Educating Online in South East Asia:
A workshop for higher education policy makers and practitioners
5 – 7 May 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Australian Government Department of Education and Training is hosting a regional workshop to explore the opportunities for and challenges to online and blended learning in South East Asia.
Invited participants will include Ministry of Education and quality assurance agency officials, university academics and administrators from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia.
The workshop aims to:
- survey the landscape in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia, and share information to highlight best practice models for development of online and blended learning across the region
- explore how new technologies can improve learning outcomes for students studying on campus, while also expanding the reach of universities into regional areas and making higher education more feasible for time-poor working adults
- debate key challenges including the quality assurance of online learning offerings, what regulation is required, how to ensure integrity in student assessment and how to introduce e-learning in a cost effective way.
BACKGROUND
Across South East Asia, there is considerable interest in the potential of online higher education, however, its take up to date has been more limited than in Australia.
Some governments in the region are actively encouraging the use of blended and online learning in universities, looking to the benefits it can deliver in improved educational outcomes and extending the reach of education to regional areas. However, there are also significant concerns about quality assurance, regulation, cultural acceptance, infrastructure capacity, and the financial cost of developing online education. These issues are particularly acute for countries with developing education systems and economies.
Australian higher education institutions are invited to submit abstracts (250 - 300 words) for papers of relevance to the workshop aims outlined above. The use of case studies of existing online program delivery into Asia would be welcomed. Selected papers are expected to be in the form of presentations of approximately 15 minutes.
Call for Papers is now closed. Download the Summary Programme
here.
Please note: participation in the workshop is by invitation, with numbers limited to approximately 50.