Monday, 27 August 2018

2nd Applied Approach to Designing and Implementing OBE Framework

The AUN-QA Network and Educational Quality International (EQI) collaborated to host the second "Applied Approach to Designing and Implementing Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) Framework" Training Workshop (aka AUN-QA Tier 1 Plus) from 21 to 24 August 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 4-day workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert and Founder & Principal consultant of EQI. The workshop aims to achieve the following learning outcomes:
  1. Describe the characteristics of Education 4.0
  2. Integrate OBE framework and Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) approach to curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation
  3. Select appropriate strategies to engage stakeholders in curriculum design
  4. Apply the principle of constructive alignment to align stakeholders’ needs, curriculum, learning outcomes, teaching and learning, and student assessment
  5. Apply revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in writing learning outcomes
  6. Select appropriate instructional and assessment methods to achieve learning outcomes
  7. Design student assessment rubrics and marking schemes to achieve learning outcomes
  8. Evaluate the OBE curriculum for quality enhancement
  9. Apply change management in implementing OBE
A total of 20 Participants from universities and institutions in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam attended the workshop.









Sunday, 12 August 2018

26th AUN-QA Workshop for Accomplishing Programme Assessment

The 26th AUN-QA Workshop for Accomplishing Programme Assessment was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 7 to 10 August 2018.

The 31/2-day workshop aims to introduce the AUN-QA framework and enhance quality assurance practices based on the 3rd version of the AUN-QA framework at programme level. The content of the workshop encompasses:
  • Quality assurance in higher education
  • AUN-QA framework and criteria at programme level
  • AUN-QA quality assessment process
  • PDCA Approach to self-assessment
  • Self-assessment report (SAR) writing
  • Change Management
The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert together with Dr. Yahaya Bin Md. Sam from Malaysia. The workshop was attended by 33 participants from 16 universities and institutions in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.










Thursday, 9 August 2018

36th Intake of Certified Quality Manager Course - Training and Development Module

The Certified Quality Manager (CQM) course is hosted by the Singapore Quality Institute (SQI) and Mr Johnson Ong Chee Bin is the appointed trainer for the Training and Development Module. The module for the 36th intake was held on 4 August 2018 at SQI. The module covers the following topics:

  • Introduction to Training and Development
  • Training and Development Process
  • National Model for Training and Development
  • Factors affecting the Future of Training and Development