National QA Guidelines for Digital Education: Crafting a Multi-layered Box of Chocolates
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The document discusses the development of Ireland's National Quality Assurance Guidelines for Digital Education. It involved selecting existing quality literature, developing the guidelines over several years through stakeholder feedback, and emphasizing alignment with mainstream quality frameworks. Key lessons included defining quality as not dependent on delivery mode, integrating digital quality processes within institutions, and synthesizing diverse viewpoints on quality. The final guidelines were published in 2023 to provide coherence while allowing flexibility for different contexts.
National QA Guidelines for Digital Education: Crafting a Multi-layered Box of Chocolates
- 1. National Quality Assurance Guidelines for Digital Education: Crafting a Multi-layered Box of Chocolates Mark Brown, Eamon Costello & Prajakta Girme #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 9th November 2023
- 2. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Vice-President of EDEN Digital Learning Europe
- 3. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Photo by Rae Wallis on Unsplash Quality is…
- 4. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Outline… Selection of the literature Developing the National QA Guidelines The most important lesson going forward
- 5. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Outline… Selection of the literature Developing the National QA Guidelines The most important lesson going forward https://www.qqi.ie/sites/default/files/2023-10/statutory-qa-guidelines-for-providers-of-blended-and-online-programmes-2023.pdf
- 6. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Underlying premises… “Quality is an elusive term for which there is a wide variety of interpretations depending upon the views of different stakeholders.” (Schindler, et al., 2015, p. 4)
- 7. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2004 “Distance education, when properly planned, designed, and supported by the appropriate mix of technology and pedagogy, is equivalent to, or in certain scenarios more effective than, traditional face-to-face classroom instruction” (p. 11). 2015 2022 Underlying premises… Not determined by delivery mode
- 8. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Photo by Arjun MJ on Unsplash Underlying premises… “The report maintains the position that QA needs to be embedded into existing institution-wide processes, “... and not separate from the mainstream.” (Alan Tait, 2021, p. 9-10). Integrated with mainstream processes
- 9. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Photo by Arjun MJ on Unsplash Underlying premises… Synthesis of contemporary thinking
- 10. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 1. Selection of the literature
- 11. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2005 2011 2015 2015 1. Selection of the literature
- 12. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2021 1. Selection of the literature Multi-layered
- 13. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2022 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/digital-higher-education_f622f257-en 1. Selection of the literature
- 14. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 1. Selection of the literature 2022
- 15. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica • An abundance of QA frameworks • Many common dimensions shared across the different QA frameworks • Absence of output measures of QA • Emergence of new QA considerations • More research needed on how institutions implement QA/QE frameworks Findings… https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08923647.2018.1417658 1. Selection of the literature Failed to identify the lack of alignment with mainstream quality assurance frameworks!
- 16. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 1. Selection of the literature Culture 2022 2022
- 17. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica v 1. Selection of the literature
- 18. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
- 19. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2. Developing the National QA guidelines 2018 https://www.qqi.ie/sites/default/files/media/file-uploads/Statutory%20QA%20Guidelines%20for%20Blended%20Learning%20Programmes.pdf
- 20. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2023 March 2023 January 2023 October 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
- 21. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica What in a single word is the most important quality consideration that you would like to see in the new QQI guidelines? 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
- 22. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2023 January 2. Developing the National QA guidelines 146 definitions
- 23. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Institutional QA Processes 2023 March Adapted from OECD 2. Developing the National QA guidelines (Johnson, Seaman & Poulin, 2022) On-campus Off-campus
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- 26. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica Closed 9th June 2023 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
- 27. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2. Developing the National QA guidelines Not the everyday definition of blended learning Generally, very positive feedback
- 28. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2023 October 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
- 29. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 2023 https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/reports/beyond-blended 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
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- 33. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 20/03/202 3 93% Online 2. Developing the National QA guidelines
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- 39. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica 3. The most important lesson going forward 20/03/202 3 2018 2023 No more quality frameworks but greater alignment!
- 40. #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES While quality remains an elusive concept… Chocolate is always the answer no matter what the question! Final comment
- 41. Thank you! #ICDEWC23 @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica @icde_org @UNEDCostaRica