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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. 

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

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. 

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

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.