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Value-Added Courses with Industry Endorsement for Bridging Curriculum Gap in the Outcome-Based Learning: An Effective Strategy to Post-Graduate Studies
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Arun Kumar, B. R. – Journal of Education, 2022
In outcome based education (OBE), curriculum design with industry involvement is most recommended approach which enables relevant execution of teaching learning process. Globally, acceptance of OBE is increasing since four decades. This article investigates the OBE curriculum design by adding Value-Added Courses (VACs) which are endorsed and…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Outcome Based Education, Curriculum Design, Industry
An Ill-Structured PBL-Based Microprocessor Course without Formal Laboratory
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Kim, Jungkuk – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
This paper introduces a problem-based learning (PBL) microprocessor application course designed according to the following strategies: 1) hands-on training without having a formal laboratory, and 2) intense student-centered cooperative learning through an ill-structured problem. PBL was adopted as the core educational technique of the course to…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Experiential Learning, Cooperative Learning, Courses
Solving Real Community Problems to Improve the Teaching of Public Affairs
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Yaghi, Abdulfattah; Alibeli, Madalla – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
In order to achieve their course learning outcomes, public affairs instructors can train students to solve real community problems (SRCP). This approach focuses on the learners themselves and aims to transform the role of college professors from traditional teaching (lecturing) to facilitating and coaching students' learning activities. This study…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Problem Solving, Public Affairs Education, Instructional Improvement
Engineers: Designers--No Alibis.
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Stevens, Susan A. R.; Wilkins, Linda C. – 1993
Engineering is the science, art, and business of designing and getting things done; engineers are required to make things happen through interpersonal relationships. At Monash University (Australia), a new course, Management for Engineers, was set up in 1990 to encourage a more holistic approach to the process of engineering. The course included…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Engineering Education
Portraits of PBL: Course Objectives and Students' Study Strategies in Computer Engineering, Psychology and Physiotherapy.
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Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt – Instructional Science, 2000
Compares the role of course objectives in relation to students' study strategies in problem-based learning (PBL). Results comprise data from three PBL programs at Linkopings University (Sweden), in physiotherapy, psychology, and computer engineering. Faculty provided course objectives to function as supportive structures and guides for students'…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
PBL as a Tool for Integrating Autonomy into the Dental Curriculum.
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Forrest, Alex S.; Walsh, Laurence J.; Isaacs, Geoff; Williams, Lesley M. – Journal of Dental Education, 1998
Describes the conversion of a conventional didactic course in dental anatomy at the University of Queensland (Australia) into a course in problem-based learning and the resulting effects on learners' autonomy over the first three years of the new course, noting the extent of achievement of course goals, student achievement, and learning style…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Change Strategies