Best Practices of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in Higher Education

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Technical Expert, EU-SHARE and Principal Consultant of Education Quality International (EQI) was invited as a keynote speaker at the National Webinar hosted by Universitas Indonesia as part of EU-SHARE Peer Multiplication Training (PMT) project on 13 October 2022. The workshop was attended by more than 100 participants.

8th AUN-QA Tier 1 Training Workshop (Online)

The 8th AUN-QA Tier 1 training workshop for the AUN-QA Programme Framework (Version 4) was held online from 12 - 26 September 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.

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA expert was one of the 4 coaches for the 8th batch.

Evaluating the Success and Effectiveness of OBE at Foreign Trade University

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Technical Expert, EU-SHARE and Principal Consultant of Education Quality International (EQI) was invited to facilitate a online workshop on evaluation of OBE implementation and overview of AUN-QA programme framework at the Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam on 31 August 2022 as part of EU-SHARE Peer Multiplication Training (PMT) project and EQI's community service.

Happier Career Happier Life

The 8th "Happier Career Happier Life" workshop was held on 23 September 2022 at Furama City Centre 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. Various techniques to manage stress were shared and practised such as muscle relaxation, meditation, laughter yoga, stretching exercise and art therapy.

Discovering the Happiness DNA in You

The 5th  "Discovering the Happiness DNA in You" workshop was held on 26 August 2022 at Furama City Hotel, Singapore. . The outline of the workshop is as follows:

• What is happiness?
• The science and facts of happiness
• The happiness DNA
• Trinity of 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.

Happy Employees Work Better

The 3rd  "Happy Employees Work Better" workshop was held on 24 and 25 August 2022 at Furama City Hotel, Singapore. The workshop is a collaboration between ASK Training Pte Ltd and Living Better. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better.

The outline of the workshop covers the following topics:

• The Happiness DNA
• Importance of workplace happiness
• The workplace happiness DNA
• Happy purpose – building a sense of purpose
• Happy people - nurturing the Happiness DNA
• Happy practices - keeping employees happy
• Happy culture – sustaining a happy workforce

10th "Writing Self-Assessment Report (SAR) for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment" Workshop

The 10th online workshop on "Writing Self-Assessment Report (SAR) for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment" based on AUN-QA Programme Framework Version 4 was held from 15 - 29 August 2022. The workshop was attended by 34 participants from universities in the Philippines and Thailand. The online workshop adopted both synchronous and asynchronous modes of delivery and hands-on assignment in writing SAR. At the end of the workshop, the participants received a consolidated SAR and feedback arises from their assignments. The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, AUN-QA Expert and Founder & Principal Consultant of Education Quality International in collaboration with the AUN-QA Network.