Application of Design-Based Learning and Outcome-Based Education in Basic Industrial Engineering Teaching: A New Teaching Method

Xugang Zhang, Ying Ma, Zhigang Jiang, Siva Chandrasekaran, Yanan Wang and Raoul Fonkoua Fofou
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Xugang Zhang: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
Ying Ma: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
Zhigang Jiang: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
Siva Chandrasekaran: School of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Caroline Springs, VIC 3023, Australia
Yanan Wang: School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia
Raoul Fonkoua Fofou: Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 5, 1-21

Abstract: This paper provides and illustrates a design-based learning (DBL) and outcome-based education (OBE) approach for fostering the innovation, practice, and autonomous learning ability of industrial engineering students. We performed two studies with on industrial engineering students in typical educational activities. The first study used a topic of “sheet metal parts turnover protection optimization” to explore the application effect of “DBL + OBE” and its shortcomings in the implementation process, so as to help students understand this new teaching method. Then, in order to verify the use effect of “DBL + OBE”, the second study used the topic of “production line balance” to divide the students into an experimental class and a control class. The experimental class adopted the design learning teaching method, while the control class adopted the traditional teaching method. In order to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method, students and teachers were interviewed. It was found that the students in the experimental class were more outstanding in personal abilities, such as systematic thinking, independent innovation ability, etc. The results show that: the rational use of design-based learning and outcome-based education concept can stimulate students’ interest in learning, cultivate students’ team spirit, improve students’ innovation ability, practical ability and problem solving ability, and cultivate “innovative talents” needed in the new era.

Keywords: basic industrial engineering teaching; design-based learning; outcome-based education concept; production line balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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