Leveraging a constructively aligned OBTL approach for software engineering education

We present our approach in conducting an OBTL-based (Outcomes-Based Teaching and Learning) software engineering course that incorporated many constructively aligned TLA (Teaching, Learning and Assessment) techniques. This course is offered in the fourth semester of the Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) degree program in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Moratuwa. The constructively aligned OBTL approach was refined over three consecutive years of offering this course based on student feedback and lecturers' reflection. We discuss our teaching experiences, the students' perceptions and the overall results that we observed.