Description:
<jats:p>In the formative stages of the Canadian Design Engineering Network, module developers are faced with a significant challenge. As developers, we want to create design modules representative of our own best practices, however, the modules we produce need to fit into an organizational structure that is still evolving. In the view of the authors, the fact that the structure is still evolving is a positive one. WE also view the establishment of one submission format prior to the creation of design modules is putting the cart before the horse in a project that relies on creative submissions from many different people with many different approaches to design education.. The purpose of this paper is to integrate a discussion of the current form of the Tier system with a description of the author’s module development approach. Hopefully, as more modules are generated, a more flexible pattern for organization and integration will emerge.</jats:p>