Joint ITU-GISFI-DS-CTIF
Standards Education Workshop
(Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012)
Teaching methods:
Mae Fah Luang University,
Thailand
Dr Romyen Kosaikanont
Assistant to the President
Mae Fah Luang University
Aalborg, Denmark, 8-9 October 2012
Outline
Getting to know Mae Fah Luang
University (MFU)
Teaching methods and learning
environment at MFU
Introducing Problem Based Learning
at MFU
Lesson learned
Mae Fah Luang University

Yunnan
Vietnam
Myanmar
Laos
MFU
Thailand
Cambodia
Located in the
top Northern
most part of the
country
Getting to know
Mae Fah Luang University
Established in 1998
Public autonomous university
Medium size university:10,000
student body
“new, different, better”
Teaching methods and learning
environment at MFU
Learning environment
Sizes of the class are varied
English is being used as a medium of
instruction
Students’ command of English
Classroom and facilities
Information Techonological support
(e-learning)
Teaching methods and learning
environment at MFU
Teaching methods
Conventional lecturer: chalk and talk
Using e-learning
Using media
Evaluation
Online evaluation
Use in lecturer portfolio evaluation
Introducing Problem Based
Learning
2007 Executives of MFU visit Aalborg
University
Introducing PBL
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2008-2012: Introducing PBL at MFU
 Workshops on PBL
 Introduction to PBL workshops and refresh
workshops
Lecturers
Executives
 Curriculum development workshop (2011)
 Monitoring and evaluation of PBL after TTPBL 2011
conference (2012)
Erasmus Mundus Programmes: mobility for life
4 lecturers for one month visit at Aalborg
University
3 lecturers joining PhD at Aalborg University
PBL at MFU
Policy and support
Voluntary based: Pilot project
PBL implementation
Business Administration: 3 courses one
project
Agro Industry: 1 course 1 problem
Cosmetic Science: 1 course 1 problem
Information Technology: final project
linked with private sector
Nursing: 1 course 1 project
Lesson learned from PBL
implementation: MFU approach
Voluntary based PBL implementation
Evaluation and assessment of lecturers
Causing confusion for students
Resistance from lecturers
Nature of the subjects : School of IT
Command of language
Management and facilitation skills of
lecturer in PBL classroom
Facilities: working area
Thank you for your attention