University Management has earmarked a special funding (OBA Funding) to support colleagues to develop strategies and methods for implementing outcome-based approaches (OBA) to student learning in their departments/ programmes/ subjects.

Effective implementation of outcome-based approaches to student learning involves:

1. Defining programme/subject intended learning outcomes to encompass both academic/professional knowledge/skills and generic competences and communicating them to relevant stakeholders.
2. Designing teaching, learning and assessment methods for the subjects to facilitate students'attainment of the subject outcomes.
3. Mapping the intended learning outcomes, teaching, learning and assessment of the subjects to the programme outcomes to ensure attainment of programme outcomes
4. Designing appropriate strategies, methods and plans for collecting evidence on students'attainment of the subject and programme outcomes.
5. Using the outcome data to further improve the quality of the programmes.

OBA Funding is established to support projects which aim to develop, pilot and evaluate strategies and methods pertaining to one or more of the above areas. Each round of the funding may give priority to proposals which address areas identified as most needing development at the time.

The management of the funding and the monitoring of the progress of all funded projects are undertaken by the Working Group on Outcome-based Education(WGOBE) with administrative support provided by the Educational Development Centre (EDC).

For further information regarding the funding, please read the following pages or contact Miss Kevinia Cheung, Secretary of WGOBE (Ext. 4413/ kevinia.cheung@polyu.edu.hk).

Funding Distributed Previously

The first round of the funding was distributed in June 2007 to support faculties, schools and departments to implement the OBA action plans in their Business Plans for the academic year 2007/08. A total of HK$5 million was distributed to support the 13 proposals submitted.

The second round of the funding was distributed in May 2008 to support colleagues to develop strategies and methods for implementing OBA to student learning in their departments/programmes/subjects. A total of HK$10 million was distributed to support the 26 proposals approved.

For further detailed information of the projects, please go to the part Funded Projects.