Course Outcome and Programme Outcome in OBE: An Illustration in Engineering and Technology

Abstract

In NBA process of accreditation, OBE should fulfil the one of most important criteria such as attainment of Course Outcomes (COs') and Program Outcomes (POs'). In general we have direct and indirect assessment tools for the purpose of CO and PO attainment. The direct assessment tools can be Continuous Internal Evaluation – 1 (CIE – 1), Continuous Internal Evaluation – 2 (CIE – 2) and End Semester Examination. Indirect tools can be Assignment or Quiz, Seminar or Group Seminar or Tutorial or Mini Project or Project Based Learning or Peer-to-Peer Learning. We have considered File Structures as a sample course and a set of COs have been defined along with the PO attainment planned. We have a detailed assessment scheme and plan of execution where students are participating in different assessments methods which includes both direct and indirect assessments. We have calculated CIE, Assignment and Seminar, SEE performance analysis. The Overall CO Attainment Level is calculated by using the formula (E = C×0.7+D×0.3) where C is Internal and D is external attainment level. Finally, we are considering the feedback from the students through Course Exit survey, where we are understanding the course outcomes module-wise in the student perspective and final PO attainment is calculated for each Course Outcome.