Version history and references

The CDIO standards were initially introduced in 2005 (Brodeur & Crawley, 2005) and presented more extensively by Crawley et al. (2007). Since then, the standards have been updated twice: CDIO standards 2.0 were adapted in 2014 (Crawley et al., 2014) and the rubrics were further modified (Bennedsen et al., 2016), resulting in CDIO standards 2.1. These modifications were all relatively minor and did not change the scope or the main contents of the standards.

The CDIO Standards 3.0 were adopted by the CDIO Council on the 10th of June 2020. The modifications from version 2.1 to 3.0 can be considered major, and were made to address aspects related to sustainability, digitalization, services and faculty competences (Malmqvist, Edström & Rosén, 2020). This document contains the full definitions of the CDIO Standards 3.0, including descriptions, rationale and rubrics.

Furthermore, the CDIO Standards 3.0 are complemented by “optional” CDIO standards that codify additional educational best practices that have been developed within the CDIO community (Malmqvist, Edström & Hugo, 2017). Four optional CDIO Standards have been fully developed, to address 1) Sustainable development, 2) Simulation-based mathematics, 3) Engineering entrepreneurship, and 4) Internationalisation & mobility (Malmqvist et al., 2020).

Bennedsen, J., Georgsson, F., & Kontio, J. (2016). Updated Rubric for Self-Evaluation (v 2.1). Proceedings of the 12th International CDIO Conference, Turku, Finland.

Brodeur, B., & Crawley, E. F. (2005). Program Evaluation Aligned with the CDIO Standards, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Conference.

Crawley, E. F., Malmqvist, J., Östlund, S. & Brodeur, D. (2007). Rethinking Engineering Education – The CDIO Approach, 1st ed., Springer-Verlag, New York, USA.

Crawley, E. F., Malmqvist, J., Östlund, S., Brodeur, D. & Edström, K. (2014). Rethinking Engineering Education – The CDIO Approach, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, New York, USA.

Malmqvist, J., Edström, K. & Hugo, R. (2017). A Proposal for Introducing Optional CDIO Standards. Proceedings of the 13th International CDIO Conference. Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary.

Malmqvist, J., Knutson Wedel, M., Lundqvist, U., Edström, K., Rosén, A., Fruergaard Astrup, T., Vigild, M., Munkebo Hussmann, P., Grøm, A., Lyng, R., Gunnarsson, S., Leong, H. & Kamp, A., (2019). Towards CDIO Standards 3.0. Proceedings of the 15th International CDIO Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

Malmqvist, J., Edström, K. & Rosén, A. (2020). CDIO Standards 3.0 - Updates to the Core CDIO Standards. Proceedings of the 16th International CDIO Conference, hosted on-line by Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 8–11, 2020.

Malmqvist, J., Edström, K., Rosén, A., Hugo, R. & Campbell D, (2020). Optional CDIO Standards: Sustainable Development, Simulation-based Mathematics, Engineering Entrepreneurship, Internationalisation & Mobility, Proceedings of the 16th International CDIO Conference, hosted on-line by Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 8–11, 2020.