EC 2000 Experiences

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EC 2000Experiences Future Plans
King Abdulaziz University
College of Engineering
Academic Accreditation Unit
Prof. Adnan H. Zahed Vice Dean AAU
President December 19, 2006
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OUTLINE

• First Step For EC 2000 Preparation
• Some of College Experiences in Accreditation
• Future Plans
• Q A

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EC 2000 PREPARATION
Academic Accreditation Unit (AAU) 7/4/1426 H
15/5/2005 G
Main duties Responsibilities

• Set all necessary activities at the program and
  College level.
• Schedule and organize regular seminars and/or
  workshops
• Supervise and follow up the implementation of EC
  2000 requirements
• Publish lists of newsletters regarding to the
  ABET EC 2000

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AAU MISSION
Qualify the education systems in the College of
Engineering to meet EC 2000 standards
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AAU ORGANIZATION CHART
DEAN College of Engineering
Chairmen of Scientific Departments
College Vice Dean
College Vice-Dean for Higher Studies and
Scientific Research
College Vice-Dean for Administration and
Financial Affairs
Prof. Adnan Zahed
Civil
Academic Accreditation Unit
General Director (Prof. Reda Abdulaal)
Elec. Computers
Supervision Committee
Production
Exec. Secretaries
Thermal
Coordinator (2) Prof. Ali Albahi
Coordinator (3) Dr. Nadim Turkmen
Coordinator (1) Prof. Galal Zaki
Aeronautical
Industrial
Coordinator (4) Dr. Ahmed Khan
Chemical
Nuclear
Mining
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Some of College Experiences in Accreditation

• College Strategic Plan
• College Departmental Time Plan
• Web Site
• College Departments Committees
• Documentation of Activities
• E-Communication
• Follow Up Methodology
• Newsletters
• Invited Lectures Workshops
• Assessment Approach
• Indirect (Surveys Forms)
• Direct (Designed Software)
• International Publications

• Course/Outcome Binders

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COLLEGE BALANCED SCORECARD
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TIME PLANS
14-Time Plan
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WEB SITE
http//engg.kau.edu.sa/aau
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WEB SITE
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COMMITTEES

• College ABET Committee

• Volume-I ABET Committee

• Student Academic Affairs

• Budgeting

18 College Committees

• Curriculum Development

• Career Day

• Faculty Hiring Tenure

• Student Advisory Committee

• Web Site

• College Maintenance Unit

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COMMITTEES

• Senior Project Committee

• Alumni Committee

5 Departmental Committees

• Educational Improvement Development

• Students Advising

• Workshop Labs

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DOCUMENTATION OF ACTIVITIES
41 Meetings
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E-COMMUNICATION
AAU
EE
MEP
CE
MinE
NE
IE
ChE
AE
MENG
Steering Members (College Level)
Champion Members (Departmental Level)
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E-COMMUNICATION
Solve any problems to finish the WR
Dean
SM
Send a report of WR not finished on time
Send a copy from WR
Forward WR
AAU
Forward WR
Send a Work Request (WR)
CM
DC
Send the Work Done
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INTERNAL FOLLOW UP
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INTERNAL FOLLOW UP
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EXTERNAL FOLLOW UP
College Industry Board
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NEWSLETTERS
6 Newsletters
Quarterly Issue
Themes

• Course Design
• Course Assessment
• Program Outcome Asses.
• Assessment Language

Main Objectives

• To spread the EC 2000 culture
• To document College activities
• To announce updating ABET news
• To learn from other experiences

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INVITED LECTURES WORKSHOPS
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INVITED LECTURES WORKSHOPS
Oman, 2004
ABET, 2006
ABET, 2005
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Feedback on our Assessment Approach

• As I mentioned in my earlier communication to
  you, IE 202 is the best-designed and
  best-assessed course I have seen! What make your
  system so effective, in my opinion, are
• The fact that you assess each and every CLO
  allows you to see in more detail what your
  students learn and what they dont. This is not
  as easy to see when you assess courses on a per
  outcome basis. Your approach allows you to make
  more appropriate recommendations (fine tuning)
  for whatever needs to be improved.
• The thoroughness of your assessment (i.e. the
  fact that you use several methods for assessing
  the CLO).
• Your continuous improvement process. This is
  actually the most critical step and it seems like
  youre doing it on a regular basis, so it truly
  satisfies the spirit of ABET EC 2000.

Prof. Nikos J. Mourtos San Jose State
University California, USA

• I am impressed with your emphasis on active
  learning as well as your most thorough assessment
  process. I am using the assessment data and
  analysis you have sent me as a stellar example in
  my workshops on course design and assessment

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INDIRECT ASS. (SURVEYS FORMS)
Students
Evaluation
Employers
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DIRECT ASS. (DESIGNED SOFTWARE)
HI-CLASS a Handy Instrument for Course Level
Assessment For Traditional Courses
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DESIGNED SOFTWARE
AL-CASS an Active Learning Course Assessment
Developer For one of the Active Learning Courses
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SOFTWARE TRAINING
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COURSE OUTCOME BINDERS
OUTCOME BINDERS
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
COURSES BINDERS
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INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Most Recent Papers

• Development of a Design Phase Checklist for
  Outcome Based Active/Cooperative Learning
  Courses. Paper 1186, Proc. American Society for
  Engineering Education Annual Conference (2006).
• An Active Learning Fluid Mechanics Course Based
  on Outcomes Assessment, ASEE, (2006)
• Designing and Teaching an Introductory Active
  Learning Outcome Based Course. To be presented,
  2nd International Conference on Engineering
  Education, Kuwait, 9-11 April, (2007).
• HI-CLASS a Handy Instrument for Course Level
  Assessment. To be presented, 2nd International
  Conference on Engineering Education, Kuwait, 9-11
  April, (2007).
• Triangulation in Course Assessment Applied in a
  Freshman Modelling Course. To be published in
  10th UICEE Annual Conference on Engineering
  Education, Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China,
  19-23 March, (2007)
• Exposure Matrix An Approach to Evaluate Program
  Outcomes Using Course Level Direct Assessment, To
  be presented, 2nd International Conference on
  Engineering Education, Kuwait, 9-11 April, (2007).

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Future Plans

• Inviting external visitors for evaluation
• Preparing the Educational Facilities
• Working on the Program level
• Applying continuous improvement cycle

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Q A
THANK YOU