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FLEXIBLE EDUCATION:
CHALLENGES AND WAYFORD
Prof. Sr. Ir. Dr. Suhaimi Abdul-Talib Deputy Vice Chancellor
(Academic & International)
Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)
2016-MQA & IQA International Seminar on Quality Assurance of Higher
Education, 17-18 October, Sunway Resort Hotel & SPA, Kuala Lumpur
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
NEED AND MOTIVATION FOR FLEXIBLE
EDUCATION
DESIGNING THE FLEXIBLE
CURRICULUM
CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD
CONCLUDING REMARKS
INTRODUCTION
RAPID CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
LANDSCAPE
- Global Economic Crisis
- Globalization: ASEAN Economic Community
and TPPA
- Rapid Change in Digital Technology
- Emerging Vocation and Graduate Employability
- The Declining Value of the Degree
- Changing Characteristics of Learners: Gen Y/Z
INTRODUCTION
“ the seismic effect on higher education”
“content is everywhere and readily
available…what the graduate can do is more
important that what the graduate knows”
Can Flexible Education Help?
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
NEED AND MOTIVATION FOR FLEXIBLE
EDUCATION
DESIGNING THE FLEXIBLE
CURRICULUM
CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD
CONCLUDING REMARKS
The evolution from Education 1.0 to 3.0
• Source: Gerstein’s User generated Education
MOTIVATING
REGULATORS - MOHE
All Malaysians
Started
work in March 2013
Launched by PM on 7 April
2015
▪ 14 chapter writing teams
▪ 20 lead authors
▪ 42 writing team members
MOTIVATING
REGULATORS - MQA No. Document Areas of Flexibility and Impact 1 APEL Handbook
for Learners (2013)
Flexible entry requirement: enhances access promotes LLL.
2 MQA GGP: APEL (2013)
Flexible entry requirement: enhances access promotes LLL.
3 MQA CP for ODL (2013)
Diversification of technology enabled
delivery methods; enhances access & promotes LLL.
4 MQA Guideline on
Transfer Credit for MOOCs (2016)
Diversification of technology enabled
delivery methods; enhances access & promotes LLL.
5 MQA GGP: WBL (2016)
Diversification of delivery methods;
industrial experience; better graduate employability.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
NEED AND MOTIVATION FOR FLEXIBLE
EDUCATION
DESIGNING THE FLEXIBLE
CURRICULUM
CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD
CONCLUDING REMARKS
DESIGNING THE FLEXIBLE
CURRICULUM
OUTCOMES
BASED
CURRICULUM
DESIGN WORK-BASED
LEARNING (2u:1i
OR 3u:1i)
CONTENT & DELIVERY MODE TO SUPPORT REQUIRED
SKILL SETS
ON-LINE &
DISTANCE
LEARNING;
MOOCs; FLIP
CLASSROOMs
INTER
DISCIPLINARY
& MOBILITY &
RELEVANT TO
SOCIETY
NON COGNITIVE
LOs TO BE
SUPPORTED BY
CROSS
DISCIPLINE
COURSES
21st CENTURY
SKILL SETs &
MOBILITY &
COLLABORATIVE
LEARNING
MOBILITY &
GRADUATE
EMPLOYABILITY
ELIMINATES
CONTENT
MAPPING FOR
CREDIT
TRANSFER
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
NEED AND MOTIVATION FOR FLEXIBLE
EDUCATION
DESIGNING THE FLEXIBLE
CURRICULUM
CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD
CONCLUDING REMARKS
CHALLENGES & WAY
FORWARD
• BUYING IN FROM STAKEHOLDERS – moving from
content delivery to outcomes development
• TRANSFORMING THE CURRICULUM STRUCTURE-
moving from rigid to flexible and cross discipline.
• DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE DELIVERY METHODS-
moving from education 2.0 to education 3.0
• QUALITY ASSURANCE – from conventional to APEL,
MOOCS, WBL
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
INTRODUCTION
NEED AND MOTIVATION FOR FLEXIBLE
EDUCATION
DESIGNING THE FLEXIBLE
CURRICULUM
CHALLENGES & WAY FORWARD
CONCLUDING REMARKS
We are part of an exciting phase of transformation…
As Academics and Panels we need to embrace this transformation and become the change agents that is needed to ensure a successful outcome of this transformation.
CROSS DISCIPLINE
COURSES
• Aesthetic Reasoning • Science of Living System
• Culture and Belief • Science of the Physical Universe
• Empirical and mathematical reasoning
• Society and the World
• Ethical Reasoning • Role of Society and Politics in Global Economy
https://college.harvard.edu/academics/planning-your-degree/general-education.
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