Friday, 17 December 2021

252th AUN-QA Programme Assessment at Can Tho University, Vietnam

The 252th AUN-QA Programme Assessment (online) at Can Tho University, Vietnam was held from 13 to 17 December 2021 for the following 4 study programmes:

  • Bachelor of Engineering in Land Management
  • Bachelor in Chemistry
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Crop Science
  • Bachelor of Engineering in Food Technology

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin led the programme assessment for the Bachelor of Engineering in Crop Science with Asst. Prof. Dr. Roberto Bruno Gozzoli (Thailand).




Thursday, 9 December 2021

Quality and Equity - the Twin Pillars of Online Learning and Teaching

At the ASEAN-QA Forum 2021 on 2 December 2021,  Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc and Mr. Johnson Ong presented the "The Twin Pillars of Effective Online Teaching and Learning in the New Normal". The presentation emphasizes the quality and equity, the twin pillars of effective online learning coupled with stakeholders’ collaboration as a way forward for institutions to reimagine their online learning in the new normal in ensuring an effective, successful and sustainable online teaching and learning for a quality and equitable education.

The forum was hosted online by the ASEAN-QA Association on 2 and 3 December 2021.

Discovering the Happiness DNA in You

The 4th  "Discovering the Happiness DNA in You" workshop was held on 1 December 2021 at Hilton 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.

6th Workshop on Writing Self-Assessment Report (SAR) for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment

The 6th 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 16 - 26 November November 2021. The workshop was attended by participants from universities in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. 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 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.



What some participants said about the workshop:

"Feedback from our assignments was very useful."

"I think the two most interesting and useful ones are the systematic analysis of standards which developed item by item, and the general post editing which offers feedback and comments."

"How to write (techniques) SAR, what should we provide or put in each criterion."


Monday, 22 November 2021

5th Workshop on Writing Self-Assessment Report (SAR) for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment

The 5th 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 9 - 19 November November 2021. The workshop was attended by participants from universities in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. 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 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.



Some feedback from participants about the workshop:

"Modelling the survey results to improve teaching and learning strategies towards achieving the programme ELOs."

"Clarify of confusing items, Giving some good examples of how to present evidences and related data for all criteria involved in AUN-QA SAR writing;) Thank you so much."

"Overall of this Training is very active and the activities are interesting and useful for online training course."

"I think it was an enjoyable workshop even if it was in Zoom. Johnson is very accommodating to questions and understands that we need guidance in writing the SAR so he is very helpful. Appreciate also that the workshop starts on time :)"

"The instructor is very professional, patient and willingly answer all the questions. Thank you so much!"




Sunday, 21 November 2021

Happier Teachers Happier Students Seminar

The 2-hour virtual “Happier Teachers Happier Students” Seminar at Creative Language Center, Ton Duc Thang University was held on 18 November 2021 as part of the Vietnamese Teachers' Day celebration. 

The seminar aims to equip teachers with the competencies and techniques to nurture the trinity of happiness and how they can use them in their classrooms. Happiness is contagious and when we have happier teachers, our students will be happier too. 

The seminar was facilitated by Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin, Chief Happiness Coach of Living Better and Dr. Nguyen Thi My Ngoc, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City.



4th Workshop on Writing Self-Assessment Report (SAR) for Successful AUN-QA Programme Assessment

The 4th 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 25 October - 5 November 2021. The workshop was attended by 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 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.


Some feedback from the participants:

"I  like the SAR review part of this workshop. Very insightful."

"I find the breakout session to be very helpful as it provided multiple perspectives."

"The lecture, example evidences, the actual write-up from each group, and Mr. Ong's assessments are very interesting and useful to me."