CDIO as a Foundation for Program Accreditation/Certification in Portugal

CDIO as a Foundation for Program Accreditation/Certification in Portugal

J. Rocha, A. Costa, A. Martins (2010).  CDIO as a Foundation for Program Accreditation/Certification in Portugal. 12.

This document describes two initiatives for accreditation/certification of first and second cycles Bologna programs in Portugal. One initiative was started by the National Agency for Program Evaluation and Accreditation and is mandatory for all Bologna running programs. The other initiative was launched by the Portugese Professional Engineering Association and aims to certify, at the European level, engineering Bologna second cycles with the EUR-ACE quality seal. Both initiatives are essentially evidence-based and stress the importance of having a running quality assurance system to support and monitor program execution.

ISEP experience with the CDIO and EUR-ACE engineering frameworks is also described and strong points highlighted. In the end, we propose that combining CDIO and EUR-ACE may bring added value, because CDIO is more oriented to program operation and EUR-ACE more oriented to program management. We also propose the CDIO Syllabus as the link between CDIO and EUR-ACE, because program syllabus is a relevant document in those frameworks and CDIO describes very clearly how to produce and maintain a syllabus.

Authors (New): 
João Manuel Simões Rocha
Antonio Manuel Cardoso Costa
Angelo Manuel Rego Silva Martins
Pages: 
12
Affiliations: 
Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Portugal
Keywords: 
CDIO
Engineering
accreditation
certification
EUR-ACE
Year: 
2010
Reference: 
The Bologna Process, http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna/about/.: 
Portuguese National Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES), http://www.a3es.pt/en: 
Portuguese National Professional Engineering Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros), http://www.ordemengenheiros.pt: 
The EUR-ACE Quality Seal, http://www.enaee.eu: 
The EUR-ACE Certification Framework http://www.enaee.eu: 
The CDIO Intitiative, http://www.cdio.org: 
ACM Curricula Recommendations, http://www.acm.org/education/curricula-recommendations: 
Real World Engineering Projects, http://www.realworldengineering.org: 
Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area, Bergen, 2005, http://www.enqa.eu: 
A3ES: Assessment of Study Cycles Already in Operation, http://www.a3es.pt: 
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), http//:www.ec.europa.eu/education: 
Bankel et. al. The CDIO syllabus - A Comparative Study of Expected Student Proficiency, http://www.ordemengenheiros.pt: 
The Dublin Descriptors, http://www.jointquality.nl: 
High Level Qualifications Frameworks and the EUR-ACE Framework Standards- do they fit together?: Workshop on overarching and Sectoral Frameworks: ENAEE: European Network for Accreditation of Engineering: Brussels: Fondation Universitaire: 22 January, 2009, http://www.ordemengenheiros.pt : 
European Qualifications Framework, http//:www.ec.europa.eu/education: 
ABET Engineering Accreditation, http//:www.abet.org: 
J Malmqvist, A COMPARISON OF THE CDIO AND EUR-ACE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS, proceedings of the 5th International CDIO conference, Singapore Polytechnic, SIngapore, June 7-10, 2009.: 
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