Teaching Model

TIDEE focuses on four key areas of engineering design education, including:

Collaboration
Collaboration among an interdisciplinary community of engineering design educators committed to achieving measurable improvements in the readiness of graduates for team-based design in the modern workplace
Outcomes
Definitions of student learning outcomes for engineering design, based on broad constituency input, that guide engineering design curriculum development across an entire degree program
Pedagogy
A framework for organizing and implementing engineering design instruction that develops students' capabilities in the use of the engineering design process, teamwork, communication, and higher-level professional skills required in engineering practice
Assessment
An assessment and evaluation system that supports classroom assessments for improved student learning and evaluations of student achievement for program assessment and accreditation

Solutions versus Process

Although creating state-of-the-art products or design solutions is important, the TIDEE model addresses processes that are essential to the delivery of quality products.

TIDEE introductory design curriculum develops skills needed to understand the design process, teamwork, and communication skills that students can apply throughout their professional careers.