERING MODULE IN COVID SCENARIOS

BOCHUN ZHU, CHOW LEONG CHIA, KWEE TECK TAN, ERCAN M FIKRET, SEO TIN HOW, CHUEN KIT CHOONG, KWOK CHEE KENNY CHAN

Abstract:

This paper describes the CDIO (CDIO Standard 3.0) implementation in 2nd year cross diploma core module Microcontroller Application (MAPP) at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (School of EEE), Singapore Polytechnic (SP) in COVID (Coronavirus Disease) scenarios. It focuses on the revised Design-Implement Experiences (in CDIO standard 5) and adjusted Engineering Learning Workspaces (in CDIO standard 6) in the module due to the COVID pandemic. The students grasped a common or minimum acceptable level of not only theory knowledge, but also practical skills, which adequately prepared them for the module CDIO project. It shows that students were able to make a rapid adaptation and transition from normal classes to online learning spaces and time-compressed face to face design – implement experience. The revised Design-Implement Experiences and adjusted Engineering Learning Workspaces presented in this paper is a practice of adapting CDIO in engineering education in a scenario with abrupt change.

Keywords: Microcontroller, Engineering education, CDIO