Designing PBL steps in vocational course based on students’ readiness and teachers’ discussion

Abstract

This research is intended to design project-based vocational courses which focus on CAD construction drawing course using e-learning. The main objective is improving the student’s competence in drawing by decomposing the Project-Based Learning (PBL) using flipped classroom strategy with providing course materials in e-learning. The development procedure is arranged as follow: survey and identification, planning, designing, and developing phases. For preparing the planning and designing phase, observations, course reviews, and surveys had been conducted as the result of this current paper as follows: 1) How to decide the vocational course; 2) Student’s readiness to access personal computer; 3) Designing PBL steps. Observation, courses review, and group discussion were done for determining the course subject. Surveys were held to know the availability of the course to be conducted with minimum facilities and the student readiness to access personal computer, and determined the principles activities considered for the success of this course project by decomposing the PBL approach and flipped classroom strategy, group discussions had been done to get the views of the vocational teachers and lecturers. The results show that the CAD construction drawing is selected as the vocational course; the student’s readiness to access personal computer and their positive opinion of the e - learning is in the very high category; the teachers and lecturers approved the development of CAD construction drawing course using e-learning to be conducted and give the recommendation to do the seven PBL steps.