Outcome Based Education (Obe) & Academic Quality Assurance

Master Course for Teachers to improve Quality of Teaching Strategies & Methods to achieve outstanding Learning Outcomes

What you'll learn
Breakthrough approaches to learning in education
How to improve your teaching and learning potential
Adopting student centered learning techniques
Different learning theories and taxonomies
Academic Quality Assurance models and frameworks
Implementation guidelines to better Quality Assurance in Education
Requirements
The course is for all levels
Description
MASTER COURSE FOR MAKING BREAKTHROUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF TEACHING & EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIESIf you are teaching or will be teaching in educational school, college or a university; then this course is for you. The course is the only course available on this topic in Udemy, where around three thousand highly satisfied teachers and academician from various schools, colleges, universities and policy makers are presently enrolled or have completed from around 80 countries.  The course prepares teachers and management of Institutions to deliver world-class education and achieve high quality of learning outcomes by their students with modern concepts, tools and methodologies.The course covers fundamentals to advance level concepts and theories with plenty of practical examples and best practices as well as guidance on implementation. The course aims to make an ordinary teacher to an outstanding teacher.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.

Overview

Section 1: Section 1: Fundamentals of Outcome Based Education (OBE)

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 Frequently Asked Questions

Lecture 3 Educational outcome vs output

Lecture 4 Competence vs Qualification

Lecture 5 From qualification to competence

Lecture 6 Learning vs Teaching

Lecture 7 OBE defined and traditional education

Lecture 8 Benefits of OBE

Lecture 9 Drawbacks of OBE

Lecture 10 Countries adopting OBE

Section 2: Bloom's Taxonomy: The 3 Domains

Lecture 11 The Bloom's three domains

Lecture 12 The Cognitive domain

Lecture 13 Modified Bloom's cognitive domain

Lecture 14 Educational goal settings and Bloom's Taxonomy

Lecture 15 Types of questions in Cognitive domain

Lecture 16 Examples of exam papers with bloom's levels

Lecture 17 Examples of Textbooks according with Bloom's levels

Lecture 18 Example lecture on higher cognitive level

Lecture 19 Critical thinking through questions

Lecture 20 Educational goals & national competitiveness

Lecture 21 Affective Domain

Lecture 22 Examples of Affective domain

Lecture 23 Right and Left side of brain

Lecture 24 Psychomotor Domain

Lecture 25 Summary of Bloom's Taxonomy

Section 3: SOLO Taxonomy

Lecture 26 SOLO: Video Clip example lecture

Lecture 27 SOLO Example lectures

Section 4: Kirkpatrick Training Evaluation Model

Lecture 28 Introduction

Lecture 29 Cases

Section 5: Multiple Intelligences (Howard Gardner)

Lecture 30 Introduction

Lecture 31 Measuring different types of intelligences in students

Section 6: Constructive Alignment

Lecture 32 Introduction

Lecture 33 How to align an unaligned course

Lecture 34 Guide to teaching strategies with Bloom's taxonomies

Lecture 35 Practical example

Section 7: Students Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

Lecture 36 Introduction to SLOs

Lecture 37 Course outcomes, program outcomes and educational objectives

Lecture 38 Three questions on Learning Outcomes

Lecture 39 Before you write SLOs, you should …

Lecture 40 SMART SLOs

Lecture 41 What should an SLO contain ?

Lecture 42 Things to avoid in writing SLOs

Lecture 43 How teachers should write SLOs

Lecture 44 Reference guide on writing SLOs

Lecture 45 Examples of SLOs

Lecture 46 How to start developing SLOs ?

Lecture 47 Chapter headings are not SLOs

Lecture 48 Example Academic Standards: Common Core Standards of USA

Section 8: Fundamentals of Quality Assurance in Education

Lecture 49 What is Quality Assurance

Lecture 50 Common issues in Academic Quality

Lecture 51 QA Terminologies - I

Lecture 52 QA Terminologies - II

Lecture 53 QA Terminologies - III

Lecture 54 After school tuition: A national dilemma

Lecture 55 Two dimensions of Quality in education

Lecture 56 QA is an intervention

Lecture 57 QA and educational framework

Lecture 58 Strategic planning of QA

Lecture 59 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Leading vs Lagging

Lecture 60 Example of a mission statement

Lecture 61 Quality and national educational objectives

Section 9: Quality Assurance in Teaching

Lecture 62 Top 15 teaching errors in universities

Lecture 63 Highly qualified vs high quality teachers

Lecture 64 Active vs passive teaching

Lecture 65 Five dimensions of teacher development

Lecture 66 Internal QA processes for teaching

Section 10: Quality Assurance in Curriculum

Lecture 67 Introduction

Lecture 68 Syllabus vs Curriculum

Lecture 69 Levels and hierarchy of curriculum

Lecture 70 curriculum development process

Lecture 71 Selecting the right textbook

Lecture 72 Internal QA processes for curriculum

Section 11: Quality Assurance in Exams & Assessments

Lecture 73 Introduction

Lecture 74 Roles and Responsibilities

Lecture 75 Quality issues in exams & assessments

Lecture 76 Assessment types

Lecture 77 Exam Validity

Lecture 78 Exam Reliability

Lecture 79 Exam Fairness

Lecture 80 Analyzing exam results for further improvement

Section 12: QA in Student-Teacher Communication

Lecture 81 Introduction

Lecture 82 Nature of classroom communication

Lecture 83 Example of classroom communication

Lecture 84 Classroom layout and communication

Lecture 85 QA requirements for effective communication

Section 13: Quality Assurance in Research

Lecture 86 What is Research Process

Lecture 87 Research output vs outcome

Lecture 88 Quality issues in Research

Lecture 89 Research in higher education

Lecture 90 Two types of studies

Lecture 91 Evaluation criteria for Research thesis

Lecture 92 Quality in writing thesis

Lecture 93 QA requirements in Research

Section 14: Quality Assurance in Students Affairs & Services

Lecture 94 What is Students Affairs & Services (SAS)

Lecture 95 Roles and Responsibilities - I

Lecture 96 Roles and Responsibilities - II

Lecture 97 QA in Students Affairs & Services

Section 15: Accreditation

Lecture 98 What is accreditation

Lecture 99 Accreditation requirements

Lecture 100 Examples of accreditation bodies

Lecture 101 ISO 9001 Quality Management System for education

Lecture 102 Summary

Section 16: OBE & QA Implementation

Lecture 103 Introduction to Implementing OBE & QA programs

Lecture 104 Implementing OBE as a program

Lecture 105 Implementing QA as a program

Section 17: Quality Assurance in Online Education

Lecture 106 What is online or eLearning

Lecture 107 Popular international online course providers

Lecture 108 Flipped learning

Lecture 109 Advantages of Flipped Learning

Lecture 110 Two phases of producing online courses

Lecture 111 Tools for producing online courses

Lecture 112 Quality issues in online course development

Lecture 113 Learning Management System (LMS)

Lecture 114 How to select an LMS ?

Lecture 115 Managing QA in online courses

Section 18: Educational Leadership

Lecture 116 Introduction

Lecture 117 Roles and responsibilities of educational leaders

Lecture 118 Eight characteristics of educational leaders

Lecture 119 Leadership vision on Quality

Lecture 120 Leadership standards for Principals

Section 19: Meeting Challenges of Educational Quality

Lecture 121 Introduction

Lecture 122 Challenges at the Teachers level

Lecture 123 eLearning challenges

Lecture 124 Challenges at Institutional level

Lecture 125 Challenges of Quality education at State level

Section 20: Course Summary and Conclusion

Lecture 126 Summary

Teachers and instructors of schools, colleges and universities,Management and Administrators of Educational Institutions