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R. Rajan Prakash ¹, S. Charles Raja ¹, D. Kavitha ¹, S. Baskar ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai – 625019, IN

Abstract

Outcome Based Education (OBE) came into practice in India in 2014. Earlier the priority of most of the faculty is just to complete the syllabus and for students to score better grade. One of the biggest challenges for faculty members in implementing OBE is to change the focus of students from scoring marks to learning the content particularly at the beginning of the programme while teaching fundamental courses. In this paper, the authors made an attempt to compare two strategies of teaching and learning; the Broiler Chicken Nourishing (BCN) verses the Desi Chicken Nourishing (DCN) in an Indian perspective. The BCN strategy shows only a short term and narrow goal though productive, it was in DCN strategy there is effective knowledge transfer which promotes more of self learning and self realization. A case study was done on Electric Circuit Analysis for second semester Electrical Engineering students. The analysis shows that DCN is more learner centered and yields fruitful results when compared to BCN. The DCN approach promotes original thinking of the students and develops good interpersonal skill.

Keywords

Outcome Based Education, Millenials, Chicken Feeding, Team Building, Mentoring.

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S. J. Thiruvengadam ¹, S. Baskar ¹, S. Saravana Perumaal ², C. Jeyamala ³, D. Anitha ³, R. Rajan Prakash ³

Affiliations
1 Professor, Academic Process Team, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN
2 Associate Professor, Academic Process Team, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN
3 Assistant Professor, Academic Process Team, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, IN

Abstract

The CDIO INITIATIVE is an innovative educational framework that has been followed in many world-class educational institutions in USA, Europe and Asian countries for producing the next generation of engineers. It provides students with an education in the context of Conceiving — Designing — Implementing — Operating (CDIO) real-world systems and products. Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE), Madurai is one among those institutions following the CDIO framework for all undergraduate engineering programmes since the academic year 2018-19. Though there are training programs for selective faculty members, there had been no intensive hands - on training to all the faculty members. It has been felt from the formal meetings and informal discussions that faculty members needed more clarity and training on the CDIO framework. This has led to the conduct of training workshops online by the TCE academic process team for the faculty members of the institution (n=205), in three batches. Two quizzes have been conducted and feedback has been collected at the end of the workshop for each batch. This research paper analyses the outcome of these workshops measured through the Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) exhibited in the assessment activities and feedback. It has been observed that the training workshop satisfies the expectations of the participants with a Satisfaction Index of 0.924. Recommendations have been proposed for interpreting the outcomes of such training workshops to enhance faculty competence through such workshops by addressing the necessary gaps in the forthcoming training workshops.

Keywords

CDIO, Faculty Development Programs, Workshops, Assessments, Satisfaction.

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