Experiential learning and its impact on graduate attributes and employability (original) (raw)

2019

Abstract

The nature and content of engineering education are in a continuous state of review to meet emerging needs of industry within a globalized, online and increasingly technology driven economic landscape. Employers require recruits who not only possess core knowledge and skills but also a collaborative mindset adaptable to ongoing change. To endow students with the capacity to effectively contribute within workplace conditions, the CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate) educational model provides a learning and assessment framework that imparts: Understanding, interpretation, and ability to solve ill-defined workplace related scenarios. The CDIO syllabus encapsulates technical elements together with personal and professional standards, as well as soft skills and attributes. Beyond the CDIO, the professional accreditation organization, Engineers Australia (EA), has documented sets of competency standards expected from graduates. For its part, the Australian College of Kuwait (A...

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