AUN-ADB Phase 3 Project for CLM Countries - 1st QA Training Workshop in Cambodia

AUN-ADB Phase 3 of QA training to universities in CLM countries will be held over 3 years from 2014 to 2016. The 1st training workshop will be held in 2014 and it will involve participants that had participated in phases 1 and 2 of QA training. The 2nd and 3rd training workshops will be held in 2015 and 2016 respectively. The workshops aim to attract new applicants from CLM universities.

The 1st QA training workshop for Cambodia was held from 28 - 31 July 2014 and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin (AUN-QA Expert) and Dr Wyona Patalinghug (DLSU). Twenty-four participants from the following institutions attended the 1st QA training workshop:

• Royal University of Laws and Economics
• Royal University of Phnom Penh
• Cambodian University for Specialties
• National University of Management
• Svay Rieng University
• Accreditation Committee of Cambodia
• Department of Higher Education

The 1st QA training workshop aims to achieve the following learning outcomes:

• Apply the PDCA approach to curriculum design and development
• Identify the stakeholders’ needs for curriculum development
• Apply constructive alignment of learning outcomes, teaching and learning strategies and student assessment
• Apply Bloom’s taxonomy in learning outcomes
• Apply appropriate teaching and learning strategies for effective learning
• Design student assessment and rubrics
• Adapt and translate the Bloom’s taxonomy into local language for implementation

The 1st workshop focuses on enhancing the QA in curriculum design and development process emphasizing on constructive alignment of learning outcomes, teaching and learning strategy and student assessment. It hopes to strengthen the underlying foundations of QA in higher education of CLM countries.