Welcome to Asia Pacific International College. We are a provider of high quality flexible educational programs, designed for both students and professional people to study online wherever they are so long as they can access our Online Learning System. This is in addition to our class room based delivery mode.
All our programs are based on units of study. Each unit has 3 segments:
- intensive workshop
- project phase
- assessment phase
A workshop is typically 4 day long conducted face-to-face in Sydney. In addition to onsite delivery we offer a number of workshops in each semester in virtual mode applying real time Internet based video conferencing technologies. Students do not need to have any special software or hardware; general internet browsers will be sufficient.
The term project in each unit typically lasts 11 weeks and is studied by teams of students in an asynchronous manner (virtual teams OK). They study flexibly (any hour can be utilised, including evenings, weekends and holidays).
Teams complete and submit 4 assignments following a structured and yet flexible process, as shown below:
Upon completion of the term project each student compiles own reflective report (referred to as Final Report) in which he/she captures the learning outcomes (professional competencies) achieved. Each student is interviewed based on their Final Report and the associated target learning outcomes in each unit. The whole learning program in each semester is managed as a project.
Benefits of our approach are:
- Cost effectiveness – the online mode permits students to study our programs while keeping their jobs and avoiding travel and accommodation expenses
- Flexibility – students can increase or decrease their study load in each semester to suit their family and work commitments. This is achieved while maintaining academic rigour and relevance of the program. (Note that the same learning program is applied in all units of study to both on-campus and off-campus studies.)
- Customised learning: teams conduct their assignments on selected case projects within their field of interest and learn the application of managerial principles in the same field.
- Our Advanced online tools and systems support individual learning and development in a dynamic fashion
- Use of real life projects and organisations as the site of learning enhances the learning quality
- Teamwork: We encourage individuals of diverse background and experience to work together as a team
- Stimulating environment: We promote peer group support, exchange of expertise and benchmarking to calibrate and test professional competencies in different contexts.
- Autonomy: Our focus is on autonomy to facilitate intellectual enrichment and personal mastery.
- Alignment: We aim to align individual learning and development with organisational or industry needs and requirements.
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