OBE Seminar Gears Up Faculty for FEATI’s Accreditation with PACUCOA

A two-day seminar on Outcome-Based Education (OBE) was organized by the Professional Schools of the FEATI University in preparation for the accreditation of the institution’s programs with the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation (PACUCOA).

Titled “Establishing the Constructive Alignment Blueprint” the seminar consisted of lectures and workshop from the tandem of educator-spouses Prof. Alberto A. Laurito and Dr. Evelyn R. Laurito who are both known advocates of OBE and the use of technology in teaching, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). It was held at the Library from August 14 to August 15, 2026, attended by 60 participants, including those who attended online.

FEATI University President Dr. Susan M. Gallardo, in her message, said that she is aware that for educators like us, change is never easy, but change has to take place from the teacher-centric teaching-learning model that we have been used to, to the student-centric model required by OBE. She added that as teachers we should prepare our students for industry.

At the onset of his lecture, Prof. Laurito, a renowned consultant on OBE and AI, emphasized two things about OBE: that it is about alignment to produce a common standard for preparing materials such the syllabus, and it is a mechanism for continuous improvement. It is student-centric and focused on graduates. The speaker stressed that having a standardized syllabus format is necessary for accreditation.

The resource person discussed Bloom’s Taxonomy, the Architecture of OBE, how to write the syllabus using AI, and introduced a list of abbreviations used in OBE such as PEO (Program Educational Objectives), PO (Program Objectives), CILO (Course Intended Learning Outcome), CMO (CHED Memorandum Order), OBTL (Outcome-Based Teaching-Learning), among others.

To help the Office for Quality Assurance Services under its director, ASEAN Engineer Eulalio Creencia in its mandate to prepare the FEATI community for the accreditation endeavors, Prof. Laurito discussed the process, requirements, and pros and cons of applying for accreditation with various agencies both in the country and abroad.

During the workshop, the participants presented their syllabi that had been converted into the required format with the use of ChatbotGPT as the resource persons gave their inputs. Prof. Laurito added insights based on his years of experience as a member of the CHED technical panel and as a former dean of Engineering in UST.

The output of the seminar participants were the converted syllabi using the OBE model presented by the resource persons. The participants were required to upload them to the University website using the Moodle Learning Management System.