The 8th Online Forum: Influence of COVID-19 on Quality Assurance: The new normal of Higher Education 4.0

The 8th Online Forum: Influence of COVID-19 on Quality Assurance: The new normal of Higher Education 4.0

Led by Dr. I-Jung Grace Lu (from HEEACT)

Facilitated by All Board Directors of the APQN

 

This year,different from the previous online forum, the 8^th online forum will be held through an online conference. The APQN online forum is anticipated to act as a platform for a very intense discussion and reach successful outcomes to satisfy all APQN members and meet their professional needs.

APQN will continue the 8^th online conference during27^th July 2020 11am at (Shanghai Time), under the topic of “Influence of COVID-19 on Quality Assurance: The new normal of Higher Education 4.0”. The upcoming forum will focus on six themes:

1. Governments as key player for higher education quality assuranceunder the impact of COVID-19
2. The new normal of internationalization of quality assurance
3. Quality assurance of outcome-based teaching and learning: the influence of COVID-19
4. Digitalization of quality assurance: will this be the new normal for quality assurance?
5. Innovations in HE accreditation in an era of disruptive technologies
6. Reflections on new normal and strategies for quality assurance in emerging out of COVID-19 pandemic

 

This forum adjusts the topic and themes of 2020 AAC which is postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Thus, the board directors hope to hold the online forum and provide a timely and inclusive platform for the quality assurance communities to communicate and discuss these important topics regardless of the influence of the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

We sincerely welcome you to participate in this event! To join the event, please book ticket through:

https://allevents.in/online/apqn-8th-online-forum/80004325565029

We will send the link for the video conference to you a week before the conference date if you have successfully registered.

Online Conference Agenda Date: 27th July 11am (Shanghai Time)
Time		Event	Speakers/ Topics
11:00 11:05	5	Opening Remarks	Opening Remark from Prof. Dr. Jianxin Zhang.
11:05 11:10	5	First Speech	Governments as key player for higher education QA under the impact of COVID-19 by Prof. Dr. Jianxin Zhang
11:10 11:15	5	Second Speech	The new normal of internationalization of quality assurance by Prof. Dr. Galina Motova
11:15 11:20	5	Third Speech	Quality assurance of outcome-based teaching and learning: the influence of COVID-19 by Prof. Dr. Deepthi C. Bandara
11:20 11:40	20	Open Discussion	Consultants:Prof. Dr. Jianxin Zhang, Prof. Dr. Galina Motova, Prof. Dr. Deepthi C. Bandara
11:40 11:45	5	Fourth Speech	Digitalization of quality assurance: will this be the new normal for QA? by Dr. Farida Nurmanbetova
11:45 11:50	5	Fifth Speech	Innovations in HE accreditation in an era of disruptive technologies by Dr. I-Jung Grace Lu
11:50 11:55	5	Sixth Speech	Reflections on new normal and strategies for quality assurance in emerging out of COVID-19 pandemic by Prof. Dr. Jagannath Patil
12:05	10	Open Discussion	Consultants: Dr. Farida Nurmanbetova, Dr. I-Jung Grace Lu,Prof. Dr. Jagannath Patil
12:05 12:10	5	Closing Remarks	Closing Remark from Prof. Dr. Jagannath Patil