Outcome-based PersonaliSed Learning Measurement Tool for Engineering Education at INTI International University - INTI OBE Tool (IOBET)

Abstract

In recent years, the implementation of outcome-based education (OBE) has been much emphasised in developed and developing nations driving educators towards investment in educational reforms. In OBE, learners are at the centre of their own learning with ownership to perform based on outcomes. However, much criticism against the OBE has also been presented in various papers regarding the actual implementation of OBE. Some researchers have measured OBE based on student survey and correlation-based analysis at cohort or overall program level. None has looked at personalised learning measurement at individual level using OBE tools. In this paper, we deliberated the process in implementing an INTI OBE Tool (IOBET) MS Excel Program for measuring individual learner's achievement over the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC)-prescribed program outcomes (PO) for engineering education particularly in Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (FOSTEM) in INTI International University, Nilai, Malaysia. In the quantitative process, a comprehensive and exhaustive course learning outcome (CO) and PO attainment measurement computational system was created. The IOBET would be used to extract the CO and PO attainment score of each individual student enrolled in the program and the PO attainment of each cohort from point of entry to exit.