Design and Implementation of an AI-Powered Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Management System
摘要
We introduce an AI-enhanced Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Management System that offers a comprehensive solution for preparing gradesheets, course files, and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) reports. The system automates students’ gradesheet preparation as well as section/course/program-wise Course/Program Outcome (CO/PO) score computation with visualizations, thereby reducing faculty workload. Furthermore, we integrated AI tools with this software that assist course instructors in generating key observations from section-level CO assessments and help course coordinators in summarizing improvement suggestions from multiple instructors teaching different sections of that course. These features collectively aim to enhance faculty productivity through reduced manual effort. To evaluate the effectiveness of the system, we conducted an anonymous survey among departmental faculty members. Of the 22 responses received, two were excluded using a custom-designed filtering algorithm for inconsistency, and one was removed as an outlier via Principal Component Analysis (PCA), leaving 19 consistent responses for analysis. The results show a median rating of 8 out of 10 across nearly all evaluated aspects, demonstrating strong user satisfaction. A comparative analysis with existing similar tools published in the literature indicates that our system offers superior functionality. Its distinctive combination of automated outcome calculations, AI-supported CQI report generation, and comprehensive versioning for OBE documentation delivers unmatched automation, insight, and adaptability.