AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4) at a Glance

 

Applying and Assessing Constructive Alignment in Academic and Professional Programmes at FAA

A two half-day workshop on "Applying and Assessing Constructive Alignment in Academic and Professional Programmes" was organised for Financial Accreditation Agency (FAA) Malaysia on 15 and 16 December 2020 online via zoom. The workshop was designed and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder & Principal Consultant, Education Quality International (eqi) and AUN-QA Expert. The learning outcomes of the workshop are:

• Explain constructive alignment, its rationales and methodologies
• Apply constructive alignment in learning outcomes and competency-based programmes
• Assess constructive alignment in academic and professional programmes

The workshop was attended by 19 participants from FAA Malaysia.

1st Discovering the Happiness DNA in You Workshop

The 1st "Discovering the Happiness DNA in You" workshop was held on 4 December 2020 at Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore. The workshop was a redesign from the previous workshop on "The Happiness DNA". The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Definition of happiness
• The science and facts of happiness
• The happiness DNA
• Discovering and measuring happiness DNA
• Internal happiness DNA: mental, emotional and spiritual happiness
• Nurturing and sustaining true happiness

The workshop was organised in collaboration with ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better.

2nd Happier Career Happier Life Workshop

The 2nd "Happier Career Happier Life" workshop was held on 27 November 2020 at Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore. The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• Overview of the happiness DNA 
• The science of happiness in career
• Personality profiling tools to find suitable career choices including numerology, NERIS Type Explorer® and bazi (birthdate)
• Job crafting to redesign work to suit one’s values, strengths and passions
• Understand the kinds of work stress and how to manage them
•  Appreciate the future of work and how to stay relevant

The workshop was organised in collaboration with ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better.

1st online workshop on "AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4)

The joint community project between AUN-QA Network and Education Quality International (eqi) was mooted and launched in July 2018. The main objectives of the collaboration are to provide universities in CLM countries with greater opportunities to harmonize their education with other ASEAN universities, to uplift their higher education systems, and to develop and maintain the quality assurance at programme and institutional level based on AUN-QA framework and Outcomes-Based Education (OBE). 

With the launch of the revised AUN-QA programme framework version 4 in November 2020, a series of workshops has been planned upon the requests from universities in Myanmar particularly the 33 technological universities and 27 information technology universities in Myanmar. The first online workshop coordinated by Kyauske Technological University was held from 24 to 26 November 2020. The workshop was attended by 39 participants from various technological universities in Myanmar and facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Principal Consultant of eqi and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc, Deputy Director, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City.  The workshop equips participants with the ability to:

• Identify the quality assurance ecosystem;
• Describe the AUN-QA framework;
• Apply the PDCA approach to AUN-QA programme assessment;
• Interpret the AUN-QA criteria for programme level; and
• Write self-assessment report (SAR)

2nd Online Pilot Programme Assessment at the Faculty of Law and Political Science (FLP), NUOL

The 2nd online pilot programme assessment at the Faculty of Law and Political Science (FLP), National University of Laos for Bachelor of Law Programme in Business Law, Bachelor of Law Programme in Civil Law and Bachelor of Political Science Programme in Governance. The online assessment was carried out from 17 to 20 November 2020 under the LuxDev Project.

The pilot programme assessment was carried out by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, International Curriculum Development Specialist and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc, Regional Curriculum Development and QA Standards Specialist.

Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project (SAHEP) Training Workshop (Phases 1 and 2)

The Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project (SAHEP) Training Workshop (Phases 1 and 2) was hosted online by the Viet Nam Education Quality Agency (VQA) in the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on 30 and 31 October 2020 and 6 and 7 November 2020 respectively. Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Principal Consultant of Education Quality International facilitated the workshop which was attended by 30 senior assessors in each phase. 

• Relate the quality ecosystem to institutional and programme QA
• Identify the factors affecting the design of IQA system
• Relate key quality and educational concepts to OBE and QA
• Identify assessor’s competences
• Apply assessment techniques to QA assessment

41th Intake of Certified Quality Manager - Communication Skills

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 Communication Skills and Abilities module which was held on 17 October 2020. The module covers the following topics:

• Communication Techniques
• Interpersonal Skills 
• Communications in a Global Economy
• Communications and Technology

Quality Assurance of Digital Learning in the Disruptive Era

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Founder and Principal Consultant of Education Quality International was invited as a keynote speaker at the virtual "International Conference on the Future of Higher Education Initiatives in Indonesia throughout Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond" hosted by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia (MOEC/Kemdikbud) and the DAAD Regional Office Jakarta. Johnson's presented the topic on "Quality Assurance of Digital Learning in the Disruptive Era" which covered the following areas:

• The need for quality assurance framework in digital learning
• Quality assurance framework of digital learning
• Quality assurance indicators for digital learning
• Aligning the quality assurance framework of digital learning to AUN-QA framework
• 5Rs strategy to redesign digital learning