Outcome Based Education & Academic Quality Assurance

Course details

If you are teaching or will be teaching in educational school, college or a university; or involved in research; or in producing online courses or involved in students services; then this course is for you. The course is developed by PIQC and has won the 'Best Seller' category on Udemy and is the only course available on this topic, where more than 500 highly satisfied teachers and academician are presently enrolled in from various countries.

The course is also useful for those looking for ways to implement OBE to fulfill the requirements of Accreditation bodies. The course covers fundamentals to advance modern concepts with plenty of practical examples and good practices with implementation guidelines. The course aims to make you a much better teacher, researcher and/or administrator.

Outcome Based Education is a changing trend modern and 21st century schools, colleges and universities in many countries and institutions.  Presently, most teachers are teaching in traditional classroom setups which are highly "teacher-centered" or taught with fixed curricula.  OBE is a shift towards "Students-Centered" classrooms with focus on learning outcomes.  Many new knowledge and skills are required in traditional teachers for teaching based on the required learning outcomes.  Teachers and administrators of education institutions will have to learn new methods and approaches to prepare themselves for world-class quality.

Academic Quality Assurance for teachers and institutions is all about setting academic standards/benchmarks for all the subjects and programs taught in schools, colleges or universities; a structure for monitoring, controlling and continuously improving the learning outcomes and ensuring that each academic standard is complying to internal and external benchmarks.  A set of QA initiatives/interventions are therefore required at various levels.  This course provides details of QA initiatives in the areas of Teacher and Teaching, Curriculum, Assessment, Research, Teacher-Student Communication, Students Affairs and Services and Online Education (eLearning).  The use of eLearning is specifically expanding throughout the world, particularly in blended or flipped learning, in order to strengthen their educational efficiency and effectiveness.  The course also provides introduction to latest eLearning trends and how QA is assured in this mode of learning.

The course also provides introduction to many internationally popular QA/Accreditation frameworks, programs and models at schools, colleges and universities levels, covering their most crucial points.  The instructor shares global experiences and challenges faced by teachers as individuals, institutions and state levels; making it a valuable learning experience for teachers, administrators, policy makers and educational professionals for across the world. 

The instructor is the Head of PIQC Institute of Quality, a center for excellence in Quality.