27 November 2008
Goodenough College Bloomsbury, London
This conference presented examples and encouraged the sharing of good practice in assessing the achievement of learning outcomes in engineering. It provided delegates with the opportunity to critically and creatively engage with new ideas and research that should help them develop their own approaches to learning outcomes and programme design.
Resources from the conference, including presentations.
The introduction of the UK-SPEC and the accreditation of engineering degree programmes based on output standards has raised several issues, in particular how to identify evidence that learning outcomes are being met and at what level within HE engineering programmes. The aloe working group has established a programme of support activities for programme leaders and members of accreditation teams and this conference offers an opportunity to share the ongoing work in assessing learning outcomes both within the UK and internationally. The conference was of interest to:
- programme leaders and those with responsibility for curriculum design and development. This may include suprtvisors of projects and workplacements, learning and teaching staff and quality enhancement officers;
- thos involved in accreditation and quality assurance of higher education engineering programmes, including academics, professional body staff members and representatives from Industry;
- those developing policy and practice relevant to engineering education.
