Innovative Hybrid Instruction at AIT – ‘Without Missing a Beat’

Hybrid Mode of Instruction

AIT launched the new Hybrid Instruction since August semester 2020. We are welcoming students to our campus, and at the same time deliver quality education through the innovative Hybrid Mode for students who are unable to join us in person due to travel restrictions and/or if physical distancing measures remain in place following government guidelines during this Covid-19 pandemic.

AIT is committed to 3 key principles during this pandemic.

• AIT continues its mission in education in the region and the world.
• Education shall be delivered without missing a beat.
• Quality shall be upheld.

In order to commit to these principles, we are implementing our Hybrid Instruction as an innovative solution to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Our Hybrid Mode enables live classes to be simultaneously delivered to students who are physically in a classroom on campus and to students in their home countries who can participate in the class real-time online. Read more

AIT Closure and AIT Moves to Interactive Online Learning for Remainder of Spring Semester

The Asian Institute of Technology is closely monitoring the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The health, safety and well-being of our AIT community is our top priority, while pursuing our education mission. Given the deteriorating world situation with the virus and in view of the Royal Thai Government’s announcement of March 17 requiring the closure of all schools across the country for two weeks, AIT has decided to take the following measures at this unprecedented time. Read More

Fall Semester 2020 Starts “Without Missing a Beat” Via Hybrid Orientation

The Asian Institute of Technology conducted a Hybrid Fall Semester 2020 Orientation Ceremony on August 3 to welcome its intake of new students, comprising of those who are already on campus and those who are unable to be in Thailand yet because of Covid-19 restrictions. Just like what these two sets of students will do in Hybrid Instruction classrooms starting 4 August, they attended the ceremony together, in both in-person and on-line modes.

A total of 168 new students joined in-person and over 200 new students joined online from countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America. For those in the auditorium, social distancing and coronavirus safety procedures were maintained throughout the program. Read More

Fall Semester Overseas Students Forum: In Solidarity with AIT’s International Students

On July 29, an online audience of more than 250 students from many countries in Asia and Africa tuned into the Fall Semester Overseas Students Forum focused on addressing the concerns of AIT’s new and continuing overseas students about the entry process into Thailand for the Fall Semester.

The online meeting forum conducted in one of AIT’s new Smart Modified Classrooms (SMCs) featured a welcome message from President Dr. Eden Woon, who hosted the 90-minute virtual information session and answered a large number of questions posed by students and their families participating from abroad. “This forum is designed for our students overseas to have a good understanding of what they need to do, step-by-step, to get themselves to Thailand and AIT,” President Woon told the online audience.Read More

Student Testimonials Passion brings them here: A word from some AIT newcomers

The Covid-19 pandemic may have paused the world, but it cannot alter the passion of newcomers joining AIT. This was exhibited by the high number of the new students joining the Hybrid Orientation Ceremony for the Fall Semester 2020 on August 3, with 168 new students attending in-person at the campus and more than 200 new students from countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and North America joining online. As always, we welcomed new students with great diversity. This year, in these extraordinary circumstances, this diversity lies not only within their countries or cultures of origin but also in students’ life backgrounds, work experiences, education and, most intriguing – their “passion” which has led them to AIT. Read More

AIT Received Donations to Help Create Smart Modified Classrooms for Hybrid Instruction

AIT received a large number of donations to support the creation of 18 Smart Modified Classrooms (SMCs) which are being used to deliver the Hybrid Instruction System in the Fall 2020 semester to both on-campus and online students. The system will be used also in the future as AIT incorporates more innovation into its teaching. Read More

AIT receives support towards One Full Master’s Scholarship and One Standard Smart Modified Classroom for Hybrid Instruction

Ms. La-ead Kovavisaruch (IE&M’87) & Mr. Chaiwat Kovavisarach (IE&M’91), AIT alumni from Industrial Engineering & Management, jointly agrees to support AIT in the amount of THB 1.2 million towards one Full Master's Scholarship in honor of their parents, Mr. Boonkiat & Ms. Jintana Kovavisaruch, 60th Wedding Anniversary. In addition, Mr. Chaiwat also agrees to support one Standard Smart Modified Classroom for Hybrid Instruction. Read More

AIT Received a Donation for upgrading School of Management’s Amphitheater

Ms. Bhiramon Chuprapawan (IEMBA’03) has agreed to donate THB 150,000 for upgrading the School of Management Amphitheater into a Standard Smart Modified Classroom for Institute Wide Courses (IWCs) and other Hybrid Instruction Courses. Read More

Donation Converts “CREATOR SPACE” in AIT Entrepreneurship Center to Smart Modified Classroom

A group of Sri Lankan AIT Alumni in Australia has generously donated AUD 6,818 towards the upgrading of the CREATOR SPACE facility at the AIT Entrepreneurship Center (EC) into a Smart Modified Classroom (SMC). Read More

Sustainability Hackathon 2020 challenges 100+ participants to “Solve the Unsolved”

Against the backdrop of the ongoing global pandemic and ever-present environmental, social and economic challenges, this year’s AIT Sustainability Hackathon 2020 organized by the Department of Development and Sustainability exuded youthful optimism and a can-do attitude to change things for the better.

AIT’s Entrepreneurship Center played host on 20-21 November 2020 to the hybrid (online and offline) event that welcomed more than 100 contenders from universities in Thailand and around the world who joined either onsite or virtually. Read More

“Friday TikTalk Series” connects new students abroad to AIT campus life

The end of the Fall Semester at AIT is fast approaching and many new students have been attending classes online via Hybrid Mode of Instruction from countries overseas.
To connect all students together, the Office of Student Affairs, in partnership with the Interim Student Representatives team, designed a series of virtual activities this semester to join our new AIT students who have not yet arrived in Thailand with their fellow students now on campus. Read More

AIT Organization Quarantine (OQ)

AIT is a residential university, so despite recruitment success and Hybrid Instruction running smoothly, AIT wanted to bring the overseas students back to campus. After an extensive application process, AIT gained approval as the first university in Thailand to operate an official Organizational Quarantine (OQ) facility for its students. The AIT OQ project involved helping overseas students with complex COVID-19 entry procedures at Thai embassies abroad, escorting them safely to AIT on arrival in Bangkok, and hosting them for the quarantine in designated campus dormitories retrofitted and sealed off from the Institute community. Read all about AIT Organizational Quarantine

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