Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching: A case study

Hong Ning Dai; Wei Wei; Hao Wang; Tak Lam Wong

doi:10.1109/TALE.2017.8252344

Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching: A case study

Hong Ning Dai
, Wei Wei
, Hao Wang
, Tak Lam Wong

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of outcome- based education (OBE) on students' learning achievement from a software engineering (SE) program. It is not easy to transform an SE curriculum from traditional knowledge-based education (KBE) method to OBE method since it requires us to identify the outcomes clearly and map the outcomes with the expected capabilities of students. We first give a briefing on our SE program and outline the curriculum, then investigate the impact of OBE in two selected courses in SE program, with the completion of one course being the prequisite for admission into the other one. Experimental results show that OBE can greatly improve the learning effectiveness of students and teaching quality.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	261-264
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538609002
ISBN (Print)	9781538609019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252344
Publication status	Published - 11 Jan 2018
Event	2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017 - Tai Po, Hong Kong, China Duration: 12 Dec 2017 → 14 Dec 2017

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Name	Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Electronic)	2470-6698

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017
Country/Territory	Hong Kong, China
City	Tai Po
Period	12/12/17 → 14/12/17

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SDG 4 Quality Education

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Information Technology curriculum
Outcome-based education
Software Engineering

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Dai, H. N., Wei, W., Wang, H., & Wong, T. L. (2018). Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching: A case study. In Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017 (pp. 261-264). (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252344

Dai, Hong Ning ; Wei, Wei ; Wang, Hao et al. / Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching : A case study. Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. IEEE, 2018. pp. 261-264 (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering).

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Dai, HN, Wei, W, Wang, H & Wong, TL 2018, Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching: A case study. in Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, IEEE, pp. 261-264, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, 12/12/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2017.8252344

Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching: A case study. / Dai, Hong Ning; Wei, Wei; Wang, Hao et al.
Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. IEEE, 2018. p. 261-264 (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering).

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Dai HN, Wei W, Wang H, Wong TL. Impact of outcome-based education on software engineering teaching: A case study. In Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2017. IEEE. 2018. p. 261-264. (Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering). doi: 10.1109/TALE.2017.8252344

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