TOWARDS EAC
ACCREDITATION IN 2009
Direct Assessment of Program Outcomes
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
WHAT IS EAC ?
Engineering Accreditation Council
• Formed in 2000
Previous accreditation for engineering programs :
PSD (1957)  IEM (1959)  BEM (1967)  LAN(1996)
EAC
BEM
IEM
PSD
LAN
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
WHAT IS EAC ?
Engineering Accreditation Council
•
formulate and update accreditation policy and criteria
•
approve guidelines and operating procedures
•
oversee operational arrangements and appoint evaluation panel
•
receive evaluation report and decide on accreditation
•
respond to complaints, appeals or any proposals for change
•
oversee development and operation of accreditation and mutual
recognition agreement with other countries
•
foster the dissemination of developments and best practices in
engineering education
•
hold consultation meetings with universities when necessary
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
WHY NEED ACCREDITATION ?
GOVERNED BY THE REGISTRATION OF
ENGINEERS ACT 1967 (Revised 2002)
• no person is allowed to practice unless he is
a professional engineer
• professional engineer may use “Ir” before his
name OR “PEng” after his name
• graduate engineer to register before taking
up employment as an engineer
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
WHY NEED ACCREDITATION ?
• graduate engineer to register before taking
up employment as an engineer
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
WHY NEED ACCREDITATION ?
• graduate engineer to register before taking
up employment as an engineer
Those who has successfully completed
an accredited engineering programme
Professional Engineer - a graduate engineer who has
obtained the prescribed practical experience, passed the
Professional Assessment Examination, and satisfied all other
requirements of the Board of Engineers (BEM)
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
WHY NEED ACCREDITATION ?
Our last accreditation was in 2004 for 5 years program
Next accreditation visit will be in 2009
- for 2005 intake
What’s the big deal? We have been
accredited before
Programs to be accredited in 2009 will
have to be based on OBE
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Accreditation will be made on the OUTCOME-BASED
EDUCATION (OBE) program
Which means that our program will have to be
based on OBE
NO OBE = NO ACCREDITATION
Of course there are pros and cons of OBE –
Googled the words ‘outcome-based education’
and you will see what I mean !
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
OBE in a Nutshell
•
What do you want the students to have or able to do?
•
How can you best help students achieve it?
•
How will you know that they have achieved?
•
How do you closed the loop?
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
For EAC accreditation
Alumni
Missions
Visions
Stakeholders
Advisory committee
Program
Outcomes
Objectives
Course
Outcomes
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
For EAC accreditation
Assessment
Assessment
Assessment
Alumni
Program
Objectives
Program
Outcomes
Course
Outcomes
Stakeholders
Advisory committee
CQI
CQI
CQI
Analysis
Visions
Analysis
Analysis
Missions
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
For EAC accreditation
Direct
Assessment
Indirect
Assessment
Assessment
Alumni
Program
Objectives
Program
Outcomes
Course
Outcomes
Stakeholders
Advisory committee
CQI
CQI
CQI
Analysis
Visions
Analysis
Analysis
Missions
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
For EAC accreditation
Direct
Indirect Exams, assignments, tests, quizzes
Final year projects
Laboratory
Exit interview
Industrial training
Exit survey
Course survey
COURSE MATRIX FOR SEE
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Assessment
Example: SEE 3433
Exams, assignments, tests, quizzes
Mapping of COs to PO1-PO10,for SEE 3433 Electrical machines
PO1
CO1
CO2
CO3
PO2
PO3
PO4
PO5
PO6
PO7
3,b
3,b
PO8
PO9
PO10
1,a
1,a
2,a
CO4
a = exams, tests, quizzes
b = assignments
PO1 is assessed using Test 2
PO2 is assessed using question 2 of the final exams
• PO’s assessment will not affect students’ grades
• PO’s assessment will not be used to evaluate lecturers
• If you teach a course, then you need to do this
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Assessment
Example: SEE 3433
PO1 is assessed using Test 2
PO2 is assessed using question 2 of the final exams
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Assessment
Example: SEE 3433
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Assessment
Example: SEE 3433
Normalized
mark for
question 2 of
FE
Normalized
mark for
test 2
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Assessment
Example: SEE 3433
Average value =
Measured PO2 for
SEE3433
Average value =
Measured PO1 for
SEE3433
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION
Assessment
Example: SEE 3433
Measured PO’s : PO1  0.66 , PO2  0.691
If KPI for PO1 and PO2 for this course is 0.65, then this course has achieved the KPI
Analysis will be made based on all courses by JKKA
Assessment
This is where we closed the loop !
Analysis
Program
Outcomes
CQI
Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik
IN SUMMARY: Direct assessment
Identify PO’s to be evaluated based on PO to CO mapping
The ones with STRONG emphasis are chosen
Identify method of assessment
e.g. FE questions, tests, quizzes, assignments
Perform the assessment
Calculate and measured the PO’s