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EASIMAP: a coherent approach to the assessment of learning outcomes on engineering degree programmes

Abstract Leaders of accredited engineering degree programmes are expected to be able to demonstrate that students are offered the opportunity of achieving the learning outcomes specified by the professional institution accrediting the programme. These learning outcomes should in turn map onto the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence: The Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes (UK-SPEC) output standards. In addition, programme leaders are also expected to provide evidence that students have attained these learning outcomes. The Engineering Subject Centre’s EASIMAP Project seeks to assist programme leaders in these tasks by providing a coherent approach to the mapping, recording, and assessment of learning outcomes. To this end, the project has recently developed an electronic tool that will enable programme leaders to map and record student attainment of learning outcomes. In addition, the tool provides assessment feedback to the student and demonstrates the student’s progression in meeting the learning outcomes for the programme of study. This paper explores key issues regarding assessment practice, details the rationale for and purpose of the project, identifies stakeholder needs, and describes the design framework underpinning the development of an electronic tool to support academics in the assessment of learning outcomes.