Micro qualification programs are strengthened with student feedback

A comprehensive workshop aimed at evaluating and developing the micro-qualification programs conducted at our university was held with the active participation of students attending the program. During the meeting, which lasted approximately two hours, students' experiences related to the programs, areas of satisfaction, and aspects that need improvement were discussed in a multidimensional manner.

At the opening of the workshop, Prof. Dr. Ali Murat Alparslan gave a presentation on the micro-qualification approach. In the presentation, Alparslan emphasized that universities should no longer be structures that merely transfer knowledge; instead, they should offer a personalized, diversified, liberated, and experiential-participatory learning ecosystem, stating that micro-qualifications are one of the fundamental building blocks of this transformation.

Following the presentation, the results of the feedback survey conducted via a digital platform regarding the micro-qualification programs carried out this term were shared. While students frequently emphasized the flexible structure of the programs, their application-oriented content, and the contributions they made to their personal development, they also provided detailed and constructive feedback for further development of the programs.

In the later part of the meeting, students had the opportunity to share their opinions and suggestions verbally. In this section, suggestions particularly focused on diversifying learning processes, increasing application areas, and strengthening digital support mechanisms came to the forefront. It was stated that student feedback provided an important roadmap for the sustainable development of micro-qualification programs.

Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Oğuz Gürsoy, who chaired the meeting, emphasized that the university is one of the pioneering universities in Turkey regarding micro-qualification programs. Gürsoy stated that these programs hold strategic importance for the university due to their employment-sensitive structure and skill development-focused approach, and expressed that the system will be further strengthened with the feedback received from students and will continue to be developed with a continuous improvement approach.

Also attending the workshop were; Education and Teaching Development Coordinator and Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences Prof. Dr. Perihan Ünüvar, Assistant Coordinator Assoc. Dr. Derya Can, Dr. Lecturer Funda Uysal, Micro-Qualification Coordinator Elvan Duman, Deputy Secretary General Mesut Türkmen, and Head of Student Affairs Department Hüseyin Kahraman.

At the end of the meeting, it was stated that the opinions and suggestions of the students will be directly taken into account in the design of the micro-qualification programs for the next term; and that the university will continue to strengthen its learning-teaching approach with an understanding of a participatory, flexible, and open-to-development educational ecosystem.