Modern Control Systems in Electrical Engineering course assessment using the Outcome Based Education approach

Abstract

In the year 2004, Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has been adopted by the Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC) in accrediting Electrical Engineering Programmes for universities in Malaysia. To fulfill the requirement, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has taken necessary steps to implement OBE in each programme offered. An OBE measurement tool known as Summative Assessment Dynamic Model with OBE compliance (SAMOBEC 2.0) was developed by the faculty OBE Committees to facilitate lecturers to conduct their teaching and assessment activities in alignment with the course and programme outcomes. This paper focuses on analyzing the outcome of the course assessment of Modern Control Systems in Electrical Engineering using the available tool. It was found that the tool has provided detailed information from the designing phase until result achievements. From the available plots, the Programme Outcomes of this course has yet to achieve the target set by the faculty. However, few recommendations has been made for continual improvements in the future.