CDIO Regional Meeting - Asia-Pacific

This talk presents the strategy of enhancing professional competency of academic staff at Thu Dau Mot University. Since 2015, Thu Dau Mot University has adopted the CDIO framework in designing and developing all training programs to promote active, authentic, and practical learning. Learning-centered approach by using diverse teaching models, such as blended learning, project-based learning, and experiential learning is also required to be applied. More importantly, improving academic staff’s competency is a long-term strategy of the university. To date, Thu Dau Mot University has designed an integrated framework of instructor competencies and training interventions, including multi-day training workshops focusing on various teaching skills, such as course design, assessment design, online design and instruction, presentation skills, facilitation skills, and so on. The positive results reported are that academic staff could be able to design and deliver constructively-aligned courses that integrate authentic, higher-order learning tasks, and students’ active learning is promoted.