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ASEAN-QA ONLINE FORUM 2020 Series 4 - Quality Assurance in Times of Disruption and Innovation

Benjamin Jung | 12 November 2020

The fourth and final session of the ASEAN-QA Online Forum 2020 with the theme "Drivers for Change: Quality Assurance in Times of Disruption and Innovation" will be held on 25th-27th November 2020, at 2:00 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta time/ GMT +7) via Zoom (hosted by the University of the Philippines).

This is the culmination of the series started in July that focused on the shift to online teaching and learning.

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ASEAN-QA ONLINE FORUM 2020 Series 3 - Assuring Quality in Assessment

Frank Niedermeier | 21 September 2020

The third Online Forum "Going Digital: Assuring Quality in Assessment" will be held on the 30th September 2020, at 2:00 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta time/ GMT +7) via Zoom (hosted by the University of the Philippines).

This Forum will focus on how HEIs with different contexts and different levels of experiences conduct online assessments, and how QA can better support HEI management navigate the whole assessment process during this pandemic.

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ASEAN-QA ONLINE FORUM 2020 Series 2 - Learning from the Learners

Frank Niedermeier | 19 August 2020

The second event of the Online Forum Series 2020 with the topic "Going Digital: Learning from the Learners" will take place on the 27th August 2020, at 2:00 PM (Bangkok/Jakarta time/ GMT +7) via Zoom.

This time, we will listen to the voice of our learners in a panel discussion with students from Atma Jaya Catholic University (Indonesia), Mahidol University (Thailand), Phnom Penh International University (Cambodia), Potsdam University (Germany), and Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Malaysia). The discussion will focus on the experiences of students during the shift to online teaching and learning and how higher education institutions have engaged them in quality assurance processes.

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ASEAN-QA TrainIQA Call for Applications 2020-21

Benjamin Jung

ASEAN-QA welcomes applications for the 2020-2021 cohort

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ASEAN-QA ONLINE FORUM 2020 Series 1 - Going Digital

Frank Niedermeier | 6 July 2020

Due to the current Pandemic, the second ASEAN-QA Forum 2020 will be held in a series of online sessions and focus on the theme "Drivers for Change: Quality Assurance in Times of Disruption and Innovation". The forum aims to provide an avenue to discuss current issues caused by COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing restrictions in higher education institutions (HEIs).

The first event of the ASEAN-QA Online Forum will take place on the 23rd July 2020 at 2:00 PM (Bangkok/ Jakarta Time / GMT+7) via ZOOM. The Online Forum will concentrate on the theme "Going Digital: How do we assure quality in the shift" or, namely, on how HEIs with different contexts and different levels of experiences handled the sudden shift, and how quality assurance (QA) can better support HEI management navigate the whole teaching and learning process during this pandemic.

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ASEAN-QA FORUM 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam

Frank Niedermeier | 9 March 2020

The ASEAN-QA FORUM took place from 7th November 2019 until 8th November 2019 at Foreign Trade University in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The Forum on the theme "Networking for Building and Sustaining Quality Culture in Higher Education Institutions" was attended by more than 250 participants including quality managers and directors as well as university managers, students, and also quality assurance agencies, ministries and representatives of employers. This forum represented the conclusion of the ASEAN-QA project and the launch of the ASEAN Quality Assurance Association (ASEAN-QAA), which was initiated by the alumni of the project.

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Last Workshop of TrainIQA Phase III in Bangkok, Thailand 2018

Juliane Arasin | 29 March 2018

The fourth and last workshop of ASEAN-QA TrainIQA Phase III took place from 19 March 2018 until 21 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The main focus of the workshop was on quality assurance and the linkage to higher education management, as well as the wrap up of the individual projects of the participants in preparation of the upcoming final conference. This enabled the participants to identify lessons learned, points to improve and individual learning outcomes. The approach to aim at the outcomes with different methods like discussions, creativity methods, exercises and also theoretical inputs empowered the participants to exchange their experiences. To ensure the ongoing work on the individual projects, the participants forecasted the development of their projects five years from then. Everyone was invited to make comments and give valuable suggestions to achieve the defined goals

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Third TrainIQA Workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia 2017

Wilasinee Sittisomboon | 16 November 2017

The third workshop of the third ASEAN-QA TrainIQA cohort took place between 24 -28 October 2017 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

The workshop focused on the quality assurance of study programmes and their conception. Among others the Participants learnt more about strategic curriculum planning, teaching and learning strategies, how to define study programmes’ objectives, expected learning outcomes and competences as well as the concept of constructive alignment. The workshop further dealt with the continuous revision of study programmes and how to write an evaluation self-report at programme level. Additionally, the evaluation emphasized the linkage between external and internal quality assurance approaches and how to make best use of both worlds. A further emphasuis was put on networking and collaboration in the field of quality assurance and sharing experiences on curriculum and programme evaluation for curriculum improvement.

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Second TrainIQA Workshop 2017 in Potsdam

Juliane Hauschulz | 14 August 2017

The second workshop of the current ASEAN-QA TrainIQA training took place from 24 July 2017 until 1 August 2017 in Potsdam, Germany. The workshop focused on the evaluation process and on method training as well as the individuell projects of the participants. To get a practical insight into the topic, evaluation at the University of Potsdam in general and on faculty level and the follow-up activities at the University of Applied Sciences Münster were introduced. Moreover, the 32 participants coming from universities from nine different Southeast Asian countries visited the HTW Berlin and learnt a lot about their quality assurance system and the special challenges and opportunities of an University of Applied Sciences.

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TrainIQA Workshop on Module 1 in Kuala Lumpur

Juliane Hauschulz | 7 March 2017

From 20th to 24th February 2017, the participants of the second ASEAN-QA TrainIQA training came together for the first time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first workshop comprised presentations of international experts about quality in higher education, quality assurance and quality management systems in teaching and learning. The participants got an overview of the aims and the structure of the training programme, which will be completed in 2018 with a final conference. Moreover, the 32 participants coming from universities from nine different Southeast Asian countries developed their individual change projects that will be implemented in the context of the training at their home institutions.

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