Presenting iOBE at the REES & I-PHEX 2025

From September 30 to October 1, 2025, I had the opportunity to participate in the REES & I-PHEX 2025 conference held in Johor, Malaysia — a joint event that brought together educators, researchers, and practitioners passionate about improving engineering education and higher education research. The event was hosted by UTM’s Centre for Engineering Education (CEE). I’m truly grateful to the organizers for putting together such a successful and enriching experience.

At the REES symposium, I presented a paper titled “Implementing iOBE for Visualizing and Interpreting Student Outcomes: A Course-Level Assessment”, which shared the experience of applying the iOBE software across multiple cohorts of a third-year engineering course. The aim was to demonstrate how compact, structured visualizations — specifically box plots and population graphs — can help make sense of student outcome data in ways that support real educational improvement.

The presentation showcased how iOBE was applied to analyze student outcome data across three consecutive cohorts in an advanced engineering course. By aggregating diverse assessment tools mapped to Programme Outcomes, the software generated box plots and population graphs that revealed consistent patterns — stronger performance in collaborative tasks and recurring gaps in individual problem-solving. This multi-year analysis highlighted meaningful trends and supported targeted, data-informed improvements in teaching and learning.

This work was also presented as a poster exhibition at the I-PHEX Expo titled "From Complexity to Clarity: Transforming Outcome-Based Assessment through iOBE". The poster highlighted key aspects of the software, particularly its advantages, significance, impact, and potential for all educational levels.

With Prof. Homero Murzi of Texas A&M University (Chairman of the Research in Engineering Education Network).