2021 Next Generation Learning and Skills - International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) - Malays

2021 Next Generation Learning and Skills - International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) - Malaysia

UNGS 1201 - HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) Transformative Learning for Edu-Action with Soul

Universities' formal curriculum are becoming too focused on knowledge and skill that they have neglected the aspect of shaping attitude and inculcating values - KS vs. AV. To bring back the action and soul of education, IIUM has introduced a new course compulsory to all new student: UNGS 1201 - Sustainable Development: Issues, Policy and Practices.

UNGS 1201 is a University-wide project that serves as a transformative platform for post-Covid sustainability education. It is an amalgamation of various pedagogical models, as it is a specialized learning science that includes delivery of content, behavioural analytics, learning psychology and assessments and delivered through a hybrid model with flexibility to fit the learners.

The course is conducted based on 5 fundamental criteria for next generation learning and skills education framework namely, transdisciplinary, and integrated, formative, and summative assessment (without final examination), research-based, community-engaged, and action and solution oriented.

Every year the course produces 500 project proposals for making IIUM a sustainable campus.  

Top 3 learnings:

1. Sustainability is best learnt via community engagement in the real community set up.
2. Transdisciplinary learning is very critical for impactful learning for next generation skills.
3. Action speaks loudest in sustainability education.

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