The UP Diliman Office for the Advancement of Teaching under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA-OAT) in partnership with the Quality Assurance Office (QAO) conducted two runs of the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Workshop – the 1st on September 30-October 2, 2024 at the UP College of Law and the 2nd on November 7-9, 2024 at the UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) and National Engineering Center (NEC). Thirty-eight (38) faculty members from the different academic clusters of UP Diliman – Arts and Letters, Management and Economics, Science and Technology, and Social Sciences and Law – attended the workshops. Members of the UP Diliman Quality Assurance Committee (QAC), namely Prof. Evangeline Amor, Prof. Susan Festin, Prof. Ruth Lusterio-Rico, Prof. Gladys Nocon, and Prof. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete, also attended the workshops.
On both runs of the workshop, UP Diliman Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II welcomed the participants and presented UP Diliman’s vision, mission, goals, and objectives, QAO Director Prof. Aura Matias shared UP’s philosophy of education, and graduate attributes, while OAT Director Prof. Ivy Suan showed results of the training needs analysis (TNAs) and led the leveling of expectations.
Prof. Rosella Moya-Torrecampo facilitated both runs of the interactive workshop. Day 1 covered clarifying gaps in OBE Understanding, a refresher on OBE’s basic precepts on program design, and latest developments and issues in curriculum design. Day 2 covered reviewing and aligning Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs). Day 3 covered aligning CLOs with Learning Level Outcomes (LLOs), Teaching and Learning Activities (TLAs), and Student Achievement Profiles (SAPs) in the context of Teaching and Learning Environment (TLE). Participants were given homework such as undertaking various analyses and an OCAI (organizational culture assessment instrument) study, answering learner-type tests and drawing insights, and drafting lesson plans. Each day was filled with activities and icebreakers that supplemented and enhanced the learning experience.
The workshop features hands-on group sessions to gain practical knowledge on risk management.
At the end of Day 3, participants presented their outputs – learning assessments of a program, course, or lesson aligned with CLOs, PLOs, and Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs). The workshops were closed by syntheses of main takeaways – the 1st run by UP Diliman Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Prof. Maria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon and the 2nd run by Director Suan.
The purpose of the workshops is to assist the academic units in revising their curricula and in developing their Self-Assessment Reports (SAR) by providing the basics of outcomes-based education (OBE), practicing the articulation of expected learning outcomes, describing the components of an outcomes-based syllabus, and sharing practical tips and best practices in syllabus design.
The UP Diliman Office for the Advancement of Teaching (OAT) and Quality Assurance Office (QAO) held two Outcome-Based Education (OBE) workshops in September and November 2024. The workshops focused on aligning learning outcomes and syllabus design to support academic units in revising curricula and developing Self-Assessment Reports (SAR).
To strengthen UP Diliman’s commitment to quality assurance and integrate risk management principles in facilitating the attainment of the University’s core purpose, the UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office and Macro Vision Consultancy (MVC), launched the Risk Management Training on October 14-16 at the Conference Hall, Balay Kalinaw.
The UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office held the 4th quarter QA Clinic on October 28, 2024, with 24 QA Officers. Discussions included year-end reviews, strategic planning, aligning with UP programs, rankings, and QA tools like PESTEL and SWOT to enhance implementation and improvement.
Following the successful ISO Gap Analysis, the UPD Quality Assurance Office together with Macro Vision Consultancy spearheaded the three-day ISO Awareness Training last October 7-9, 2024 at the E.T. Virata Hall, Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI).
The College of Engineering visited the College of Human Kinetics for a benchmarking session facilitated by the Quality Assurance Office. This initiative explored integrating QA practices and ARTA processes at the COE, aiming to synergize academic and administrative processes in their unit.
As a kick-off activity in the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD)’s ISO 21001:2018 Educational Organizations Management System (EOMS) certification journey, fifty-six (56) academic and administrative units participated in the remote and onsite Initial Assessment and Gap Analysis last September 23, 24, and 30, 2024 spearheaded by the UPD Quality Assurance Office (QAO).
