Proceedings of the International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education

Abstract

In Indian context, outcome-based education is gradually being adopted. Our institute has switched over to outcome-based education in the recent past. This methodology leads to a quality-based attainment of the program educational objectives (PEOs). However, the program outcomes (POs), based on the graduate attributes, need to be evaluated during their matriculation. These POs can be achieved, to a great extent, through the various course outcomes, which are the results of pre- defi ned learning objectives that were set for the course. Higher level of attainment of course outcome entirely depends upon the course content and its effective content delivery. At our institute, certain experiments were carried out to assess the course outcomes. The experiments conducted used a blended instructional strategy. Two experiments were conducted for the computer programming “C” language, while the other was for the System Programming course. Instructional strategies include program visualization, debugger tool, and short-test immediate group discussion used in these experiments. Program visualization used visual cues to illustrate the fl ow and execution of a computer program as scaffold in resource-constrained classroom to teach “C” language compared with the traditional approach. This simplifi ed the understanding of dynamic and usually hidden processes during program execution. Debugger tool