Outcome-Based Education

Dr. Pradnya Wakpainjan , Department of Education SNDT Women’s University

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Dr. Frances Vaidya, Gandhi Shikshan Bhavan’s Smt. Surajba College of Education

What is outcome based Education?

• Outcomes‐based education is a learner‐centered approach to education that focuses on what a student should be able to do in the real world upon completion of their course or programme.

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• It focuses on the Learning outcomes

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• Learning outcomes are complex statements of the primary skills, knowledge, attitudes, abilities and proficiencies the learner will “own” at the end of the course/ programme.

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Levels of  Outcomes

Besides these, one can have institution level and Territorial/ National level outcome

Features of OBE

• Learning results and performance expectations are clearly defined ahead of time.

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• Learners know what they are expected to learn, and instructors know what to help them learn.

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• There is a clarity in what is to be learned and what will be assessed.

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• Learning is clearly defined and instruction takes the learner's experience, learning style, and learning rate into account, so that anyone can learn anything that is truly essential to his or her success.

• The Clear standards for performance are mentioned and receiving official certification are tied to consistent, quality accomplishments and performance.

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• Provide scope for continual practice and coaching for the development of significant competence wherever needed.

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• Advancement in learning is tied directly to actual levels of successful performance, not to a fixed schedule.

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• Learners can move through a curriculum successfully at a pace they can handle.

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• Outcome-based performance credentials prove what learners can do.

Benefits of outcomes-based education

• Learning outcomes provide a powerful framework to structure curricula
• provide a framework to align teaching, learning and assessment methods
• Provide a strategic way to enhance the quality of teaching and learning
• Promote a collaborative, collegial approach to curriculum planning
• Prepare students for the “real‐life” context in which they will need to apply what they have learned in their course/program
• Help to ensure the approval and accreditation of new and existing programs

Benefits of outcomes-based education

• Provide a mechanism for ensuring accountability and quality assurance
• Promote a self‐directed and autonomous approach to learning
• Provide a means for students to articulate the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience acquired during their program;
• Provide a tool for monitoring, evaluating and improving the curriculum
• Help to encourage continuity and mobility between varying post‐secondary programs and institutions.

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Learning Outcome based Curriculum Framework (LOCF)_ Premise

• Every student and graduate is unique.
• Each student or graduate has his/her own characteristics in terms of previous
• learning levels and experiences,
• life experiences,
• learning styles and
• approaches to future career-related actions

• Learning outcomes specify what graduates are expected

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• to know,

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• understand and

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• be able to do

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at the end of their programme of study.

Objectives of LOCF

• Help to formulate

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• graduate attributes,

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• qualification descriptors,

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• programme learning outcomes and

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• course learning outcomes

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expected to be demonstrated by the holder of a qualification

Objectives of LOCF

• Provide higher education institutions an important point of reference for

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• Designing teaching-learning strategies

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• Assessing student learning levels

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• Periodic review of programmes and academic standards
• Enable stakeholders to understand the nature and level of learning outcomes (knowledge, skills, attitudes and values)

Areas of Attributes

• Disciplinary knowledge: demonstrating comprehensive knowledge and understanding of one or more disciplines

Critical thinking

Formulate coherent arguments

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Critically evaluate practices,

policies and theories

Problem solving skills :

Analytical Reasoning:

Relevance

Reliable

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Data Source

Scientific reasoning :

Reflective thinking: Critical sensibility to lived experiences, with self awareness and reflexivity of both self and society

Communication Skills:

Cooperation/Team work:

Multicultural competence :

Information/digital literacy:

Access

Identify

source

Evaluate

Utilize

Self-directed learning:

• Moral and ethical awareness/reasoning :

• Goal Setting
• Design strategy for learning
• Identifying resources
• Evaluate self
• Decide Further path

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Understanding different perspectives Use of Ethics principles in work

Leadership readiness/qualities:

Lifelong learning: Adapt, Skilling, Reskilling

Qualification Descriptors

• Credit Framework:

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• Qualification Titles :

'Honours', 'Master' and ‘Post Graduate Diploma’

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Master's degrees are awarded to students who have demonstrated Understanding in ……………………

• Disciplinary knowledge : Theory
• Typically, holders of the qualification will be able to: Application
• And holders will have: Employability skills

1. Mention Core disciplinary components

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• Mention Specialised components

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• Field engagements

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• Research skills

• Learning Experiences : Mention broad learning experiences (Broad)

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• Assessment techniques: Mention Assessment techniques ( Broad)

Learning outcome Programme Outcome

3 Course Outcome

2 Course Outcome

1 Course Outcome

Module

Module

Module

Module

Thanks a lot

Align Institutional – Program – Course – Instructional Outcome