The conceive-design-implement-operate
(CDIO) model is viewed as a good model for universities in Viet Nam that want to
integrate internationally, experts have said.

At the
two-day workshop that ends today, Dr.Nguyen Duc Nghia, head of the Viet Nam
National University-HCM City, said the university in January began implementing
an eight-year pilot CDIO project.

The
project is taking place at the VNU’s University of Technology’s Mechanical
Engineering Faculty and the University of Natural Science’s Information
Technology.

Improving teacher attitudes on the need to change teaching methods and curricula
is one of the aims of the model.

The
CDIO’s standards help faculty leaders and teachers find ways to help graduates
learn necessary skills, knowledge and attitudes for their jobs.

Based on
the CDIO principles, new curricula and output standards have been built easily.

“The
CDIO helps match methodology to learning output, which assists in meeting
employers’ demands,” he added.

In the
near future, the CDIO model will not only be used widely in all member
universities of the VNU – HCM City but also in other universities nationwide, he
said.

Every
year, VNU-HCM City will have one more faculty to apply the CDIO model, he said.

Currently, CDIO has been applied at some faculties at University of Economics
and Business under the Viet Nam National University-Ha Noi, Van Lang University,
Lac Hong University and Banking University in HCM City

Dinh Ba
Tien, who is responsible for implementing CDIO at the University of Natural
Science’s Information Technology, said they were faced with many difficulties in
carrying out the CDIO because teachers did not have similar experience.

Teachers
were not familiar with the necessary knowledge, skills and career attitude
training to teach their students.

Le Hoai
Bac, Tien’s colleague, said more investment was needed to upgrade and build new
facilities so the CDIO model could be used properly at universities.

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