Document Type
Conference Presentation
Publication Date
6-8-2020
Keywords
Integrated Learning Block, Active Learning, Project-Based Learning, Curriculum Design, CDIO, Standards 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
Abstract
As a CDIO collaborating member, Sheridan’s School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology (MEET) maintains a curriculum that is deeply rooted in skills-based learning, experiential learning, and engineering design. To ensure our graduates are consistently agile and ready for the workforce, we are taking proactive measures to further improve their learningexperiences. An important challenge still impedingour students’knowledge acquisition is the perception that program courses have disjointed learning outcomes. In reality, the course map of programs is carefully designed in such a way that technical skills acquired in particular courses gradually build on each other. Despite the traditional existence of prerequisites and co-requisites, the inaccurate view that courses function independently persists among students and, occasionally, among faculty members.One feasible approach to tackle this pedagogical challenge is to combine various courses into an integrated learning block(ILB) having a unified mission and objective. In general, an ILB is formed by the interconnectivity of at least two courses. At Sheridan's School of MEET, we are applying an ILB with three engineering coursesoffered withinthe same semester for all of our Bachelor’s of Engineering degree programs.The ILB deliverables are based on the design of a chosen engineering system or subunit in a project-based learning (PBL) environment. The rationale of this paper is to share Sheridan’s framework for implementing an ILB in engineering programs and to examine the opportunities and challenges related to this type of curriculum design. In particular, we will discuss the methodology by which courses are selected to form an ILB while taking into account their appropriateness for an industry-driven PBL. This will be followed up with some of the strategies that are proposed to evaluate the performance of students in an ILB through formative and summative assessments based on CDIO competencies.
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Science and Technology
Peer Reviewed/Refereed Publication
yes
Copyright
© Mouhamed Abdulla, Meagan Troop, Amjed Majeed
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Original Publication Citation
Abdulla, M., Troop, M., & Majeed, A. (2020, June 8-10). Framework for an Integrated Learning Block with CDIO-led Engineering Education [Video Presentation]. Proceedings of the 16th International CDIO Conference, Gothenberg, Sweden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDh3O_IvzDk
SOURCE Citation
Abdulla, Mouhamed; Troop, Meagan; and Majeed, Amjed, "Framework for an Integrated Learning Block with CDIO-led Engineering Education" (2020). Publications and Scholarship. 73.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/fast_publications/73
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