R.A. Dolzhenko Implementing CDIO Initiative in Russian Universities
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ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EDUCATION EDUCATION 22’2017 UDC 378.6 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 22’2017 Implementing CDIO Initiative in Russian Fig. 1. CDIO development on the global and national scales (the RF) Universities: Interim Results and Prospects R.A. Dolzhenko1 1Non-state Higher Educational Establishment ”UMMC Technical University“, Ekaterinburg, Russia Received: 26.06.2017 / Accepted: 13.12.2017 / Published online: 31.12.2017 2016 – 16 2013 – conference Russian higher R.A. Dolzhenko Abstract in the RF, CDIO education The paper describes interim results of implementing the CDIO initiative into education 2001 – CDIO implemented institutes programmes of national universities. The author has indicated the trends in publishing Syllabus, the in Russian implementing academic papers on the topic. The factors hindering CDIO implementation into first university higher education CDIO national education have been identified. The author gives recommendations and 2000 – CDIO joining the institutes (6) suggests the algorithm for implementing CDIO into the education programme of the implemented in 4 Initiative Russian university. higher education institutes (USA (1) 1997 – CDIO and Sweden (3)) Key words: training, engineering education, technical specialties, CDIO, education in the strategic standards, publications. plan of MIT Aero/Astro Introduction reflected in scientific publications, interprets The number of publications in national years the number of publications on CDIO The future of the Russian society and the content, and determines the trends in journals has also increased (see the trend in had slightly decreased and reached a plateau national economy strongly depends on CDIO development and implementation eLIBRARY.ru given in fig.2). It is noteworthy (Scopus, Web of Science, and RSCI) (fig. 1). enhancements in the sphere of national into the national education system. that Russian scholars tended to be more The research material included articles and education. Engineering training seems to CDIO in scientific publications: trends interested in the topic than the foreign conference proceedings published between be particularly important since the new and priorities ones (in 2014, 112 publications in Russian 2000 and 2016, in which CDIO is used in technological era makes it necessary to revise The challenges within the system of Science Citation Index (RSCI) database the title, abstract and/or key words. the concept of engineering education. The higher education, and engineering higher compared to 54 publications in Scopus). First appeared in more recent times, RF is not the first one to face this challenge, education in particular, are an urgent issue The first article in Russian devoted to CDIO the interest to CDIO peaked in 2011–2013 and one of the solutions suggested at the turn for scientists, and many new approaches was published in 2011, and the interest to (in foreign countries) and in 2013–2014 of the 21st century was the CDIO Initiative, are currently suggested. One of them is the the topic reached its peak in 2014, when the (in Russia), and then the number of the idea developed in cooperation between CDIO Initiative, an innovative multifaceted journal Engineering Education published the publications became steady. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and approach to engineering education, issue focused on CDIO. To identify the key trends within the several European universities. In the RF, formulated as an idea in 1997 and then With the number of publications on scope of CDIO research, we have analyzed the Initiative was adapted and adopted by a designed and implemented in 2001 in CDIO topic increasing, it is possible to the content of the most cited (Scopus and number of educational institutions in 2013, cooperation between Massachusetts Institute identify particular trends in the researchers’ RSCI) and most recently published papers. and over the past four years another ten of technology (the USA) and universities of interest. However, one can notice that The publications were selected based on the universities have joined CDIO. However, Sweden. The course of the events is given the majority of papers are published in term “CDIO” mentioned in the title. Over no one has made an attempt to consolidate in fig. 1. conference proceedings rather than in the period of 2000–2016, the number of the efforts of researchers, professionals, First publications on CDIO in Scopus scholarly editions: out of the total number of publications in Scopus equals to 93. Table and teachers interested in CDIO and to are dated by 2002 and the topic has been publications on CDIO in Scopus (410), there 1 presents a list of journals, in which the determine the prospects and trends of the gaining interest since then. In 2016, the are 93 journal articles, 14 book chapters and majority of papers on CDIO were published. CDIO Initiative development within the annual number of Scopus publications paragraphs, and 286 proceeding papers. The most cited papers are those by scope of the national education. dealing somehow with CDIO was six The analysis of publication activities Crawley, E.F., Brodeur, D.R., Soderholm, This is what the present paper deals with: times as much as that in 2002: 5 and carried out within the scope of the present D.H. (2008) [1], Edström, K., Kolmos, A. the author analyses the interest in CDIO 30 publications, respectively (fig. 2). research has shown that over the past 10 (2014) [2], Lunev, A., Petrova, I., Zaripova, 82 83 ENGINEERING ENGINEERING EDUCATION EDUCATION 22’2017 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 22’2017 into the education programme; this The CDIO Standards (the total number Fig. 2. Publications on CDIO topic in Scopus, Web of Science, and RSCI proves the fact that the CDIO concept is 12) were designed to standardize the is to be clearly comprehended, procedure of CDIO implementation into interpreted, and consolidated; education programmes provided by the the research is conducted in leading institutes worldwide. engineering schools in China (41 However, it is clear that the standard publications in Scopus), the USA (8 is a kind of archetype, an abstract model, Web of Science publications), Russia (6 publications), against which other conditions and objects and Sweden (6 publications); can be compared. There is a wide range of Scopus among the most cited papers, the only items to be standardized: products, services, one belongs to the Russian scholars; activities and operations, documentation, RSCI however, it is clear that the experience etc. It is noteworthy that a standard is not a of enhancing the system of engineering stiff requirement but a start point to enhance education in Russia should be further the activities since the standards themselves studied and transmitted throughout the are regularly altered, which aims to improve global scientific community. the quality of education provided. Let us analyze the CDIO approach Since a higher education institute is of high in detail and identify the main trends in social significance in Russia, the educational implementing CDIO in national engineering activities are almost totally standardized. institutes. Any deviation from the standard implies a The CDIO concept for engineering number of options, which require additional education efforts to be monitored and controlled. According to the definition of its The quality of education provided higher designers, the CDIO Initiative is a education institutes is controlled by the V. (2013) [3], Woollacott, L.C. (2009) [4], These papers deal with implementing multifaceted approach to engineering Ministry of Education and Science and Padfield, G.D. (2006) [5], and Wang, Y., Qi, CDIO into metallurgical engineering education (in particular, bachelor’s degree particular monitoring organizations, while Z., Li, Z., Zhang, L. (2011) [6]. education, teaching mathematics for programmes), which includes the key the universities which joined the CDIO Among the papers published in Russian, engineering students, stakeholders’ expec- principles of programme design, material Initiative bear responsibility for meeting the most cited are those by Gafurova N.V., tations for proficiency based on CDIO and technical support, staff recruitment and the relevant requirements. For a time, the Osipova S.I. (2013) [7], Chuchalin A.I. standards implementation CDIO [13, 14]. continuing professional development. The Agency for Strategic Initiatives and Skoltech (2011) [8], Yakovlev A.N., Kostikov K.S., Having analyzed the bulk of papers CDIO abbreviation comes from the key held themselves out as professionals in concepts: Conceive – Design – Implement – Martyushev N.V., Shepotenko N.A., Fal- on CDIO Initiative (most cited and most this sphere, however, the Initiative failed Operate. Therefore, CDIO is a complex kovich Yu.V. (2012) г. [9], Zamyatina O.M., recently published), one can drive to the to be widely spread among the national framework for training engineers able to universities, and over the past four years, Mozgaleva P. I. (2013) [10], Mineva O.K., conclusions as follows: generate ideas, design, operate, and dispose only 10 higher education institutes have Akmaeva R.I., Usacheva L.V. (2013) [11], the majority of papers are case studies engineering products [13]. The CDIO aim is joined (Table 2). Treshchev A.M., Sergeeva O.A. (2012) [12]. dealing with CDIO implementation to graduate an engineer who can create