Key Deliverables & Outcomes
- “Graduate profiles that respond to the needs of society” document that will present the finding of the consultation with different stakeholders about key elements that will make graduate profiles relevant
- “Measures to attract students to higher education studies” ready-to-use materials that will support Higher Education units responsible for student recruitment in the task of making the attractiveness of Lao HE clear to future students and their families, on the one hand, and help HEIs and graduates articulate the added value of HE when interacting with employers
- “Strategies for engaging different stakeholders in jointly improving the relevance and ensuring the added value of HE studies in Laos” document will bring together the lessons learned about how Lao HEIs can engage different stakeholder in jointly ensuring the relevance of HE in Laos so as to attract more learners and make them ready for (self-)employment
- “Guidelines for engaging different stakeholders in jointly improving the relevance and ensuring the added value of HE studies in Laos” – indications for how the best practices identified in the framework of the project can be reflected in and reported as part of the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) and Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) implementation reports
- “Curriculum mappings based on Learning Outcomes (LOs)” document will share examples of course learning outcomes mapped against programme learning outcomes, with comments about programme feasibility and recommendations for next steps towards implementing OBE and introducing solid mechanisms of IQA linked to the use of LOs as a key tool in Planning for Learning
- Instructional materials for academics on Learning Outcomes as a key tool for implementing Outcomes-Based Education and Internal Quality Assurance
- “Strategies and procedures for estimating student workload to support credit transfer” training materials for academics and other HE professionals in Laos on what student workload is, why it is important to estimate and monitor it and how this can be done
- “Guidelines for planning for credit transfer” – guidelines to support Lao HEIs and HE programmes in their work on introducing LOs at programme and course levels and installing the culture of measuring student workload with the view of enabling credit transfer at Lao HEIs (at national and international level)
- Training materials for academics to implement Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) – resources that can be used to conduct trainings in order to prepare academics for successful implementation of OBE & IQA
- “Set of Learning Outcomes for Continuous Professional Development (CPD) to become a HE teacher ready to implement Outcomes-Based Education (OBE)” document to support self-assessment of university teachers, guide CPD activities and inform Lao HE authorities responsible for recognition of effective teaching, as well as those in charge of IQA within programmes and HEIs
- “Policy measures to guide CPD necessary for Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) and for Internal Quality Assurance for OBE” policy note that will stipulate incorporation of CPD activities at programme and institutional level
REAL Erasmus+ project: 101177156