Sunday, 21 August 2022

Education in a VUCA World

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin was invited as a keynote speaker during the Faculty Day at the Far Eastern University, Manila, the Philippines on 11 August 2022. He shared the Education in a VUCA World in his keynote speech which was attended by about 500 faculty and administrative staff.





Sunday, 7 August 2022

Training of Trainers Workshop at the National University of Management, Cambodia

A seminar on the "Quality Assurance Framework of Online Learning and Teaching" and a 3-day workshop on "Training of Trainers" were hosted from 27 to 29 July 2022 by the National University of Management, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, the leading consultants of the 5-year NUM IQA project which is a community project to uplift the quality assurance of higher education in CLM countries. The workshop was attended by 26 participants from various faculties and departments.


The Training of Trainers workshop was based on a DDE Framework developed by Education Quality International with a strong focus on micro-teaching in which each participant has to facilitate a 10-minute lesson in applying what they have learned in the workshop.



The Ecosystem of Curriculum (Re)design in Higher Education Institutions

The presentation of "The Ecosystem of Curriculum (Re)design in Higher Education Institutions" was shared by Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin at the  international conference "Innovative Leadership in Higher Education: Global Trends and Practices in the Post COVID-19 Pandemic" hosted online from 7 - 8 July 2022 by SEAMEO RETRAC, Vietnam.

The presentation shares the key challenges in the VUCA world, their impacts on higher education and how higher education institutions can ride above the wave of disruption by (re)design their curricula from a multidirectional or ecosystem perspective.  The conference was attended by more than 300 participants from ASEAN and the region.



6th AUN-QA Tier 1 Training Workshop (Online)

The 6th AUN-QA Tier 1 training workshop for the AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4) was held online from 4 - 25 July 2022 by the AUN-QA Network. The online workshop was designed based on the principles of blended learning, flipped classroom, collaborative learning and  backward design.

The workshop comprised both asynchronous and synchronous sessions in which participants are required to watch the videos of the AUN-QA programme framework and its criteria to submit their clarifications prior to each synchronous session. They are also required to complete a gap analysis of a chosen study programme based in the AUN-QA programme framework (version 4) in groups.

The 6th AUN-QA Tier 1 training workshop was attended by 32 participants from universities and institutions in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA expert was one of the 4 coaches for the 6th batch which was led by Dr. Arnel Onesimo Uy (Philippines).



283rd AUN-QA Programme Assessment at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand

The 283rd AUN-QA Programme Assessment (Online/Remote Site Visit) at Prince of Songkla University , Pattani Campus, Thailand was held from 11 to 15 July 2022 for the following 4 study programmes:

  • Bachelor of Political Science Programme
  • Bachelor of Nursing Programme
  • Bachelor of Communication Arts Programme
  • Master of Science Programme in Applied Chemistry

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin led the 283rd AUN-QA programme assessment as Chief Assessor and Lead Assessor for the Bachelor of Political Science Programme with Dr. Marlene M. De Leon.



Writing Learning Outcomes and Designing Marking Schemes Workshop at Myanmar Maritime University

A 3-day online workshop on "Writing Learning Outcomes and Designing Marking Schemes" was held from 28 to 30 June 2022 at the Myanmar Maritime University (MMU), Myanmar which was hosted  by  Educational Quality International (eqi). The online workshop was attended by 32 participants from various departments and IQA Office of the university. 

The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc who are the leading consultants for the 3-year MMU IQA project supported by AUN-QA Network and Education Quality International which is a community project to uplift the quality assurance of higher education in CLM countries. 

The workshop aims to achieve the following learning outcomes:

  • Use learning taxonomy to write SMART learning outcome statements
  • Review the ELOs of the study programmes and their courses to meet AUN-QA programme framework Version 4;
  • Formulate assessment plan;
  • Design rubrics and marking (answer) keys; and
  • Establish a system to measure the achievement of PLOs and CLOs