A discussion of possibilities for establishing curriculum agility practices for industry ready graduates

There is on-going work in the CDIO community to create a set of principles characterizing Curriculum Agility. At the CDIO conference in Kanazawa 2018, a first workshop on curriculum agility was held and this resulted in the following synthesized definition: An agile curriculum is responsive and adaptable to changes in society and industry, and to changing student characteristics and needs, by having the capacity to adjust structures, learning outcomes and learning activities where and when needed in a timely manner. The present version of Curriculum Agility is described by 10 principles, after discussions in a working group at the International CDIO Working Meeting 2022 in Turku, Finland. The work is still in progress and the final number of principles may change in the process of developing Curriculum Agility as a candidate for a future CDIO Standard. This round table agile curriculum design focus is on agile curriculum development through co-creation by students, staff, alumni and employers. Identifying examples of curriculum agility that are realistic and achievable to feature in future education curriculum development and support next generation of industry ready graduates.