Students' Perception on Assessment for Learning in Outcome-Based Education Curriculum: A Case Study in the Optical Communication Course

This paper shares the students, perception on implementing assessment for learning (AfL) strategies in the Optical Communication course under outcome based education (OBE) curriculum. Instead of frequently having questions and answers (QnA) session at the end of lecture, other few methods of AfL such as video presentation, game based learning and online reflection activities have been adapted in seeking the impact of AfL towards students, performance in their summative assessment in test form. After the test result was announced, a students, perception survey was carried based on their perceptions regarding the AFL activities. The collected data were also analyzed with relation to the students, performance in their test. The findings show positive perceptions among students and relatively indicate satisfying performance in their test. However, more rigorous assessment methods should be carried out in the future, especially in helping the weak students.