Developing a knowledge structure using Outcome based Education in Power Electronics Engineering
G. A. Rathy, P. Sivasankar, Gnanasambandhan T.G.
Abstract
Outcome based education (OBE) is student-centered instruction model that stresses on judging student performance through outcomes. Outcomes include knowledge, skills and behavior. Outcome-Based Education model is being adopted at a fast pace at Technical institutions all over the world. It is considered as a massive leap forward to convalesce technical education and help Engineers compete with their global counterparts. OBE gives more weightage on what the students will be able to 'do instead of what they will 'know'. Hence it is important to develop the instructional model to improve knowledge, skill, behaviour of the students. Knowledge structure is the micro level component and the part of the course outcome which will enable the student to gain the confidence of 'doing' instead of 'knowing'. This paper proposes an Instructional Model by developing a knowledge structure in Power Electronics Engineering.