Our CDIO Journey
SP was the first Polytechnic established in Singapore in 1954. SP piloted the CDIO Framework in 2004 when the framework was first introduced by the initial founding institutions (MIT in US with KTH, Chalmers and Linkoping in Sweden).
SP was thus the first institution in Singapore to become a CDIO Member. In 2007, all engineering programs in SP adopted the CDIO Framework, and several other non-engineering programs also used elements of the Framework to design their curriculum.
Over the years, we used the CDIO Framework to continually improve our programs so that they continue to remain relevant to key stakeholders with up-to-date content backed by innovative teaching and learning practices.
The SP-CDIO Centre was formally established in 2022 to spearhead the use of the CDIO Framework to drive continual improvements in curricular design for programs offered by SP. We also envision the Centre to be a resource and touchpoint for CDIO collaborators to work together in order to address the challenges in education in today’s VUCA world.
Since adopting CDIO in 2004, there have been several milestones in the development of CDIO as shown in the graphic below.
Singapore Polytechnic will be taking part in the 19th International CDIO Conference which will be held in Norway. For more details visit https://www.ntnu.edu/cdio
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2004 | SP becomes a CDIO member |
| 2008 | Large-scale roll-out of CDIO |
| 2009 | SP hosted the 5th CDIO International Conference, the first institution outside North America and Europe |
| 2011 | SP elected as Co-Leader for CDIO Asia Region |
| 2012 | SP becomes one of 20 institutions worldwide with highly regarded programmes of educational change in Engineering |
| 2013 | CDIO Asian Regional Meeting |
| 2013 | World Engineers Summit (1st Prize, National Level) |
| 2015 | Winners of CDIO Academy |
| 2015 | TVET CDIO Conference |
| 2016 | World’s first pharmacy automation system |
| 2017 | SkillsFuture Course Review |
| 2017 | World Solar Car Challenge |
| 2018 | SP elected as Co-Director for CDIO International Council |
| 2018 | SP becomes one of 15 institutions worldwide to be considered as leaders in Engineering Education |
| 2019 | Joint No. 2 in CDIO Paper Publications since 2005 |
| 2019 | Twin Events: CDIO International Working Meeting & TF-CDIO Forum |
| 2020 | First Online Asian Regional Meeting & CDIO Workshop |
| 2021 | Created a series of bite-sized videos for CDIO Syllabus and Core Standards |
| 2021 | Introduced CDIO for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for Diplomas adopting SP Common Core Curriculum |
| 2021 | Twin Events: CDIO Asian Regional Meeting and TF-CDIO Forum on ESD |
| 2022 | SP retained the Role of Co-Leader, Asia Region |
| 2022 | Completed Peer-to-Peer Support Initiative along with other Collaborators |
| 2022 | Introduced CDIO for Technicians Framework |
| 2023 | Pilot Run for Peer-to-Peer Support, focusing on Education for Sustainable Development |