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Article
Learning Structures of CDIO-Based Projects in Contexts of Demola
Author(s)
Daniel Einarson
Karin Wendin
Diana Saplacan
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2015.11.005
Affiliation(s)
Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden; SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Lund, Sweden
Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
ABSTRACT
Academia
plays a main role in knowledge discovery and dissemination of knowledge.
Amongst the fundamental reasons behind university education lies preparing
students to use and contribute with that knowledge within contexts of industry,
as well as society in large. We here see three types of actors, i.e.,
universities, students, and industry, which by several reasons all are gained
by close cooperation already in university education. Quite often though we see
a gap between education and possible student recruitment. Here, the value of
being employable increases through work-based projects supported by education. Even
though we can see willingness according such kind of cooperation from both
academia and industry, experiences show that there are barriers towards
actually implementing this. That may in turn depend on common lack of knowledge
on how to establish university-industry connections, and how to negotiate on
student involvement, ownership of work, etc.. Conclusions therefore show a need
for an established organization that mediates between academia and industry,
and that have well-developed structures for project workflow, project result
ownership, etc.. Demola may here have that role as an award-winning platform
for industry-driven projects with focus on students. Demola provides a
win-win-win relationship between university, students, and industry, and has
clear structures for cooperation between those. Experiences have shown that
Demola is promising as a mediator, as well as a provider of multi-disciplinary
industry close projects, where those may be plugged into educational programs
in suitable ways. This contribution will provide an overview of Demola as a
platform for industry close student projects. Demola may furthermore be used as
a platform for research projects. Experiences will here be covered as a
concrete example on a Demola student project. Moreover, learning outcomes in
contexts of Conceiving-Designing-Implementing-Operating (CDIO) Syllabus, evaluations,
and corresponding CDIO Standards, will be presented.
KEYWORDS
university-industry cooperation, project-based work, work-based learning, research projects, learning outcomes, CDIO standards 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 8
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