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With growing environment and consciousness of "Outcome-Based Education", importance of this subject has increased many folds. This book, in a single volume, presents recent advancements and developments in the field of Engineering Pedagogy.
List of contents
Section I: State of Art, 1. Pedagogy Toward Outcome-Based Engineering Education: The State of Art, 2. Life-Long Learning Practices: A Conceptual Analysis, 3. Transformational Leadership: The New Mantra for Pedagogy in Higher Education, Section II: Ethics, 4. Ethical Perspective on Engineering Education: A Systematic Education Approach, Section III: Tools and Methodology, 5. Online Teaching in Universities in Developing Countries: Theory and Lessons, 6. Significance of Outcome-Based Assessment and Evaluation-Centered Performance Indicators for Continuous Quality Improvement of Engineering Education, 7. Significance of Advanced Pedagogies, Approaches, and Frameworks in Outcome-Based Education, Section IV: Applications, 8. Information Transfer in Education: Case Study Based on Teaching Lowcost Control Unit Programming, 9. Home Assignments and Assessments in Online Learning, 10. Curriculum Mapping for Attainment of Student Outcomes from the Perspectives of Senior-Year Students and Instructors, 11. Role of Learning Management Systems in Online Learning: A Case Study
About the author
Kaushik Kumar, B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering, REC (Now NIT), Warangal), MBA (Marketing, IGNOU) and Ph.D. (Engineering, Jadavpur University), is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India. He has 14 years of Teaching & Research and over 11 years of industrial experience in a manufacturing unit of Global repute. His areas of teaching and research interest are Quality Management Systems, Optimization, Non-conventional machining, CAD / CAM, Rapid Prototyping and Composites. He has 9 Patents, 30 books, 27 Edited Book Volume, 46 Book Chapters, 200+ Journal and Conference publications to his credit (more than 100+ articles in journals indexed in Web of Science collection/h-index 8+/200+ citations, SCOPUS/h-index 8+/170+ citations, Google Scholar/h-index 17+/1300+). He is Editor in Chief, Guest Editor, Editor, Series Editor and Scientific Advisory for many international journals and conferences. He is also editorial board member and on review panel of International and National Journals of repute. He has been felicitated with many awards and honors.
Summary
With growing environment and consciousness of "Outcome-Based Education", importance of this subject has increased many folds. This book, in a single volume, presents recent advancements and developments in the field of Engineering Pedagogy.
