Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

Rajani Kanth Aluvalu ¹, Vivek Kulkarni ¹, Md. Asif ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN
2 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN

Abstract

Classrooms in educational institutions consist of students with varying learning abilities. Faculty delivering a lecture in a uniform pitch in such classrooms will fail to teach and reach the learning levels of heterogeneous student groups. In every classroom, the faculty members deliberately experience low, medium, and high learners/readers as measured by assessments. In fact, it is biggest challenge faculties are facing to overcome. Faculty following traditional teaching techniques fails to achieve optimized classroom audibility levels and optimize the students learning in the classroom.With faculty's uniform approach to teaching, the learning needs of individual students may not be fully met in heterogeneous classroom environments.The teaching strategies followed to optimize the learning of heterogeneous students with experimental results and handling such classrooms are discussed in this paper. This study will help faculties wishing to improve the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning in heterogeneous classrooms.

Keywords

Higher Education, Educational Equity, Globalization, Active Learning.

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Rajani Kanth Aluvalu ¹, Vivek Kulkarni ¹, Md. Asif ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, IN

Abstract

Classrooms in educational institutions consist of students with varying learning abilities. Faculty delivering a lecture in a uniform pitch in such classrooms will fail to teach and reach the learning levels of heterogeneous student groups. In every classroom, the faculty members deliberately experience low, medium, and high learners/readers as measured by assessments. In fact, it is biggest challenge faculties are facing to overcome. Faculty following traditional teaching techniques fails to achieve optimized classroom audibility levels and optimize the students learning in the classroom.With faculty's uniform approach to teaching, the learning needs of individual students may not be fully met in heterogeneous classroom environments.The teaching strategies followed to optimize the learning of heterogeneous students with experimental results and handling such classrooms are discussed in this paper. This study will help faculties wishing to improve the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning in heterogeneous classrooms.

Keywords

Higher Education, Educational Equity, Globalization, Active Learning.

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B. Rajagopal Reddy ¹, Natarajan Karuppiah ¹, Md. Asif ¹, S. Ravivarman ¹

Affiliations
1 Associate Professor, Vardhaman College of Engineering Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

In recent years, accreditation of National Board of Accreditation has become mandatory for all the Autonomous colleges and Universities. NBA stresses on Outcome Based Education to improve the quality of education. It has formulated twelve graduate attributes to measure the quality of the program that a graduate has to acquire from any college/university during his four years of under graduation. The success of any program depends on the attainment of course outcomes and program outcomes. But there is a lack of understanding among the Engineering faculties in CO-PO attainment calculations. This study explores the significance of proper CO-PO mapping and its attainment calculation. CO-PO mapping and its attainment calculations are an integral part of OBE and it helps in continuous quality improvement, which serves as a feedback for OBE loop. CQI is instrumental in identifying any setbacks in Teaching Learning Process and additional solutions are figured out to improve the delivery of the course. In this study, different approaches are suggested to calculate the attainment of COs of the course and POs, PSOs of the program. Results and discussions are done on the attainment of COs of different courses and suggestions for the courses which fail to attain the target has been discussed. A sample of CO-PO attainment calculation for the course Basic Electrical Engineering offered for BTech I Year students has been discussed. Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet has been used for computation purpose.

Keywords

National Board of Accreditation, Course Outcome, Program Outcome, Outcome Based Education, Continuous Quality Improvement.

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