APPLYING PROJECT-BASED TEACHING INTO TRAINING TOWARDS CDIO IN IT MAJOR AT HO CHÍ MINH TECHNICAL COLLEGES

APPLYING PROJECT-BASED TEACHING INTO TRAINING TOWARDS CDIO IN IT MAJOR AT HO CHÍ MINH TECHNICAL COLLEGES

NGUYEN NGOC TRANG trangnnvn@yahoo.com Li Tu Trong Technical College-Ho Chi Minh city
Summary: 
CDIO (Conceiving - Designing - Implementing - Operating; Forming ideas - Design - Implementation - Operation) is regarded as a major international project to reform technical training programs in higher education. The author presents CDIO standards; proposed direction to apply project-based teaching into IT training towards developing learners’ competence; students’ competence at technical colleges, satisfied standards of ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). ABET is a prestigious American organization, specialized in the quality accreditation of technical sector, technology, applied science and computing.
Keywords: 
Project-based teaching
CDIO approach
IT
colleges
Refers: 

[1] ABET, (2011), Criteria for Accrediting Computing Programs, Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology, Baltimore, Maryland.

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