ACCREDITATION BY EAC IN 2009. Awareness on EAC accreditation Be prepared for the accreditation visit Everyone will be involved

ACCREDITATION BY

EAC IN 2009

• Awareness on EAC accreditation

• Be prepared for the accreditation visit

• Everyone will be involved

WHAT IS EAC ?

Engineering Accreditation Council

• Formed in 2000 Previous accreditation for engineering programs : PSD (1957) IEM (1959) BEM (1967) LAN(1996)

EAC

IEM

LAN

PSD

BEM

WHAT IS EAC ?

Engineering Accreditation Council

• formulate and update accreditation policy and criteria

• approve guidelines and operating procedures

• oversee operational arrangements and appoint evaluation panel

• receive evaluation report and decide on accreditation

• respond to complaints, appeals or any proposals for change

• oversee development and operation of accreditation and mutual recognition agreement with other countries

• foster the dissemination of developments and best practices in engineering education

• hold consultation meetings with universities when necessary

WHY NEED ACCREDITATION ?

GOVERNED BY THE REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERS ACT 1967 (Revised 2002)

• no person is allowed to practice unless he is a professional engineer

• professional engineer may use “Ir” before his name OR “PEng” after his name

• graduate engineer to register before taking up employment as an engineer





Those who has successfully completed an accredited engineering programme

Professional Engineer - a graduate engineer who has obtained the prescribed practical experience, passed the Professional Assessment Examination, and satisfied all other requirements of the Board of Engineers (BEM)


Our last accreditation was in 2004 for 5 years program

Next accreditation visit will be in 2009

- for 2005 intake

Program to be acredited in 2009 will have to be based on OBE

What’s the big deal? We have been accredited before

OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION

Accreditation will be made on the OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION (OBE) program

Which means that our program will have to be based on OBE

Of course there are pros and cons on OBE – Googled the word ‘outcome-based education’ and you will see what I mean !

OBE in a Nutshell

• What do you want the students to have or able to do?

• How can you best help students achieve it?

• How will you know what they have achieved?

• How do you close the loop.

OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATION

Program OutcomesProgram Objectives

Missions

Visions

Stakeholders

Course Outcomes

Advisory committee

OUTCOME-BASED EDUCATIONFor EAC accreditation

Program Outcomes

Program Objectives

Missions

Visions

Stakeholders

Course Outcomes

Direct Indirect

Measured outcomes

Faculty / committee Assessment

Advisory committee


Program Outcomes

Program Objectives

Missions

Visions

Stakeholders

Course Outcomes

Direct Indirect

Measured outcomes

Faculty / committee Assessment

CompletedIn Melaka

To be completedby CC

To be partially completed by lecturers

Advisory committee

Faculty/committee


ECETPURDUE UNIVERSITY

Assessment and evaluation


What’s next?

• Program Objectives and Outcomes - completed

• Course outcomes – to be completed by penyelaras

still open for discussion ?

• Measurements of course outcomes

- Direct and Indirect

- Have we achieved our PO?

• Closing the loop


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ACCREDITATION BY EAC IN 2009. Awareness on EAC accreditation Be prepared for the accreditation visit Everyone will be involved