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Active Learning in Accounting: The Role of Digital Learning Resource in Fostering Student Engagement

SYNOPSIS
Active learning refers to in-class instructional strategies that blend activities such as: games, technology-based learning, team-based learning, etc; in enhancing students’ learning experience. Two important characteristics of active learning are that it shifts the teaching focus from being instructor-centric to student-centric; and that it requires active student involvement in achieving learning outcome. This presentation outlines how active learning pedagogy can be facilitated in the teaching of accounting. In particular, the focus will be on the role played by digital learning resource (that have been created with SMU’s Centre of Teaching Excellence) in fostering higher student engagement. The findings from students’ feedback survey reveal that as students take on a more proactive role in their leaning, they become more engaged in the learning process; and this results in the teaching and learning of accounting to be more enjoyable for both students and instructors.

Associate Professor Yuanto Kusnadi has over then years’ of teaching experience in accounting for entrepreneurs, financial management, analytics for financial instruments, and experiential learning through real-consultancy projects. He has been doing research on issues in corporate finance, accounting, and corporate governance for international firms; as well as experiential & innovative teaching pedagogy. He has won a number of international and local teaching and research awards, including the Finalists for the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards 2021 (Hybrid Learning) and the Times Higher Education Awards Asia 2022 (International Strategy), and the Runner-Up of the Canadian Academy Accounting Association Howard Teall Innovation in Accounting Education Award (2022), SMU Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award – Excellent SMU-X Teacher (2021), SMU Office of Core Curriculum Annual Teaching Excellence Award (2021), SMU Postgraduate Professional Programmes Award (2019), His research papers have been published in prestigious international journals such as Journal of Business, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Financial Research, Review of Pacific-Basin Financial Markets and Policies, and Journal of Asia Business Studies. He served on the program selection committee of several international conferences. His research has also been profiled in the Straits Times, the Business Times, Lianhe Zaobao, SGSME, Perspectives@SMU, Asian Management Insights, the New Paper, Asian Scientist, and the CFA Digest.

Last Update: 09/05/2022