This virtual seminar will take place each day 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Singapore Standard Time
Overview
Join a cohort of your peers in three live lessons facilitated by globally recognized Assurance of Learning (AoL) experts. Build skills and network in interactive, workshop-style lessons focused on creating a customized AoL process for your school. Develop and refine your competency goals (learning goals), learning objectives, and rubrics through group interactions, breakout sessions, and spaced learning in a virtual environment.
Focusing on Standard 5: Assurance of Learning of the AACSB Global Standards for Business EducationTM, the seminar covers the entire AoL process step by step to help you gain a clear understanding of assessment, competency goals (learning goals), learning objectives, data collection, and rubrics. The seminar also provides regional resources and examples for customized learning. You will practice what you learn with your peers to build a working knowledge of how to create the best AoL process for your school.
This seminar has been updated to reflect the AACSB Global Standards for Business EducationTM and 2026 Accounting Accreditation Standards, effective 1 July 2026.
Learning Objectives
- Become familiar with the AACSB Global Standards for Business Education™
- Evaluate sample competency goals and learning objectives
- Utilize Bloom’s Taxonomy to write program learning objectives
- Explore use of indirect measures in portfolio of evidence
- Conduct primary trait analysis to write a rubric.
Facilitator
Venkata Yanamandram is Deputy Dean (Global) and Director of Assurance of Learning at the Facutly of Arts, Society and Business, University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. Over a career spanning more than two decades, he focuses on aligning strategy, curriculum, and quality processes so that educational outcomes are clearly defined, measured, and improved over time. He led the design and implementation of the Assurance of Learning process across UOW’s Business programs, embedding a systematic, evidence-based approach to continuous improvement across multiple campuses. Venkat serves as an AACSB Assurance of Learning Facilitator across the Asia Pacific (AP) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions, where he delivers seminars, presents at conferences, and mentors institutions on aligning accreditation standards with practice. He has co-authored 12 scholarly book chapters and 32 peer-reviewed journal articles, contributed to program reviews across Australian business schools, and received three teaching and learning awards.
Who Should Attend
Faculty, department chairs, deans, and those working on obtaining or maintaining accreditation at their school. This seminar is suitable for individuals who are new to assurance of learning, who have recently joined an AoL committee, who are implementing an AoL plan, or who need to be familiarized with the general terminology and implementation.
Participant Testimonial
“I was incredibly impressed with the virtual format. The producer was helpful, the transitions were very well done, and the facilitators did an excellent job of encouraging collaboration and using the tools available to them.”
Delivery
Gain actionable insights in three, three-hour live lessons with a cohort of your peers and facilitators. Pre- and post-work will help you maximize your classroom time. This course is delivered via AACSB’s Learning Portal and Zoom. You will have access to the event for 90 days from the seminar date.
AoL Knowledge Quiz
Not sure whether to attend the Assurance of Learning Seminar I or II? Think of the two seminars as level one and level two, respectively. Test your knowledge with the AoL Background Knowledge Test.
Contact Us
For more information, please contact events@aacsb.edu.
