Designing, Implementing and Evaluating OBE Framework at Financial Accreditation Agency (FAA)

 A 2-day workshop on "Designing, Implementing and Evaluating OBE Framework" was organised by Financial Accreditation Agency (FAA) Malaysia on 12 and 13 November 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The workshop was designed and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder & Principal Consultant, Education Quality International (eqi) and AUN-QA Expert. The learning outcomes of the workshop are:

• Distinguish the differences between principles-based and rules-based assessment
• Differentiate OBE, AUN-QA, FQF, MQA and AACSB frameworks used for programme design and assessment
• Apply the OBE principles in designing, implementing and evaluating study programmes
• Apply the principle of constructive alignment of stakeholders’ needs, curriculum, learning outcomes, teaching and learning, and student assessment  in evaluating study programmes 
• Evaluate the level of OBE implementation

The workshop was attended by 17 participants from FAA Malaysia.

11th Assessor Training Workshop for AUN-QA Programme Assessment

The 11th Assessor Training Workshop for AUN-QA Programme Assessment was jointly organised by AUN-QA Network and Ateneo de Manila University from 31 October to 6 November 2019 in Manila, the Philippines. The workshop was uniquely designed to give a "hyper-real" experience by incorporating both "simulated assessment environment" in the classroom and "live assessment" observation of the 165th AUN-QA Programme Assessment at Ateneo de Manila University.

The workshop aims to equip participants with the essential competences to carry out an AUN-QA programme assessment. The workshop aims to achieve the following learning outcomes:

• Demonstrate the competences to carry out AUN-QA programme assessment 
• Relate the quality assurance of higher education in key ASEAN member states to AUN-QA programme assessment 
• Formulate questions for AUN-QA programme assessment 
• Apply the PDCA approach in AUN-QA programme assessment
• Prepare an AUN-QA programme assessment 
• Conduct a desktop assessment for a programme; 
• Conduct a site assessment including stakeholders’ interviews, site tour and documentation review; and 
• Write assessment feedback, presentation and report

The workshop was attended by 32 participants from universities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert together with Dr. Tan Kay Chuan from the National University of Singapore.