Outcome based Education

Expected Outcomes

 The participants will be able to examine the

requirements of OBE.

 The participants will be able to Propose Vision,

Mission, for the Institute.

 The participants will be able to propose PEOs for

programs offered.
 Demands of Global knowledge economy
 Creativity, Application, Analysis and Synthesis,
and collaborative learning.
 Workforce capable of retaining and learning new
skill/competencies.
 Conventional approach: treating education as
transmission of expert knowledge(not suitable)
 So a new model of education and training is
required, which will focus on what is learnt? And
will take care of instilling lifelong learning
 The New Approach

 Therefore the approach should be:

1. Decide about what you want your students to do?
2. Orient your teaching and other academic processes
to do so
3. Assess the achievement of students
4. Improve
 The model of education based on the above
approach is called as outcome based education
 Learning environment required for OBE
1. Maintaining learning outcome statement/s to make
explicit what the student is expected to know,
understand or do.
2. Providing for learning activities in the form of group
projects, seminars, fieldwork etc. which will help the
student to reach these outcomes.
3. Assessing the extent to which the student meets
these outcomes through the use of explicit
assessment criteria.
4. Taking corrective action
 Constituents of OBE

 Vision & Mission Statements.

 Program Educational Objectives(PEOS)
 Program Outcomes(POs) and Program Specific
Outcomes.
 Course Outcomes(Cos)
 Drafting Vision & Mission

Importance of SWOT analysis

 SWOT Analysis
The Process
The steps to be followed are:
 Set up teams of key stakeholders to carry out
consultations/brainstorming
 Carry out brainstorming in separate groups using
an appropriate facilitator
 Ask each group to identify the internal strengths
and weakness
 SWOT Analysis Contd.
 Discuss the external opportunities and threats
taking into account the internal strengths and
weaknesses identified by each group together
 SWOT Analysis Contd.
To identify the strengths think of :
1. Capabilities
2. Recognition
3. Competitive advantage
4. Resources, assets, people
5. innovative aspects/practices

The strengths should be realistic.

 SWOT Analysis Contd.
To identify the weakness think of :
1. Disadvantages in capabilities
2. Reputation
3. Lack of competitive strengths

 The weaknesses should be such that there lies

a scope for improvement or overcoming.
 SWOT Analysis Contd.
To identify the opportunities think in terms of :
1. Market development

2. Competitor’s vulnerability

3. Industry trends

 Your action plan should try to cash on these

opportunities.
 SWOT Analysis Contd.
To identify the threats think in terms of :
1. External forces that could inhibit the maintenance &
attainment of a competitive advantage
2. Unfavorable situation in external or internal
environment.

 Your action plan should address those threats

having higher probabilities.
Questions to be asked during
brainstorming
 Regarding Human Resources
Faculty
 How much qualified and experience the faculty is?
What is the attrition rate?
 What are the difficulties you are facing in
attracting quality faculty? What are your plans to
address this issue?
 What is the level of participation of your faculty in
R&D activities?
 Regarding Human Resources
 How many research papers your faculty members
have published in National/International peer
reviewed Journals?
 What is the contribution of faculty members in
knowledge creation through book writing or
development of learning material or e-content
development?
 What is the level of participation of your faculty in
conducting Short term training programs for
faculty members of other institutions & for local
industries?
 Regarding Human Resources
 Whether your institute is a recognized center for
carrying out academic research.
 Regarding Human Resources
Students
 What is the quality of your intake in terms of ranks
in CET?
 How much is the acceptability of your students in
Industry?
 How much is the acceptability of your students in
Institutions of National and International repute
for higher learning
 Regarding Human Resources
Supporting Staff

 What is the level of competence of technical

supporting staff?
 What is the method of recruitment of the
supporting staff
 Physical Infrastructure
 Do you have any location advantage or
disadvantage?
 Is the physical infrastructure adequate?
 Are the laboratories well equipped with required
equipments? Whether the laboratories are
accredited?
 How much is the IRG(internal revenue
generation) through testing and consultancy?
 Do you have a mechanism in place for removal of
obsolescence from laboratories?
 Processes
 Whether all the processes are well documented
and how much is the adherence to the processes in
actual working?
 How fast your procurement process is?
 How much delegation of power exists?
 How much transparency in administration?
 Do you have student’s feedback mechanism in
place?
 Innovative practices if any, Scheme of
incentives/rewards.
 To identify Opportunities and Threats
 What about competition from large number of
Institution with proven track record, which
includes the foreign universities also?
 What is scope for development of center of
excellences in cutting edge technology?
 What is scope for collaborative research?
 Exploring the possibility of participating in
national technology missions.
 To identify Opportunities and Threats
 what is scope for development of appropriate
technology which will help in raising the standard
of leaving of the people of the region, and in turn
will contribute to the socio-economic
development of the region?
 What is scope for setting up of technology
incubation center? ( This provides infra structure
to star-up companies and aids innovation transfer
to industry. It also helps interested
Students/Alumni/ Local residents to setup and
incubate technology companies)
 Vision

 The vision statement is an aspirational description

of what an organization would like to achieve or
accomplish in the mid-term or long-tem future.
 Example of Vision Statement

To be the engineering institute that best

understand the needs of engineering profession,
and produce engineering professionals living up to
the expectations of the engineering profession.
 Mission

 Mission statements are essentially the means to

achieve the vision.
 Example of Institute’s Mission Statement

Educate the students within a learner centric

environment, which provides opportunities for
1. Intellectual as well as personal growth, both
inside as well as outside classroom, and using
a model of hands on.
2. Cooperative work experience.
3. Applying the concepts in real world problem
solving.
 Corelation between Vision & Mission stats

(There is a connect between the Mission and the Vision

statement, because the Mission statements talks about
Educating students in a learner centric environment, which
is very much required for delivering up to the expectation of
engineering profession on manpower front)
 Example of Department’s Vision
Statement(Mechanical Engineering)
To get recognized for offering educational &
research programs in Mechanical engineering
having a context of meeting important
societal needs.
(This jells well with the Institute’s vision statement because
to produce engineering professionals living up to the
expectations of the profession needs offering education and
research programs with societal context).
 Example of Department’s Mission
Statement(Mechanical Engineering)
To train the students for
1. Developing understanding of basic principles to design ,
manufacture, and test, mechanical systems or processes
2. Building core competence required to work as a practicing
Mechanical Engineer in the fields such as thermal,
production, design, research and development, testing and
excel in the same
(This jells well with the Institute’s Mission statement of providing
opportunity for applying the concepts in real world problem solving, because
this requires building core competence )
Example of Department’s Mission Statement
(CSE)
Building core competence required for
understanding of contemporary computer science
theory and applications, and laying solid
foundation for continuous learning
(This jells well with the Institute’s Mission statement of
providing opportunity for applying the concepts in real world
problem solving, because this requires building core
competence and capability for continuous learnin
 Example of Department’s Mission Statement
(Electrical Engineering)
To train the students for
1. Developing understanding of basic principles that
underline modern electrical technology.
2. Building core competence required to work as a practicing
Electrical Engineer by focussing on developing skills that
will help them contribute in design and development of
complex technological infrastructure required by modern
society.
(This jells well with the Institute’s Mission statement of providing
opportunity for applying the concepts in real world problem solving, because
this requires building core competence )
 Defining PEOs
While defining the PEOs you need to take into account
1. What you are preparing your students for? Like to excel in
PG/ research program, or to take jobs in local as well as
global industries and succeed there or to become
entrepreneur
2. What core competence is required to take up any of these
options?
3. What breadth of knowledge is required ?
4. What professional skills like effective communication,
maintaining healthy interpersonal relationship, and ethical
attitude needs to be developed ?
5. What learning environment you are capable of providing?
 Example of PEOs for ME
I. To prepare graduates to take up career in Industry,
academia as well as public service.
(This takes care of what you are preparing your students for)
II. To build core competence to develop mechanical
components and systems by imparting knowledge
of theory, practice, and design in core areas of
mechanical engineering like thermal, production,
machines, and training the students to analyze and
interpret the data for engineering applications
( This takes care of core competence required and the breadth
of knowledge required)
III. To develop ability to maintain healthy interpersonal
skills to work in multidisciplinary team, to
effectively communicate. his/her ideas, to follow
legal and ethical code while practicing profession.
to develop sense of responsibility to take up
ownership of the projects.
(This takes care of professional skills required)
IV. To complement the class room teaching with live
projects, fieldwork, seminars to build self-learning,
and lifelong learning capability, and to develop out
of box thinking
(This talks about the learning environment)
 Example of PEOs for CSE
I To produce graduates who posses the necessary
foundation required;
1. To acquire gainful employment in core
Computer/IT and ITES industries
2. To pursue higher studies
3. To become successful Computer
Professional
(This takes care of what you are preparing your students for)
 Example of PEOs CSE
II To build core competence by laying solid
foundation in Mathematics, Physics, and core
Computer Science subjects with a focus on concept
building
(This takes care of core competence required)

III To lay equal emphasis on analysis and synthesis

(This takes care of breadth of knowledge required)
 Example of PEOs CSE
IV. To develop skills to understand group dynamics, to
effectively communicate his/her ideas, to develop
sense of responsibility, to differentiate between
ethical and unethical, legal and illegal practices in
Computer profession
(This takes care of professional skills required)
V. To complement the class room teaching with live
projects, fieldwork, seminars to build self-learning,
and lifelong learning capability, and to develop out
of box thinking
(This talks about the learning environment)
PEOs Mission
To prepare graduates to take up Building core competence
flourishing career in Industry, required to work as a
academia as well as public practicing Mechanical
service. Engineer in the fields such as
thermal, production, design,
research and development,
testing and excel in the same.
To impart knowledge of theory, Building core competence
practice, and design in core required to analyze, design and
areas of mechanical engineering assess performance of
like thermal, production, Mechanical systems
machines, and training the
students to analyze and
interpret the data for
PEOs Mission
To develop ability to maintain Building core competence required
healthy interpersonal skills to work in to work as a practicing Mechanical
multidisciplinary team, to effectively Engineer in the fields such as
communicate. his/her ideas, to follow thermal, production, design,
legal and ethical code while practicing research and development, testing
profession. to develop sense of and excel in the same.
responsibility to take up ownership
of the projects.
To complement the class room Building core competence required
teaching with live projects, fieldwork, to work as a practicing Mechanical
seminars to build self-learning, and Engineer in the fields such as
lifelong learning capability, and to thermal, production, design,
develop out of box thinking research and development, testing
and excel in the same.