Outcome based Education

Dr. R. Udaiyakumar
Professor & Head
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore 641042
r.udaiyakumar@skct.edu.in
Why OBE?
Teaching has only one purpose, and that is to facilitate learning
(Cross,1988)

 Outcome based education guarantees a high level of

student engagement because the process steers you toward
student active teaching strategies.

 It also conforms to the accountability requirements of an

increasing number of accrediting agencies. These agencies
hold a unit accountable for its students’ achieving certain
learning outcomes, as well as for formally assessing its
students’ progress toward that goal.
NBA accreditation

 It provides assurance about programme quality to the

stakeholders
Revised Norms for UG Engineering
UG Engineering
C No. Criteria
Tier-I Tier-II
1 Vision, Mission and Program Educational Objectives 50 60
2 Program Curriculum and Teaching-Learning Processes 100 120
3 Course Outcomes and Program Outcomes 175 120
4 Students' Performance 100 150

5 Faculty Information and contributions 200 200

6 Facilities and Technical Support 80 80
7 Continuous Improvement 75 50
8 First Year Academics 50 50
9 Students Support Systems 50 50
10 Governance, Institutional Support and Financial 120 120
Resources
Total 1000 1000
Vision, Mission and PEOs

Institute’s vision & mission

Department’s vision & mission

Programme educational objectives

Programme educational objectives
 Program Educational Objectives essentially answer the
following question:
 What will our students learn in our program? The PEOs in this
context should reflect those skills and knowledge areas that are
most valued and should be demonstrated by graduates as a
result of their overall, total educational experience.

 It derives from and are consonant with the mission of the

Program
Consistency of PEOs with Mission of
the department
PEO Statements M1 M2 … Mn

PEO1:

PEO2:

PEO3:
Why OBE in NBA norms
 To enhance the standards of quality in education keeping in
mind the global standards

 Graduate profile as per Washington Accord

 Target

 The Profile should (and does) meet requirements of all the

Stakeholders.

 Is in line with the Profile as defined by the WA

 Defining this is the Starting Point

NBA-Program Outcomes
1. Engineering Knowledge,
2. Problem Analysis
3. Design/development of solutions,
4. Conduct investigations of complex Problems,
5. Modern tool usage,
6. The engineer and society,
7. Environment and sustainability,
8. Ethics,
9. Individual and team work,
10. Communication,
11. Project management and finance,
12. Life-long learning
 Programme curriculum, POs, PSOs
and COs
Programme outcomes & programme specific
Outcomes

Courses (map with POs & PSOs)

Course outcomes (map with POs & PSOs)

Assessment tools for COs, Data for each CO,

attainment level for POs & PSOs
Actions taken based on the results of evaluation of
the COs, POs & PSOs
Programme Articulation matrix
Course PO1 PO2 … … PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSOn

C101
C202
C303
…
…
C6..
Course Articulation matrix
CO statement PO1 PO2 … … PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 ….. PSOn

C202.1
C202.2

…
C202.n
C202
Assessment tool & Course outcome
matrix
Assessment Assessment Assessment
Assessment
CO statement tool 2 tool 3 tool 4
tool 1

C202.1 End term exam

C202.2 Mid term test

C202.3 Laboratory
exam
C202.4 project

C202.n

C202
Results of evaluation of each PO &
PSO
Course PO1 PO2 … … PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 ….. PSOn

C101

C202

C303

Direct attainment

Surveys PO1 PO2 … … PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 ….. PSOn

Survey 1
Survey 2
Survey 3

Indirect attainment
Actions taken for curricular improvement
POs Target level Attainment level observations

PO1:Statement
PO1
Action 1:
Action n
PO2:Statement
PO2
Action 1:
Action n
 P O (1-12)

Verify Courses for Select 2 to 3

PO attainment form
Compulsory
SAR Courses
/Projects

Identify COs
Exam Questions Observe the mapped for
Papers quality of POs, Strength of
COs Correlation
Assignment

Verify assessments
Projects
used for attainment of
(Rubrics)
COs

Assessments
Direct Tools Indirect Tools
Methods

80% of Surveys
Evaluation Verify Target (Course End &
students
of Cos and Exit Survey
Scored 60%
Judgement

PO
Attainment
OBE process

Programmes

Look at observations, Continuous POs , PSOs and

take actions and Improvement COs
close the loop

Assess & Gather data

for POs , PSOs and
COs
Discussion