Student Centered Learning in UKM

Riza Atiq RahmatUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

(The National University of Malaysia)

Changes Surrounding Universities in Malaysia

• The economic and job market are constantly changing at a very fast rate

• Manufacturing and other economic activities are rapidly shifting to China and India

• Internet facilities are changing students’ learning habit• The students are digital native• Universities are expected to commercialise its research

products• Changing of Malaysian economic base from agriculture

>> manufacturing, to high–tech >> knowledge-based >> entrepreneur-Innovation based in a very short time

OBE (Pembelajaran Berasaskan Hasil)

• Student-centered learning • Empirically measuring student performance,

which are called outcomes • It requires that students demonstrate that they

have learned the required skills and content • Often incorporate a host of many progressive

pedagogical models and ideas, such as block scheduling, project-based learning, problem-based learning, work-based learning …..

UKM Vision

UKM Mission

Program Objective

Program Outcomes

Stake Holders

Educational Block 1 Educational Block 2 ‘n’ Co-curiculum

Course 1

Course 2

Course 3

Course ‘n’

Course n1

Course n2

Course n3

Course ‘nn’

Co-Curiculum 1

Co-Curiculum 2

Co-Curikulum 3

Co-curikulum ‘n’

Total Student Learning Experience

UKM Educational Objective

Constructive alignment

Program Educational Objective

Proram Outcomes

Course Outcomes

Co-curriculum OutcomesCourse Outcomes

Course Outcomes

Graduate attributes Program Outcomes

• Complex problem solver• Knowledge producing graduate• Share, remix and capitalise on new ideas• Embrace change rather than fighting change• Innovative-Entrepreneurial• Global• Leverage and collaboration• Strong ethic

DeliveryOutcomes• Complex problem solver• Knowledge producing graduate• Share, remix and capitalise on

new ideas• Embrace change rather than

fighting change• Innovative-Entrepreneurial• Global• Leverage and collaboration• Strong ethic

Delivery• Complicated project• Research Project• Multi-disciplinary Problem

Based Learning• Case Study• Joint project with foreign U• Group project

Assessment

Lecturer Perpective Objective

Intended Learning Outcomes

Teaching Activities Evaluation

Student Perpective Evaluation

Learning Activities

Intended Learning Outcomes

(Biggs 2010)

Assessment of Student

knowledge skills behaviors

Exam. Project Co-cur.simmulation

Generic Skills

Program Outcomes

Implementing Constructive Alignment in Teaching and Assessment

(Biggs 2010)

Outcomes Delivery AssessmentComplex problem solver Complicated project Project Report, portfolio

Knowledge producing graduate

Research Project Project report, portfolio, presentation

Share, remix and capitalise on new ideas

Multi-disciplinary Problem Based Learning

Embrace change rather than fighting change

Case study

Innovative-Entrepreneurial Case study, simulation, serious game

Global Joint project based learning

Leverage and collaboration PBL, case study

Strong ethic PBL, simulation, serious game

Changing UKM Curriculum

2009 Gradually change to…..

Teacher centered

Prescription/rigid outcomes based

Limited stake holders involvement

Individual

Timetabled

Course based

Tested (eg. Examination)

Top down

Expertise led

Local

Student centred

Beyond Learning Outcome (unexpected)

Active stake holders involvement

Collaborative

Immersive collaborative environment

Project based

Exhibit (more authentic)

Bottom up (student initiative)

Experience led

Global

Requirement

• Lecturer quality and professional certificate• Digital learning environment• Student Total Learning Experience

environment

Paradigm shift: •From teacher centered to student centered, •From teaching to facilitating, •From lecturer to learning experience designer

Student Total Learning Experience

Time

Residential space

Faculty space

Industrial space

Community space

Co-curriculum

space

Innovative entrepreneurship

space

Cultural space

Library space

Internationalisation space

Knowledge, skills and attitude

The whole campus becomes learning space – broad band WIFI

Collaborative learningProject basedEagerness to learn from each other

More project based learning,More presentation

Project basedCompetition basedSerious Game

Classroom without wall(three walls principle)

Entrepreneurship CourseSimulation and CompetitionBased learning

(First Year)

Second year:Selling products

Pitching and selling their own product, based on their research(Final year)

Living laboratories

A traditional laboratory usually is isolated from society and industrial community. Researchers usually are immersed in their research without contact with the real world. As a result, most research products do not immediately benefit the society

Living laboratories

Langkawi Geopark

Langkawi Geopark

Bangi Urban Transport Management System

Bangi Traransport Management Centre

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