Module 3: Education Leaders Innovation Forum and Learning (ELIF) Lead Center: SEAMEO RETRAC, Vietnam

Project Description Title: Module 3: Education Leaders Innovation Forum and Learning (ELIF) Target Group: Education Administrators and Practitioners Lead Center: SEAMEO RETRAC Timeline: Year

Overview of Module 3  It is designed for education administrators and practitioners of primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Southeast Asia Region.  It focuses on innovative practices and approaches in teaching and learning.  It convenes two forums, in 2014 and in  Each forum has its focal theme and areas of focus.

 It develops 10 innovative solutions to ASEAN- wide issues in education and Human Resource Development (HRD).  It envisions of establishing a network for research and development of education innovation and building a culture of innovative teaching and learning among the education administrators and practitioners in the Southeast Asia Region for a more integrated ASEAN community.  It uses blended learning approach.

Objectives 1.To provide the education administrators and practitioners with the current best practices and innovative approaches to teaching and learning; 2.To set a venue for education administrators and practitioners to come together and identify key issues that they are faced with, and design innovative solutions, especially in the area of teaching and learning approaches through forums and online learning community; 3.To build a culture of creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning among the education administrators and practitioners in the region for a more integrated ASEAN community. 4.To establish a network for education innovation among education administrators and practitioners in Southeast Asia Region

Plan for Year 1, 2014 Activity: Forum 1 Theme: Innovations in Education: Innovative Approaches to Student Learning and Development in Southeast Asia Region

Focus Areas:  Life Skills and 21 st Century Skills  Innovative teaching and learning methods, including the use of new education technologies  School and community innovation and good practices Dates:  Face-to-Face session June 22 – 26, 2014  Online sessionJuly 2014 – December 2014 Venue: SEAMEO RETRAC, Vietnam

Method Forum 1 employs a blended learning mode, a combination of face-to-face (f2f) and online learning sessions. A. F2F learning session constitutes lecture/presentation and Q&A. Q&A will lead the participants to small group discussions enabling them to generate creative and innovative solutions of the identified key issues that education administrators and practitioners in the region are faced with. B. Online learning session consists of 3 parts. Part 1 - a pre-forum engagement and preparation Part 1 - a pre-forum engagement and preparation Part 2 - after the forum 1 f2f session (deepening forum 1 and linking forum 1 and forum 2) Part 3 – after the forum 2 f2f session ( deepening forum 2, and completion of the two 2 forums)

Year 1 Activities DatesActivitiesOutputs March 1, 2014  Recruit International Consultants (2)  Recruit participants (33)  Design needs survey questionnaire  Conduct needs survey  Design the course content; prepare the core/ supplementary materials (f2f & online), assessment, structure the forum, schedule the events  2 International Consultants  List of participants  Needs survey questionnaire  Needs survey result  Needs survey report  Course content – f2f & online  Course instructional materials  Course assessment materials  Forum structure and program of activities April 1, 2014  Recruit resource persons (3)  Develop materials for f2f presentation  Identify facilitators (6)  3 resource persons  Presentation materials from the 3 resource persons  6 facilitators

DatesActivitiesOutputs April 21, 2014  Brief the resource persons and train /orient the facilitators for f2f learning sessions  Prepared resource persons and facilitators May 12, 2014  Planning and preparation for Forum 1  Review the f2f instructional materials and Online instructional materials  Develop the platform of learning community  Design activities for mid-forum learning community  Organize the participants resource materials  Design the monitoring and evaluation system  Design sustainable learning community for use by SEAMEO Centers after June, 2015  Calendar of activities for Forum 1  Reviewed f2f & online instructional materials  Platform of learning community  Mid-forum learning community activities  Participants instructional materials (f2f & online) are available.  Monitoring and evaluation system available  Sustainability plans

DatesActivitiesOutputs June 16– 20, 2014  Virtual meeting (pre-forum orientation)  Participants core/supplementary materials are posted.  Virtual meeting records – attendance  Improved understanding of Forum 1  Online core/supplementary materials available June 22, 2014  Arrival of the participants  List of actual participants June , 2014 Forum 1 Session5 or more innovative solutions  Resource persons presentation  Plenary sharing and discussions with facilitators  Consultants oversee, monitor and evaluate the forum session throughout  Records of attendance, presentations, discussions, survey forms  Document levels of activity and participation  Networking among education administrators and practitioners in the Region Monitoring and evaluation  Surveys  Interviews  Reports for dissemination of the results July 1,  Online learning community – on- going  Enhanced innovative skills in teaching and learning  Surveys

Benefits and added Value ParticipantsParticipants  Improved creativity and innovation in teaching and learning approaches in ASEAN context as they apply the knowledge and skills learned back in their own institutions  Developed the culture of creativity and innovation among education administrators and practitioners in SE Asia Region during the 2-year project implementation, and pass it on to their own community of educators

 Established a network of education administrators and practitioners in the region for education innovation in ASEAN context SEAMEOSEAMEO  Strengthened collaboration with SEAMEO Centers fulfilling its mission to continue building and developing human capacity in Southeast Asian Region  Made the SEAMEO College project materials available for use by the Region for integrated ASEAN community and beyond for globalized education