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Practical Implementation of Outcome-Based Education Practices in the Indian Engineering Institutes – An Objective Approach Based Investigation


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Outcome-based education (OBE) by Washington Accord (WA) promises to improve the technical education system by clarifying expectations for students and focussing assessment on specific learning outcomes for better measurement of student achievements. Numerous publications describe the process and results of OBE implementation in India. This article is a meta-analysis of research articles documenting the OBE efforts made by Indian engineering institutes. The study implements the established objective approached based reviewing technique. A rubric comprising seven distinct measurements was applied to assess critically selected articles. The detailed assessment indicates that there is a lack of empirical validation of the results obtained by the researchers. The papers were also found to lack a consistent understanding of CO-PO mapping. Hence, there is a clear research gap of statistical validation of the results using pre and post-implementation data for a given improvement.

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Education, Engineering, Outcome-Based Education, Students, Undergraduates.
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Authors

Ritesh Bhat
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Industrial Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
C. Raghavendra Kamath
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Industrial Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
Kevin Amith Mathias
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Industrial Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India
Prashant Mulimani
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Industrial Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, 576104, India

Abstract


Outcome-based education (OBE) by Washington Accord (WA) promises to improve the technical education system by clarifying expectations for students and focussing assessment on specific learning outcomes for better measurement of student achievements. Numerous publications describe the process and results of OBE implementation in India. This article is a meta-analysis of research articles documenting the OBE efforts made by Indian engineering institutes. The study implements the established objective approached based reviewing technique. A rubric comprising seven distinct measurements was applied to assess critically selected articles. The detailed assessment indicates that there is a lack of empirical validation of the results obtained by the researchers. The papers were also found to lack a consistent understanding of CO-PO mapping. Hence, there is a clear research gap of statistical validation of the results using pre and post-implementation data for a given improvement.

Keywords


Education, Engineering, Outcome-Based Education, Students, Undergraduates.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16920/jeet%2F2022%2Fv36i1%2F22133