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An integrated delivery and assessment process to address the graduate attribute spectrum
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 10:15 authored by Mark SymesMark Symes, Susantha RanmuthugalaSusantha Ranmuthugala, Christopher ChinChristopher Chin, Anna CarewAnna CarewIn the past, engineering programmes were developed with separate technical learning outcomes supplemented by generic attributes. The latter were in most cases a standalone set of attributes developed by academic institutions or professional societies overseeing engineering accreditation processes. Although the technical learning outcomes were well assessed and tracked, the generic attributes were at best partially addressed by artificially incorporating them into the curriculum as a way of "ticking-the-boxes". The current trend is to define competencies that map attributes required accross the industry and develop programmes that have imbedded tools to deliver and assess these attributes. The Australian Maritime College is progressively developing new technologies to deliver and assess these attributes through holistic tasks, thus, ensuring a broader coverage of the attribute spectrum within an environment of limited resources and time. This provides students with realistic and challenging tasks, a far cry from the traditional mundance engineering laboratories, thus, promoting interactive and practical problem-based learning, making the study of engineering enjoyable! Concurrently with this development is a practical and simple method of tracking and quantifying the achievement of the attributes by the students, yielding useful data to improve processes within the programme, and, hence, the quality of the graduates.
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Publication title
US-China Education Review AIssue
7Pagination
1-11ISSN
1548-6613Department/School
Australian Maritime CollegePublisher
David PublishingPlace of publication
1840 Industrial Dr, Libertyville, Illinois, USARights statement
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