A 31/2-day OBE workshop "Applied Approach to Designing and Implementing Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) Framework" was hosted by West Yangon Technological University from 1 to 4 April 2019. The workshop was jointly sponsored by Education Quality International (eqi) as part of its service community project for CLM countries in ASEAN, West Yangon Technological University and AUN-QA Network. This was the third community project by eqi to assist CLM countries in uplifting their education quality.
The workshop was designed and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder & Principal Consultant (eqi) and AUN-QA Expert The workshop aims to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Integrate OBE framework and Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) approach to curriculum design, development, implementation and evaluation
- Select appropriate strategies to engage stakeholders in curriculum design
- Apply the principle of constructive alignment to align stakeholders’ needs, curriculum, learning outcomes, teaching and learning, and student assessment
- Apply revised Bloom’s Taxonomy in writing learning outcomes
- Select appropriate instructional and assessment methods to achieve learning outcomes
- Design student assessment rubrics and marking schemes to achieve learning outcomes
- Evaluate the OBE curriculum for quality enhancement
- Apply change management in implementing OBE
A total of 40 Participants from 11 universities in Myanmar attended the workshop.
