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SUMMARY & TAKEAWAYS

“Conferences may not provide the answers but it must help you ask the right questions”

Participants Malaysians 275 ASEAN countries 23 Islamic countries 25 Total: 323

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• Economies are changing. Demand for talent is
• unrelenting. HE has never been more

important, more criticized and faced with more competition than before. (Idris Jusoh & Jawaher).

• Flexible education is a strategy and an imperative to

expand, extend and transform HE education to meet demand for lifelong access, enhancement and mobility.

• Flexible education or learning is all about the

learners and their learning(Adam, Andy)

• NQF are instruments which organise and describe

qualifications were examined for its role in flexible

• education. Despite the challenges, NQFs

accommodate and perhaps, even welcome flexible education and promote mobility. (Tariq, Zita, Wafa & Dzafir)

• Flexible learning via APEL and MOOCs, which was

given national prominence in Malaysia with the launch

• f the national guidelines for CT, together with other

flexible learning technologies provide the platform for widening access and enhancing learning through exciting new pedagogies to the millennials (Idris Jusoh, Adam, Andy, Gordon)

• Flexible learning through new technologies must always

keep the learners in mind and the learning ecosystem within which they operate. Possibilities must always be tampered with realism (Jawaher, Gordon, Andy).

• Credit transfer to enable and empower cross border

mobility is an element of the larger issue of flexible education (Hazman). There is a need for greater appreciation of such learning gains in the context of talent mobility and intercultural understanding (Taiji). CTS systems and NQFs provide for smoother student mobility and credit transfers (Nantana & Taiji).

• Everything done in the name of flexibility must

inspire confidence amongst the stakeholders. And critics and detractors, there are many. QA bodies through the NQF, standards, guidelines, networking and vigilance must help maintain an atmosphere of trust and confidence among all stakeholders.

• With proper QA, flexible education will

enhance, not erode learning. It will allay many

• concerns. We have to be flexible in our thinking

about the education and uncompromising on the need for quality and quality assurance.

• On behalf of MQA and IQA and all involved, I hope

you had a fruitful exchange of ideas and made new

• connections. We planned for the best and if we had

fallen short of your expectations, we seek your indulgence.

• We wish all participants and speakers a safe trip

back to your loved ones. Salam Mesra.