CDTL will be organising its International Conference on Teaching and Learning on 6–8 December 2006. The Conference will examine the problems and challenges of assuring quality in higher education. What is quality in higher education? Who are the stakeholders in education who participate in defining quality? How do we achieve and assure quality?

As institutions of higher education develop frameworks for assuring quality, educators will need to ascertain how their role in education will fit in within these frameworks. Existing quality assurance frameworks for Universities are problematic because they focus on processes rather than learning outcomes. It is imperative that we judge the quality of education in terms of the goals of education.

Please also join us for pre-conference workshops on December 5, 2006.

'Describing and Influencing Student Learning'
Professor Barbara Cambridge,
President, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, USA

'Conducting Research on Your Students’ Learning: Developing Research
Questions and Workable Methods’
Dr Gary Poole
Director, Center for Teaching and Academic Growth
University of British Columbia, Canada.

‘Improving Teaching: Lessons from Doing Research’
Dr Gregory Light
Director, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Northwestern University, USA.

Pre-conference workshop registration fees are S$50 (US$30).

For more information, please visit the TLHE website at http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/tlhe

From 6-8 December 2006, we have lined up the following experts to examine the problems and challenges of assuring quality in higher education:

Keynote Speakers

Professor Barbara Cambridge
President, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, USA

Dr Gregory Light
Director, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Northwestern University, USA

Professor Lily Kong
Vice Provost (Education),
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Invited Speakers

Dato Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin
Director, Quality Assurance Division
Department of Higher Education,
Ministry of Education, Malaysia

Dr Gary Poole
Director, Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth
University of British Columbia, Canada

Professor Adrian Lee
Pro Vice Chancellor (Education and Quality Improvement) (Retired),
University of New South Wales, Australia

Professor Matthew Gwee
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Regional Panel Session - Speakers

Professor Dr Sudjarwadi
Vice Rector for Education and Quality Control Affairs,
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia

Professor Dr Supachai Yavaprabhas
Director, SEAMEO - Regional Institute of Higher Education Development (RIHED), Thailand

Associate Professor Ho Shi-huei
Director, Teaching and Learning Centre Soochow University, Taiwan

Dr Emerlinda R. Roman
President, University of the Philippines, Philippines

Professor K.P. Mohanan
Deputy Director, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning,
National University of Singapore, Singapore