(27/1) Faculty of Engineering Universitas Diponegoro, Center for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, and Universitas Negeri Sebelas Maret join in hand together to hold an international workshop titled “Joint International Workshop on Engineering Education 2023”. These workshops took place from 24 January 2023 until 27 January 2023 in Engineering Hall, Dekanat Building 5th Floor. These workshops were the continuation of the workshop programs that had previously been held in UNS and were attended by participants from Universitas Diponegoro and UNS. These workshops were held over four days and consisted of two parts.
In this event which was attended by more than fifty attendants, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi bin Syed Hassan and Prof. Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia were chosen as the keynote speakers. These two professors had already been exploring the world of engineering education and will share their knowledge about everything in engineering education for four days in Semarang.
The international-scale workshop was opened by a speech from the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Universitas Diponegoro, Prof. Ir. M Agung Wibowo, M.M, M.Sc, Ph.D. In his speech, he welcomed heartfully the arrival of the two experts in the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro. He hoped, with these workshops, the participants that worked in the Faculty of Engineering Universitas Diponegoro would be able to share their knowledge with their colleagues so that the quality of education at the Faculty of Engineering could be improved.
After the remarks from the Dean, one of the presenters from the Center of Engineering Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, also gave a speech. In her speech, she hoped that as part of the Malayan nation, we must be able to improve education in the Southeast Asia region, especially in the field of engineering education. She hoped that by sharing her knowledge, academics can improve the quality of education in Southeast Asian countries so that they are no longer left behind by other nations.
The event then continued with a class that consisted of two separate parts. The first part is titled “Student-Centered Learning-1: Active Learning”. In the first part of the workshops which were held for two days, the participants were guided to learn how to develop educational and teaching curricula that centered on students as the source of the learning process. This active learning model which is currently recommended in the world of education is now being studied by the participants so that later it can be a good input for curriculum development and learning models that are more effective for students.
The second part was held in the next two days. In this second part titled “Problem-Based Learning-1”, the participants were guided to understand how to teach their students using problems as the starting point in their teaching.
The event was then closed on the fourth day with the distribution of appreciation prizes to the best participants during the workshops.
