Transformative Higher Education Teaching and Learning

Globalization and the rapid growth of information technology drive the world into a very dynamic society. Change is one of the salient aspects that every sector in our world community has to cope with.  To keep up with the pace of change, higher education institutes need to educate their students to be able to manage these changes wisely. The education should make students more productive, creative, ethical and engaged more to their societies as good citizens and leaders. Students should be able to contribute more to the intellectual, cultural, economic and social advancement of their own communities.  Transformative learning is a holistic process that can place students at the center of their own active and reflective learning experiences. It fits within a constructivist paradigm where students construct knowledge through their experiences of the world.  The 5th POD Network of Thailand Higher Education National Annual Conference (5th ThaiPOD-NC2010) will provide a national forum devoting to the transformative higher education teaching and learning and other related areas that are developed to create self-directed autonomous learners. The aim of this annual conference is to induce a radical shift from subject-oriented learning toward outcome-based learning in a wide spectrum of disciplines in higher education.

Areas of Interest

Topics of interest to the conference include:

• Transformative Learning and Sustainability Education
• Learning for Social Change
• Postmodern Teaching Pedagogy and Instructional Technology
• Shift in Learning Environment
• Learning Engagement Course Design/Development/Management
• Paradigm Shift in Teaching,  Learning, and Assessment
• Cultural diversity in the classroom
• Faculty development
• Others

Important Dates

Venue

• Imperial Queen's Park Hotel Bangkok, Thailand.

Technical Program Committee

International Collaborators:

• Prof. Nancy Chism, USA
• Prof. L. Dee Fink, USA
• Prof. Heidi Schelhowe, Germany

Program Chair:

• Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin,Chulalongkorn University

Program Co-Chairs:

• Paitoon Sinlarat,Dhurakij Pundit University

Program Committee Members:

• Arnuparp Lekhakula,Prince of Songkla University
• Boonsri Ongpipatanakul,Chulalongkorn University
• Suchada Suthummaraksa,Srinakharinwirot University
• Suwimon Kiokaew,Prince of Songkla University
• Vanda Sujarit,Kasetsart University

Organizing Committee

Advisory Committee:

• Sumate Yamnoon, Secretary-General of Office of Higher Education Commission
• Pirom Kamolratanakul, President of Chulalongkorn University
• Prasart Suebka, President of Suranaree University of Technology
• Kraiwood Kiattikomol, President of King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
• Boonsom Siribumrungsukha, President of Prince of Songkla University
• Sirote Pholpanthin, President of Rajabhat Suan Dusit University

General Chair:

• Prasart Suebka, Thailand POD Network, Suranaree University of Technology

General Co-Chairs:

• Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin,Thailand POD Network, Chulalongkorn University

Publicity Chair:

• Mathana Santiwat,Thailand POD Network, Bangkok University

Finance Chair:

• Chavanee Tongroach,Thailand POD Network, Suan Dusit Rajabhat University

Registration Chair:

• Gannaga Satittada, Thailand POD Network, Mae Fah Luang University

Publication Chair:

• Preyanuj Yamwong, Thailand POD Network, Mahidol University

Secretary General:

• Bundit Thipakorn, Thailand POD Network, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi