Published June 30, 2023 | Version CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Journal article Open

Implementation Challenges and Opportunities in the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) for Teaching Engineering Courses: A Case Study

  • 1. Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.

Contributors

Contact person:

  • 1. Department of ECE, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), India.

Description

Abstract: Outcome-based education is a closed-loop control system accepted globally for enhancing the teaching-learning processes. However, the success of the system is not prominently visible in fresh graduates. Hence detailed research and optimal process to implement OBE is necessary. This paper aims to investigate the challenges in implementing Outcome-based education and explores opportunities for improvement. Further, pedagogic planning for the analytical subjects has been proposed and the performance of the proposed method is analyzed using a case study. Performance improvement in Course Outcome attainments of the course Antennas and Wave Propagation, offered for undergraduate engineering (ECE) students have been investigated and evaluated in this paper. The investigation shows that dynamically adapting the teaching-learning and assessment methods during the course based on the assessments of the student’s capabilities results in improved performance. The following changes in the system have been suggested for the optimal implementation of OBE. The CO targets for the current semester course should be fixed based on the CO attainment of the previous semester courses of the same batch instead of the traditional way of fixing CO attainment targets. The microanalysis of the end-semester marks and students’ feedback at the ratio of 5:1 may be considered for overall CO attainment computation at the end of the course.

Notes

Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP) © Copyright: All rights reserved.

Files

E41330612523.pdf

Files (439.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:cc32aac67c0bfd3c00d0dfaefddc56ad
439.4 kB Preview Download

Additional details

Related works

Is cited by
Journal article: 2249-8958 (ISSN)

References

  • Arunkumar, S., S. Sasikala, and K. Kavitha. "Towards enhancing engineering education through innovative practices in teaching learning." International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology 8 (2018): 153-159.
  • M. S. Sikarwar, "Outcome-Based Learning: An Overview." [Online]. Available: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4026986
  • R. Gurukkal, "Outcome-Based Education: An Open Framework," Higher Education for the Future, vol. 7, no. 1. Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd, pp. 1–4, Jan. 01, 2020. doi: 10.1177/2347631119886402.
  • G. A. Rathy, P. Sivasankar, and T. G. Gnanasambandhan, "Developing a knowledge structure using Outcome based Education in Power Electronics Engineering," in Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier B.V., 2020, pp. 1026–1032. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2020.05.150.
  • Devasis Pradhan, "Effectiveness of Outcome Based Education (OBE) toward Empowering the Students Performance in an Engineering Course," Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 58–65, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.36348/jaep.2021.v05i02.003.
  • G. Zhang and L. Fan, "Research on the Effectiveness of Outcome-Based Education in the Workplace Communication Curriculum of Undergraduates," 2019.
  • R. Yusof, N. Othman, N. M. Norwani, N. L. B. Ahmad, and N. B. A. Jalil, "Implementation Of Outcome- Based Education (OBE) In Accounting Programme In Higher Education," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7, no. 6, Oct. 2017, doi: 10.6007/ijarbss/v7-i6/3352.
  • H. M. Asim, A. Vaz, A. Ahmed, and S. Sadiq, "A Review on Outcome Based Education and Factors That Impact Student Learning Outcomes in Tertiary Education System," International Education Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, p. 1, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.5539/ies.v14n2p1.

Subjects

ISSN: 2249-8958 (Online)
https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2249-8958#
Retrieval Number:100.1/ijeat.E41330612523
https://www.ijeat.org/portfolio-item/e41330612523/
Journal Website: www.ijeat.org
https://www.ijeat.org/
Publisher: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication (BEIESP)
https://www.blueeyesintelligence.org//