![What is Outcome Based Education?
“(OBE) is an educational theory that bases each part of an educational system
around goals (outcomes). By the end of the educational experience, each student
should have achieved the goal. There is no single specified style of teaching or
assessment in OBE; instead, classes, opportunities, and assessments should all
help students achieve the specified outcomes” [1]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/whatisobenew-180823091225/85/What-is-Outcome-Based-Education-2-320.jpg)
![References
[1] Spady, William (1994). Outcome-Based Education: Critical Isues and
Answers (PDF). Arlington Virginia: American Association of School
Administrators. ISBN 0876521839.[2]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/whatisobenew-180823091225/85/What-is-Outcome-Based-Education-20-320.jpg)
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- 2. What is Outcome Based Education? “(OBE) is an educational theory that bases each part of an educational system around goals (outcomes). By the end of the educational experience, each student should have achieved the goal. There is no single specified style of teaching or assessment in OBE; instead, classes, opportunities, and assessments should all help students achieve the specified outcomes” [1]
- 3. Outcome Based Education, as the name suggests depends on Outcomes and not Inputs. The outcomes in OBE are expected to be measurable. In fact each Educational Institute can state its own outcomes. The ultimate goal is to ensure that there is a correlation between education and employability Goal of Outcome Based Education
- 4. The problems with the Traditional Education System Age-old methodology that doesn’t get intended results Doesn’t measure attainment of skills Little to no correlation between classroom learning and industry expectations Doesn’t incorporate feedbacks from industry experts Doesn’t encourage students to apply learnings to real time scenarios No Continuous Improvement process
- 5. Why Outcome Based Education? Outcome Based Education has been widely accepted as a solution to ensuring that the students are more industry ready. Following are the major benefits of Outcome Based Education - 1. Makes the Program student-centric 2. Reviewing and Revising Curriculum 3. Better tracking the learning in students 4. Assessing better 5. Engaging with students in a better way 6. Meeting Accreditation requirements
- 6. Differences between Traditional Education System & OBE Traditionally based on inputs; content to teach and teaching methodologies Teaching involves sharing of knowledge on topics Assessments based on marks or grades attained by students Only learning is assessed at the end of each course Does not focus on Continuous Improvement Based on outcomes; that students should attain at the end of each course Teaching involves incorporating activities that requires students to demonstrate their learnings Assessment based on attainment of outcomes for each activity In OBE, every activity of the student is assessed eg. field visits, assignments etc. Involves Continuous improvement through feedbacks from alumni, students, industry experts etc. Traditional Educational System Outcome Based Education
- 7. History of Outcome Based Education 1988 William G Spady coins the term Outcome- Based Education 2017 By 2017, Washington Accords has 20 Full Signatories and 5 Provisional Signatories 1989 Washington Accords was created to accept Engineering degrees obtained through OBE 1999 Harden published a report describing OBE as a performance based approach at the cutting edge of Curriculum Development
- 8. Principles of Outcome Based Education
- 9. Principles of Outcome Based Education It means that all activities of the teachers(E.g. teaching, knowledge sharing, assessment etc.) are focused on what knowledge they want their students to gain or what skills they want their students to develop. Clarity of Focus
- 10. Principles of Outcome Based Education High Expectations It means that faculties/teachers should set up high expectations and benchmarks to stimulate the minds of students. They should encourage students to implement their learnings and skills to thought inducing situations and scenarios.
- 11. Principles of Outcome Based Education It means that all the students have to be provided expanded opportunities. The rationale behind this is that not all students can learn the same things at the same time and in the same way. However, if students are given ample avenues and opportunities, then most can achieve high standards. Expanded Opportunities
- 12. Principles of Outcome Based Education Design Down Faculties/teachers take a design down approach. They work backwards with the outcomes that the students need to demonstrate. They thus incorporate different teaching styles to ensure that students develop the requisite skills and knowledge.
- 13. Challenges with Outcome Based Education
- 14. Challenges with Outcome Based Education Lack of Unified Process There is no uniform process for outcome based education. Each Educational Institution can have their own set of outcomes. When it comes to calculation of attainments at various outcome levels, confusion still persists. Check Creatrix Campus Solution
- 15. Challenges with Outcome Based Education Poor Data Accuracy Pooling in data from all activities is a humongous task and so is calculating attainments of each student in each activity. All this data needs to be in one single platform to ensure accuracy. There is also a need for uniform tracking tools. Check Creatrix Campus Solution
- 16. Challenges with Outcome Based Education Devalued Classroom Experience Teachers/faculties should be focusing on new innovative ways to enrich the classroom experience for students. Additionally all the workload from incorporating OBE, additional effort on calculations takes away faculty’s focus from teaching. Check Creatrix Campus Solution
- 17. Challenges with Outcome Based Education Human Errors in calculating attainment of outcomes Human errors are unavoidable. Lack of control environment, too many manual calculations etc. increase the risk of human errors. Add to this, the lack of error tracking means, leads to further increase in risk. Check Creatrix Campus Solution
- 18. Challenges with Outcome Based Education Little to no importance given to feedback Feedbacks and surveys are the backbone of the institution. Yet, it remains as challenging as ever. Feedbacks are often not taken seriously, they tend to be not genuine and sometimes even faculties/teachers are unable to get feedbacks on time. Check Creatrix Campus Solution
- 19. Solution for Challenges with OBE Want to incorporate Outcome Based Education in your School/Institute/ College/University? Get in touch with Creatrix Campus : Creatrix has been built keeping Outcome Based Education and Bloom’s Taxonomy in mind. Creatrix helps Educational Institutions in incorporating OBE thus increasing skills of students, reducing faculty workload, becoming Accreditation Compliant and increasing overall Institutional Efficiency. [email protected] For more information, visit the website : www.creatrixcampus.com Request a demo
- 20. References [1] Spady, William (1994). Outcome-Based Education: Critical Isues and Answers (PDF). Arlington Virginia: American Association of School Administrators. ISBN 0876521839.[2]
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