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A Preliminary Study on the Relevance of Outcomes-Based Education in Engineering - A Student Centric Approach


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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.M.S College of Engineering, PO Box 1908, Bull Temple Road, Basavangudi, Bengaluru, 560019, Karnataka, India
     

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This paper reveals the necessity of Outcomes- Based Education (OBE) in current engineering education. Here an effort has been made to gather information from students currently pursuing engineering across various colleges having substantial variation in the curriculum, in the state of Karnataka as well as at a national level. The method adopted to conduct the survey was questionnaire. The findings of the study indicated that the outcome based approach is more effective when compared to conventional teaching-learning methodology.

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Outcomes-Based Education, Alternate Assessment Tools, Self-Study, Course Outcomes, Engineering, Curriculum.
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Authors

S. Anoosha Pai
Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.M.S College of Engineering, PO Box 1908, Bull Temple Road, Basavangudi, Bengaluru, 560019, Karnataka, India
H. N. Nikhil
Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.M.S College of Engineering, PO Box 1908, Bull Temple Road, Basavangudi, Bengaluru, 560019, Karnataka, India
Rajath A. Sridhara
Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.M.S College of Engineering, PO Box 1908, Bull Temple Road, Basavangudi, Bengaluru, 560019, Karnataka, India
Madhav Murthy
Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.M.S College of Engineering, PO Box 1908, Bull Temple Road, Basavangudi, Bengaluru, 560019, Karnataka, India

Abstract


This paper reveals the necessity of Outcomes- Based Education (OBE) in current engineering education. Here an effort has been made to gather information from students currently pursuing engineering across various colleges having substantial variation in the curriculum, in the state of Karnataka as well as at a national level. The method adopted to conduct the survey was questionnaire. The findings of the study indicated that the outcome based approach is more effective when compared to conventional teaching-learning methodology.

Keywords


Outcomes-Based Education, Alternate Assessment Tools, Self-Study, Course Outcomes, Engineering, Curriculum.

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