Saturday 27 June 2020

Quality Assurance Framework for Online Learning and Teaching

The European Union Support to the Higher Education in the ASEAN Region (SHARE) Programme hosted the SHARE Policy Dialogue Webinar Series on “Looking Ahead to an ASEAN Higher Education Space”, to be held between 10-25 June 2020. 


Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert (Singapore) was invited as one of the three speakers at the Policy Dialogue, Session F on "Quality Standards for Online and Distance Higher Education" on 25 June 2020. He shared the quality assurance framework for online learning and teaching in the context of AUN-QA framework at the webinar which was attended by more than 300 international participants.




The webinar can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Cx2P9Kht8_E



Sunday 7 June 2020

Assessor Training Workshop for Programme Assessment (Online) at the Faculty of Law (FLP), NUOL

The Assessor Training Workshop for Programme Assessment (Online) was jointly organised and hosted by LuxDev LAO/031 and the Faculty of Law (FLP), National University of Laos. The 3.5-day workshop was held at Donnokkhoum Campus via online facilitation from 2 to 5 June 2020. 

The workshop aims to equip participants with the strategic competencies in carrying out quality assessment of study programmes based on the AUN-QA programme framework. 

The expected learning outcomes of the workshop are:
  1. Explain the principles of quality assessment;
  2. Distinguish between rules-based and principles-based quality assessment;
  3. Demonstrate the competences to carry out the PDCA approach to study programme assessment;
  4. Formulate questions for study programme assessment and stakeholders’ interviews;
  5. Conduct a desktop assessment for a study programme;
  6. Conduct a site assessment including stakeholders’ interviews, site tour and documentation review; and
  7. Write quality assessment feedback, presentation and report
The workshop was graced and opened by the Vice Dean, Assoc. Prof. BounTheing Phommachanh on the first day of the workshop followed by a group photo.

The workshop was facilitated online via zoom platform by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, International Curriculum Development Specialist and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc (Jenny), Regional Curriculum Development and Quality Specialist with Dr. Thanongsack Duangdala as the translator. The workshop was attended by 30 participants and 11 observers including Dean, Vice-Deans, Heads and faculty members and staff of administrative offices from FLP and the National University of Laos. 

The workshop was closed by the Dean, Assoc. Prof. Viengvilay Theingchansay with a closing speech after the certificate presentation on the final day of the workshop. The workshop was the first and ever assessor training facilitated online which ended successfully in presenting the participants with a hyper-real experience.