Concluding Remark : Nest Step – University-Community Engagement towards SDGs in Asia โดย ศ.นพ.วิจารณ์ พานิช ใน การประชุม The 4th AsiaEngage Regional Conference “Rising to the Challenge of SDGs in Asia through University-Community Engagement” 26-28 November 2018 มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่เป็นเจ้าภาพ ที่โรงแรม ดิเอ็มเพรส. เชียงใหม่ วันที่ ๒๘ พฤศจิกายน

1. University – Community Engagement
Vicharn Panich, MD
CMU Council Member
Towards SDGs in Asia
Next Step …
Presented in the 4th AsiaEngageConference 2018 “Rising to the Challengeof SDGs in Asia Through University-CommunityEngagement” 28 November 2018, Chiangmai

2. Ultimate Goals
• Equitable & Sustainable Prosperity … Thailand 4.0 / SDGs
• Through Value Creation, Innovation and Integration
• With Higher Education as One of the Main Drivers …
University 4.0 / HEI 4.0

3. Need University Transformation
• Mindset
• Platform
• Behavior

4. New Mindset on Education / Higher Education
• The New Paradigm of Learning : Not a Transfer Process, But a Creation Process
• Practical K > Theoretical K : Learning Platform in Real Work
• Teachers : Facilitate/Coach, Not Teach; Give Challenges and Scaffolding
• Students : Co-Creator, Practice + Critical Reflection
• Workers as Co-Teachers/Co-Educator in the Workplace
• Outcome : Holistic, Integrated, 21st Century Learning Outcome

5. Professional
Competencies
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/21st-century-skills-future-jobs-students/

6. Rapidly Changing Global/National/Community Landscape
• Educating future citizen/workforce
• Educating “New Species” of Human Being …
Thumbelina
• Arising Competing and ?Disruptive Platforms :
Corporate/Workplace-organized Education, Online Education
(MOOCs, Open Badges - Competencies Recognition) with AI power
Take into account

7. New Higher Education Platform
• Students (and Teachers) Learn from Practice followed by Critical Reflection
• Real-World Workplace Platform

8. New Higher Education (HE) Platform
• Students (and Teachers) Learn from Practice followed by Critical Reflection
• Real-World Workplace Platform
That’s Why University – Community Engagement (CE) is Essential

10. Key Principles of CE
• Planning and implementing together … Partnership, not collaboration
• Mutual Benefit
• Knowledge application and Learning … Scholarship
• Measurable Social Impact
Two-way / multiple-way Relationship, Not One-way

11. Engagement Partners
• University – Community Engagement
• University – Civil Society Engagement
• University – Industry Engagement
• University – Government Engagement
• University – International Agency Engagement
Agenda / Program / Project – Based Engagement
Longterm

12. 21st Century HEIs Need EP to Function Well
• High Quality Graduates
• Relevant Research & Innovation
• Producing High Impact
- To Society / Community
- To Profession / Discipline … Peers
- To Students
• To Be Healthy & Sustainable Organization / Institution (eg. To earn income)
(EngagementPartner(s)

13. Higher Education Platform Transformation
• Governance Transformation : Include E Policy, Strategy, Implementation Plan,
and M&E
• Functional Transformation : Integration of teaching, research, and service
• Structural Transformation : CE Coordinating Unit with professional staffs
• Educational / Learning Space Transformation : Practice-Based Mastery &
Transformative Learning in the real world
In at least 7 platforms

14. Higher Education Platform Transformation (Cont.)
• Research Transformation : Innovation-Based with
Comprehensive Impacts
- To Society
- To Peers
- To Students
• Work Structure & Workload Transformation
• Reward Systems Transformation

15. M. Sc. (Data Science) Program of Fac. Engineering, CMU
• Planned with EP : SCB, Murata, Murata Science Foundation, CMU Maharaj Hospital
• Students and Scholarships from EP
• Research Questions from EP
Innovation-Led Research
EP-Based / Demand-Led Curriculum

16. The End of 19th Century HE
https://www.gotoknow.org/posts/636373
becuase
expensive, debt creation
low effectiveness
low efficiency
rise of better alternatives
2015
Irrelevant to the 21st century society

17. HEIs’ Survival … Scholarship
Transformation
Diffusion
Mode
Engagement
Mode
For Competitive Speed
Mindset
& Culture
ChangeDisciplinary Multi-disciplinary

18. Change Mindset of Doing Academic Activities
Work in One’s Own
Academic Area
Responsive to High-
value Demand, eg.
Thailand 4.0, SDGs
Expertise-Based Demand-Based
University 4.0
University 4.0

19. HEI Activities / Responsibilities
IsolatedAcademic Real-Life
Scholarship of Discovery (Research)
Application (Service)
Learning (Graduates)
Diffusion
Diffusion Model

20. HEI Activities / Responsibilities
Engaged Academic Real-Life
EP(Engagement Partner(s)
Academic Partner(s)
Scholarship of Discovery (Research)
Application (Service)
Learning (Graduates)
Engagement Model
Demand
Need

21. HEI Activities / Responsibilities
Academic Real-Life
EP(Engagement Partner(s)
Academic Partner(s)
Engagement Model
Demand
Need
Communication
Dialogue
Action
PARTNERSHIP
AREA
OF

22. HEI Activities / Responsibilities
Academic Real-Life
EP(Engagement Partner(s)
Academic Partner(s)
Engagement Model
Demand
Need
Governmental
Private
Local
NGO
Internat. Org. (SDGs)
Futuristic, Proactive Approach
Strategic & Longterm Collaboration

23. Integrative Approach through/for CE
• Disciplinary Integration for application of knowledge
• Functional Integration : Teaching, Research, Services, Cultural, etc.
• Integrated Approach to Knowledge : Application (user) + Creation (creator) +
Learn (learner)
• Student Learning : Head + Heart + Hand + Characters
• Teachers’ Role : Teach + Learn
• Real World Learning Space as integration tool

24. Conclusion : Way Forward … Engagement Transformation
• Workload
• Reward
• Culture / Model
7 Major Transformations
• Governance & Management
• Structure
• Education & Learning Space
• Research
21st Century Higher Education
… as Development Partner