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| Dean Merly Ouano delivers a recapitulation of day 1 activities |
The OBE two-day Seminar-Workshop for tertiary educators scheduled on April 11-12, 2013 was held at the USPF Moot Court, Lahug campus.
Mrs. Merly Ouano, dean of the College of Nursing delivered the recapitulation of Day 1 hereafter published:
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| University president Dr. Alicia P. Cabatingan challenges the participants to give their full attention to the "serious" business of the day. |
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| Dr. Bryant Acar discusses OBE philosophy & standards |
After the
President’s message Dr. Acar gave us a very comprehensive orientation on Outcome Based Education Philosophy and Standards. He reiterated what Dr. Cabatingan have
emphasized that this is a serious endeavor since we need to defend the future
of the university. He encouraged us to put our attention and interest in
overhauling our syllabi in order to be able to come up with a very good OBE
Curriculum. He also presented the USPF Status and Plans Towards an Outcomes and
Typology Based Quality Assurance of CHED. The CHED's rationale for typology was based on the identified serious concerns such as:
1.
proliferations
of HEIs (more than 30T as of 2010)
2.
weak
research and lack of linkages
3.
deteriorating
quality of higher education
4.
very
limited reach of accreditation bodies
5.
inadequate
faculty credentials and facilities
6.
enduring
mismatch between jobs and the skills/ competencies of Higher Education
graduates.
To address these concerns, the Higher Education Reforms task now are to:
- Underscore
the importance of quality assurance in education.
- Develop
competency – based learning standards that comply with international
standards (OBE).
- Adopt
an Outcomes Based Quality Assurance System.
With this CHED will look into the:
- competencies
of the graduates
- nature
of the degree programs offered
- qualification
of faculty members
- learning
resources and
- quality
of community extension services
Due to the growing
concern that the education system of our Country may not adequately prepare our
students for life and work a review of education was done. Deficiencies in
traditional education were identified which includes the lack of emphasis on
soft skills needed in jobs and graduates are not completely prepared for the
workforce. Thus the birth of OBE to address these concerns.
Outcomes Based Education is a model
which focuses on the graduates attributes/ outcomes after completing an
academic programme. It adopts a student – centered learning philosophy which
requires students to demonstrate what they have learned which are empirically
measurable. In OBE, students are expected to be able to do more challenging
tasks and not just memorizing the concepts. Students higher order thinking
skills are expected to develop in OBE Model.
How to make OBE work? Towers listed 4 points:
- What
the student is to learn must be clearly emphasize.
- The
students progress is based on demonstrated achievements.
- Multiple
instructional and assessment strategies need to be available.
- Adequate
time and assistance need to be provided to reach maximum potential.
The OBE Model Heirarchy was presented which considers the involvement of 3 elements in its implementation:
- the
PEO (Programme Educational Outcomes)
- the
PLO (Programme Learning Outcomes)
- the
CLO (Course Learning Outcomes)
All of these must be
aligned with the Mission Vision of the University and the department.
A sample of these PEO, PLO and CLO was shown to us which
will initially help each one operationalize the principles of OBE in our
respective discipline.
The second part of Dr. Acar’s talk was focused on Andragogy which is an applied OBE for adult
learning.
This emphasizes 6 principles:
- need
to know
- self
– concept
- experience
- readiness
- orientation
to learning
- motivation
to learn
Andragogy and Pedagogy were
differentiated based on the learner, the role of the learner’s experienced,
readiness to learn, the role of the learner’s experienced, readiness to learn,
orientation to learning and motivation for learning.
Then an AVP on Andragogy
was viewed followed by a teaching demo facilitated by the speaker. During the
open forum the University President presented the idea of altruism in education
because you might have adult learners but their minds are not adults so a
combination of both pedagogical and andragogical approaches were suggested. A good teacher must be ready to
shift to another strategy if one is found to be ineffective because there is no
single best method of teaching that is effective to all students in the same
setting.
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| Dr. Alvin Zamora engages the participants to an ice breaker. |
The afternoon session opened with an ice breaker facilitated by Dr. Alvin Zamora. Then
the presentation on OBE Teaching Strategies and Approaches was formally
delivered by Dr. Grace Tampus. The first part of her presentation tried to
differentiate an approach, a strategy and techniques of teaching because these terms
are not clearly understood by many. She also made emphasis on the bases for
quality teaching which includes:
1. intellectual
quality of the learner
2. learning
environment and
3. significance
of what is being taught, Reflective teaching is also required of a teacher,
Unless you know everything what you need is to think. Teacher centered approach
and learner – centered approach were differentiated and examples of each were
given.
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| Dr. Grace Tampus discusses teaching approaches and strategies under OBE. |
OBE’s emphasis is on student’s
learning outcomes and the suggested strategies includes:
1.
Lecture/
discussion
2.
Group
Work/ Cooperative learning
3.
Case
Studies
4.
Problem
Solving
5.
Role Playing/ Simulation
6.
Writing
and
7.
Student
research
Techniques employed in
each strategy were also tackled.
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| SBM demonstrator Mr. Ronald Vega entertains questions from the participants. |
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| CAS instructor Mr. Talastas acts as a guest in the role play. |
After her presentation,
then followed a teaching demonstration by Mr. Ronald Vega from the SBM on the
topic Introduction to Hotel Organization. Critiques on the demo pointed out something
to improve in the teacher’s qualities, the objectives set and the techniques
used. Everyone seems to be very interested on how to deal with customers and
how to handle complaints of customers in hotels. Simulations of real life
situations of a front desk officers was made very successful through the very
active participation of Mr. Talastas, Mr. Degamo and Dr. Empuerto and the rest
of the audience who interacted with the presentor.
The whole day session was a full blast of enlightenment on the what, why and how
of OBE. It culminated with the awarding of certificates to the speaker from COE
and the presentor from SBM and finally the oath of the teacher.
