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Background
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
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
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)
Programme
Outcomes
(POs)
POs describe what students
Programme
Educational
Objectives
(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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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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LO2-Understand the crystal system structure, imperfections and diffusion mechanisms in solids (cognitiveunderstanding, level 2)
LO3-Describe the various mechanisms on dislocations, strengthening and failure modes involved in the
properties of metals (cognitive-understanding, level 2)
LO5- Understand the applications, fabrication and processing techniques of metal alloys
(cognitive-understanding, level 2)
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Blooms 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 things 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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Thank You
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