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Quality Assurance arrangements related to national qualifications frameworks in ASEAN and their impact on higher education

Quality Assurance arrangements related to national qualifications frameworks in ASEAN and their impact on higher education
 

Quality Assurance arrangements related to national qualifications frameworks in ASEAN and their impact on higher education

The project “European Union Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region (SHARE)” has as the global objective to strengthen regional cooperation, enhance the quality, regional competitiveness and internationalisation of ASEAN higher education institutions and students, contributing to an ASEAN Community in 2015 and beyond.

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E-xcellence manual - third edition

E-xcellence manual - third edition
 

E-xcellence manual - third edition

Quality Assessment for E-learning: a Benchmarking Approach, third edition. EADTU, 2016

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Quality models in online and open education

Quality models in online and open education
 

Quality models in online and open education

 

The report provides the first global overview of quality models in online and open education, an overview which is very timely, delivered as it is for Global Education 2030, the new global educational agenda which replaces Education For All, EFA.

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Considerations for quality assurance of e-learning provision

Considerations for quality assurance of e-learning provision
 

Considerations for quality assurance of e-learning provision

 

Report from the ENQA working group VIII on quality assurance and e-learning 

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“The fun they had” or about the quality of MOOC

“The fun they had” or about the quality of MOOC
 

“The fun they had” or about the quality of MOOC

This article of Patrizia Ghisland in Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society explores the different quality aspects related to MOOCs. This paper concludes, "the relevant literature about MOOC’s evaluation is still uncertain between the need to adopt one of the few quality enhancement frameworks specifically created for MOOC or reuse the e-learning quality models available...”. E-xcellence and OpenupEd quality labels are referenced as well. Note that OpenupEd published a recent article on Quality Frameworks for MOOCs as well.

Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice

Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice
 

Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice

Combatting Corruption and Enhancing Integrity: A Contemporary Challenge for the Quality and Credibility of Higher Education

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The CIQG International Quality Principles: Toward a Shared Understanding of Quality

The CIQG International Quality Principles: Toward a Shared Understanding of Quality
 

The CIQG International Quality Principles: Toward a Shared Understanding of Quality

This summary of the skills and knowledge that graduates will need for the 21st century has clear implications for changing higher education while improving its quality. It reveals two rather different areas in which faculty should invest special effort.

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Quality in MOOCs: Surveying the Terrain

Quality in MOOCs: Surveying the Terrain
 

Quality in MOOCs: Surveying the Terrain

The purpose of this review is to identify quality measures and to highlight some of the tensions surrounding notions of quality, as well as the need for new ways of thinking about and approaching quality in MOOCs.

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Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice

Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice
 

Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice

Combatting Corruption and Enhancing Integrity: A Contemporary Challenge for the Quality and Credibility of Higher Education. 

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Better 21C Credentials Evaluating the promise, perils and disruptive potential of digital credentials

Better 21C Credentials Evaluating the promise, perils and disruptive potential of digital credentials
 

Better 21C Credentials Evaluating the promise, perils and disruptive potential of digital credentials

This paper contends that credentials are the core business of higher education, and they can only be sustained if they are underpinned by excellent and appropriate assessment accompanied by timely and constructive feedback.

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New ECTS Guide available
 

New ECTS Guide available

The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is a tool of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) for making studies and courses more transparent and thus helping to enhance the quality of higher education.

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EUREQA moments! Top tips for internal QA
 

EUREQA moments! Top tips for internal QA

This EUA report presents the key conclusions drawn from the EUREQA project, which build on many of the lessons learnt from previous EUA projects on quality assurance and quality culture.

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OpenupEd label, quality benchmark for MOOCs

 

OpenupEd label, quality benchmark for MOOCs

Benchmark designed to complement or supplement existing QA processes by focussing on e-learning aspects.

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Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education
 

Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education

Working with Academic Partnerships, Sir John Daniel and Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic have released a Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education Guide. This is a follow up publication to the well-received Quality in Online Learning report published in 2013. This second Guide addresses quality in MOOCs, OER, Open Badges and more.

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Survey MOOCs and online Higher Education
 

Survey MOOCs and online Higher Education

NVAO (Dutch - Flemish Accreditation Organisation) survey on MOOCs in Higher Education
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A Guide to Quality in Online Learning
 

A Guide to Quality in Online Learning

This guide summarizes the key quality issues in online education in a concise and accessible manner, with an annotated reading list to help you to pursue particular topics further. Primary audience: Academics and professionals in higher education.

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Quality assessment for e-learning (EADTU)
 

Quality assessment for e-learning (EADTU)

Quality Assessment for E-learning: a Benchmarking Approach.
Second edition 2012

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Quality Assurance of E-Learning
 

Quality Assurance of E-Learning

Quality Assurance of E-learning, Sigtuna 2009
ENQA - European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

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Quality Assurance in the EHEA
 

Quality Assurance in the EHEA

Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area
ENQA - European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education

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Framework of qualifications of the EHEA
 

Framework of qualifications of the EHEA

A Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area

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Quality in Joint Master Programmes
 

Quality in Joint Master Programmes

Guidelines for Quality Enhancement in European Joint Master Programmes
EUA publication

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Quality in e-learning
 

Quality in e-learning

Quality in e-learning: Use and dissemination of quality approaches in European e-learning
A study by the European Quality Observatory

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Student handbook on Quality Assurance
 

Student handbook on Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance and Accreditation – improving quality and promoting mobility

ESIB - The National Unions of Students of Europe 

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