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Quality Improvement Using a Stage Gate Approach in Engineering Programmes and Courses

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Virtual Conference

Publication Date

July 26, 2021

Start Date

July 26, 2021

End Date

July 19, 2022

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

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Educational Research and Methods

Page Count

23

DOI

10.18260/1-2--37628

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https://peer.asee.org/37628

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Calvin Sophistus King MCET

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Heads Outcome Based Education division of the college. Is responsible for implementation and review of outcome based approach in programmes offered. Teaches engineering at the first degree level.

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Venugopalan Kovaichelvan TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership

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Dr. V. KOVAICHELVAN is the Director of TVS Institute for Quality and Leadership, the Corporate University of TVS Motor Company Limited, India. The Institute focus on holistic development of talent through career lifecycle with focus on functional & professional skills, cultural capabilities, collective capabilities, support business strategy and Corporate Social Responsibility.

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Abstract

Programmes and courses are designed, developed, deployed and evaluated in learning environments using various Instructional Design Models. Several instructional design models have been evolved over the years and each have their own merits and de-merits. Stage gate approach is a method used in new product development. Design, development, deployment and evaluation of programmes and the courses in programmes is analogous to new product development. The present work reviews several instructional design models, selects a model for implementation based on a decision matrix, analyzes stage gate approach and its applications, proposes a framework for programme and course design, development, deployment and evaluation using the stage gate approach integrated with the instructional design model. The most widely used ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) model is used in the study. The framework integrates ADDIE with the stages and gates of the stage gate approach. Activities, working team and deliverable that are part of the stages and decisions, gate keepers and criteria that are part of the gates are formulated for all the FIVE stages analogous to ADDIE. Checklists with rubrics are developed for the criteria and used during the gate reviews of stages. The work also presents the findings from using the framework for the design, development, deployment and evaluation of courses in bachelor of engineering programme with specialization in mechanical engineering in India. The work presents the quality improvements in the course contents, delivery methods, assessments and student performance. The work also presents the difficulties that was encountered especially the ones that are related to capacity building of faculty members and availability of subject matter experts from industries.

King, C. S., & Kovaichelvan, V. (2021, July), Quality Improvement Using a Stage Gate Approach in Engineering Programmes and Courses Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--37628

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