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The ASEAN-QA partnering organisations invite higher education institutions all over ASEAN to apply to the upcoming Training on Internal Quality Assurance (TrainIQA). The training consists of five modules which will be addressed during three interconnected workshops and online phases. As part of the training, the selected higher education institutions will implement a change project which will be mentored by experts. More information on the training and application procedure can be found in the Call for Application and on www.trainiqa.org.

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.

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.

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.

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.