Vinh University: Organizing the contest 'Understanding about CDIO approach training'

The competition had 6 participating teams, each team had 10 officially selected members. At the competition, based on the total score of 3 competition contents, the Organizing Committee awarded 1 first prize, 2 second prizes, 3 third prizes to the excellent teams. Photo: Organizing Committee giving flowers to the participating teams. Photo: Chu Thanh

CDIO is an abbreviation for the English phrase Conceive - Design - Implement - Operate.

CDIO's vision is to:Integrate professional skills such as teamwork and communication; Emphasize active and experiential learning; Continuously improve through a high-stakes quality assurance process; Enrich the course with student-designed, built and tested projects.

CDIO is an initiative of the engineering departments of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, in collaboration with Swedish universities. This is a solution to improve the quality of training to meet social requirements based on determining output standards to design training programs and methods according to a scientific process.

It can be understood that the CDIO approach aims to train students to develop comprehensively in terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, practical abilities and a sense of responsibility to society.

Program responding to the emulation movement "Innovation and creativity in teaching and learning" launched by the Vietnam Education Trade Union. Photo: Chu Thanh