Flexible approach to course testing for the improvement of its effectiveness in engineering education

The paper is devoted to the question of the course quality testing and analysis in the field of engineering higher education. The opportunity to develop a testing approach and method for further lifelong improvement of the courses, its activities and its teaching/learning methodologies is considered on the basis of well-known taxonomy of educational objectives. The idea is that the objectives could be applied both to the course as a whole, either it is bachelor, master or doctor level of education, as well as to the separate activities of the learning process. Further testing of the course is based on the achievement of these objectives at the end of the course or completing the activities applying both quantitative and qualitative approach to the testing process. The process of course planning, evaluation and improvement is analysed from its infinitive character point of view.