Leveraging a constructively aligned OBTL approach for software engineering education

Author

Weerawarana, Shahani Markus ; Weerawardhana, Sachini

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Moratuwa, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 Aug. 2012

Abstract

We present our approach in conducting an OBTL-based (Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning) software engineering course that incorporated many constructively aligned TLA (Teaching, Learning and Assessment) techniques. This course is offered in the fourth semester of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree program in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Moratuwa. The constructively aligned OBTL approach was refined over three consecutive years of offering this course based on student feedback and lecturers´ reflection. We discuss our teaching experiences, the students´ perceptions and the overall results that we observed.

Keywords

computer science education; software engineering; teaching; Bachelor of Engineering degree program; Computer Science and Engineering Department; OBTL approach; TLA technique; University of Moratuwa; lecturer reflection; outcomes-based teaching and learning; software engineering course; software engineering education; student feedback; student perception; teaching experiences; teaching-learning-assessment techniques; Computer architecture; Computer science; Educational institutions; Software engineering; Software systems; computer science education; constructive alignment; engineering education; outcomes-based teaching and learning; software engineering education;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2417-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2416-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TALE.2012.6360386

Filename

6360386