Development of technical skills in Electrical Power Engineering students: A case study of Power Electronics as a Key Course

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Hussain, I.S.^1 ; Hamid, Fazrena Azlee^2

Department of Electrical Power Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia^1

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia^2

关键词: Analysis method;    Electrical power engineering;    Engineering accreditation;    Formative and summative assessments;    Outcome-based education;    Power electronics course;    Student levels;    Technical skills;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012197/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012197

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Technical skills are one of the attributes, an engineering student must attain by the time of graduation, as per recommended by Engineering Accreditation Council (EAC). This paper describes the development of technical skills, Programme Outcome (PO) number 5, in students taking the Bachelor of Electrical Power Engineering (BEPE) programme in Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). Seven courses are identified to address the technical skills development. The course outcomes (CO) of the courses are designed to instill the relevant technical skills with suitable laboratory activities. Formative and summative assessments are carried out to gauge students' acquisition of the skills. Finally, to measure the attainment of the technical skills, key course concept is used. The concept has been implemented since 2013, focusing on improvement of the programme instead of the cohort. From the PO attainment analysis method, three different levels of PO attainment can be calculated: from the programme level, down to the course and student levels. In this paper, the attainment of the courses mapped to PO5 is measured. It is shown that Power Electronics course, which is the key course for PO5, has a strong attainment at above 90%. PO5 of other six courses are also achieved. As a conclusion, by embracing outcome-based education (OBE), the BEPE programme has a sound method to develop technical psychomotor skills in the degree students.