OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION (OBE)Recent Development in

Quality Assurance

BY: Disha Singh Asst. Prof (ECE)

OBE Meaning

Outcome-based education means clearly focusing and organizing everything in an education system around what is essential for all students to be able to do successfully at the end of their learning experience.

Outcome- meaning Outcomes means - Goal, Purpose, End result Outcomes, the end-products of instructional process, may be observable

or internal changes in the learner

OBE- Applied to Driving School

1. Shift of Instructional Focus

• Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) focuses classroom instruction

on the accomplishments (skills/competencies) that students must demonstrate when they exit.

2. The Outcomes of Education: Focus of Accreditation

(a)Immediate Outcomes: Competencies/skills acquired upon completion of a subject, a grade/year level, a segment of the program, or a program itself.

Examples of Immediate Outcomes

• Analytic ability• Problem-solving skill• Ability to communicate in writing, reading, speaking

and mathematically skill in creative expression

Examples of Immediate Outcomes

• Skill in technology utilization• Passing the licensure examination• Initial job placement

The Outcomes of Education: Focus of Accreditation

(b)Deferred Outcomes: Ability to apply cognitive and affective skills/competencies in various aspects of the professional and workplace practice.

Examples of Deferred Outcomes

• Promotion in job position/rank as evidence of work competence, skill and social relation.• Success in professional practice or occupation as

evidence in skill in career planning, health and service and continuing education.

3. Program Objectives (P.O)

• Broad goals that the program expects to achieve stated from the point of view of the faculty or of the program itself such as “to develop/to provide/ to motivate, etc.”

Program Objectives (P.O)• Objectives are expressed as: -cognitive, affective goals.

-focused on the well-rounded and profession- specific development of the students.

• These are deferred outcomes of an educational programwhich are observable and verifiable years after graduation.

4. Student Learning Outcomes (S.L.O)

• Are operational definitions of each of the program objectives.

stated as active transitive verbs such as “to demonstrate/ to express/ to illustrate/ to apply” are immediate outcomes of education.

5. Assessment of outcome-based learning:

• Active learners

• Learners are assessed on an ongoing basis

• Critical thinking, reasoning, reflection and action

• An integration of knowledge, learning relevant and connected to real-life

• Learner-centered. Lecturer is facilitator. Lecturer constantly uses group work and teamwork

• Curricula seen as guides that allow lecturers to be innovative and creative

• Learners take responsibility for their learning. Pupils motivated by constant feedback and affirmation

• Emphasis on outcomes – what the learner becomes and understands

• Flexible time-frames allow learners to work at their own pace

• Comment and input from the wider community is encouraged

• Outcomes will be assessed in different ways and on an on-going basis.

• Assessment is an integral part of the whole system

• Students will not get marked just for remembering subject content

• Different aspects of the learner’s abilities, such as creativity and critical thinking will also be assessed.

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