Transcript Information of B.Eng (Mech)

OBE Briefing
Background
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Washington Accord
• The Washington Accord, established in 1989,
is an international accreditation agreement for
professional engineering academic degrees,
between the bodies responsible for
accreditation in its signatory countries
› Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan,
Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South
Africa, Taiwan, UK and USA
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Washington Accord (cont.)
• The agreement recognizes that there is
substantial equivalency of programmes
accredited by those signatories
› Graduates of accredited programmes in any of the
signatory countries are recognized by the other
signatory countries as having met the academic
requirements for entry to the practice of
engineering
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Engineering Accreditation Council
• All engineering degrees in Malaysia are
accredited by the Engineering Accreditation
Council (EAC)
• EAC consists of five stakeholders
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Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)
The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM)
Industry employers
Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA)
Public Service Department (JPA)
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Accreditation
• The objective of accreditation is to ensure that
graduates of the accredited engineering
programmes satisfy the minimum academic
requirements for registration as a graduate
engineer with BEM and for admission to
graduate membership of IEM
› One of the requirements for accrediting an
engineering programme is the implementation of
the outcome-based education
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Outcome-based Education (OBE)
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Outcome-based Education
• Outcome-based Education (OBE) is a
measurement of the effectiveness of a learning
process by evaluating the outcome
• Focuses on student learning by:
› Using statements to make explicit what the student is
expected to be able to know, understand or do; these
statements should be do-able, observable and
measurable
› Providing learning activities which will help the
student to reach these outcomes
› Assessing the extent to which the student meets these
outcomes through the use of assessment
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OBE Mechanisms
Learning
Outcomes
(LOs)
• LOs address the abilities
to be attained by
students upon
completion of a subject
Programme
Outcomes
(POs)
• POs describe what students
are expected to know and
be able to perform or attain
by the time of graduation
• PEOs address the
graduates’
attainment 5 years
after graduation
Programme
Educational
Objectives
(PEOs)
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Programme Educational Objectives
• Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs) is a
set of specific goals consistent with the
faculty’s and university’s mission and vision,
and describes the expected achievements of
graduates in their career and professional life
after graduation
• All the four undergraduate programmes have
a common set of PEOs
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PEOs (cont.)
• The 3 PEOs
› PEO1: Graduates who hold managerial or senior
positions within their organizations
› PEO2: Graduates who demonstrate
professionalism and a commitment to continual
professional development
› PEO3: Graduates who are employed in
engineering or related professions, or are enrolled
in (or have graduated from) engineering or
professional graduate school
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Programme Outcomes
• Programme Outcomes (POs) are statements
that describe what students are expected to
know and be able to perform or attain by the
time of graduation
• All the four undergraduate programmes have
the same POs
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Programme Outcomes (cont.)
• The 13 POs
› PO1: Acquire and apply knowledge of
mathematics, science and engineering
fundamentals
› PO2: Acquire technical competence in specialised
areas of engineering discipline to solve complex
engineering problems
› PO3: Identify and analyse complex engineering
problems, and formulate solutions based on
fundamental principles of science and engineering
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Programme Outcomes (cont.)
• The 13 POs (cont.)
› PO4: Design solutions for complex engineering
problems that meet specified needs with relevant
considerations of their impacts in society
› PO5: Conduct investigation and research on
complex engineering problems in the chosen field
of study
› PO6: Create, select and apply appropriate
techniques, resources, and modern engineering
and IT tools to complex engineering activities
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Programme Outcomes (cont.)
• The 13 POs (cont.)
› PO7: Demonstrate awareness of societal, safety
and health, legal, and cultural issues relevant to
professional engineering practice
› PO8: Understand the importance of sustainability
and cost-effectiveness in design and development
of professional engineering solutions, and their
impacts in societal and environmental contexts
› PO9: Apply and commit to professional ethics and
responsibilities of engineering practice
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Programme Outcomes (cont.)
• The 13 POs (cont.)
› PO10: Communicate effectively in both oral and
written contexts
› PO11: Function effectively as an individual, and as
a member or leader in a team
› PO12: Recognise the need for, and acquire the
ability to engage in self-improvement through
continuous professional development and lifelong learning
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Programme Outcomes (cont.)
• The 13 POs (cont.)
› PO13: Demonstrate management, leadership and
entrepreneurial skills, and apply these to one’s
own work, as a member and leader in a team, to
manage projects in multidisciplinary environments
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Course Outcomes
• Learning Outcomes (LOs) or Course Outcomes
(COs) address the abilities to be attained by
students upon the completion of a subject
• A subject usually has several LOs and the LOs
are different from one subject to another
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Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Three domains of learning method
› Cognitive domain
Relates to the knowledge and the development of intellectual
skills; includes the recall or recognition of specific facts,
procedural patterns, and concepts
› Affective domain
Describes the way people react emotionally and their ability to
feel another living thing’s pain or joy; typically targets the
awareness and growth in attitudes, emotion, and feelings
› Psychomotor
Describes the ability to physically manipulate a tool or
instrument; usually focuses on the development of skills
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Bloom’s Taxonomy (cont.)
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Thank You
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