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.
Coming off a successful year for Quality Assurance (QA) last 2023, the University of the Philippines Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) hosted the UPD Quality Assurance Summit 2024 to continue its work in promoting and advocating for a quality-assured UP Diliman.
The UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) held a post-assessment/accreditation meeting last December 12, 2023 at the UP Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT) Lounge with all the representatives of degree granting units (DGUs) that underwent program assessment and accreditation activities last November and December of 2023 as participants.
The UPD Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) started conducting pre-travel orientations in 2023 for the quality assurance officers to help them prepare for the trainings that they will undergo through the ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA).
Aligned with UP Diliman’s strategy of mainstreaming a culture of honor and excellence, two academic units, the College of Human Kinetics (CHK) and the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG), collaborated with the UP Diliman Quality Assurance Office (UPD QAO) to conduct Quality Assurance appreciation sessions for their faculty and staff in preparation for 2024 QA activities.
Five undergraduate programs of the UP Diliman College of Engineering (CoE) underwent the four-day accreditation visit by the Philippine Technological Council-Accreditation and Certification Board for Engineering and Technology (PTC-ACBET) last December 4-7, 2023.
UP Diliman geared up for the 364th ASEAN University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) onsite assessment of four degree programs last November 21-23, 2023 in continuation of its efforts to acquire the AUN-QA certification of its degree programs.
