Developing National QA for Digital Education: Insights from the Irish Experience
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The document provides insights on developing national quality assurance (QA) guidelines for digital education, drawing lessons from the Irish experience. It highlights the complexity of defining quality and the necessity for new QA considerations, particularly regarding micro-credentials. The authors emphasize the need for a collaborative approach in improving QA frameworks across Europe, citing various relevant literature and frameworks.
Developing National QA for Digital Education: Insights from the Irish Experience
- 1. Developing National QA for Digital Education: Insights from the Irish Experience 06h October 2023 Mark Brown Eamon Costello & Prajakta (Lily) Girme
- 2. Anchoring literature Developing the National QA Guidelines Lessons for European Standards & Guidelines Outline
- 3. Photo by Rae Wallis on Unsplash Before we start…
- 4. Photo by Rae Wallis on Unsplash “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) Before we start…
- 8. • 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. Anchoring literature
- 9. “Importantly, the learner’s location is a key determinant in naming the mode” (Johnson, Seaman & Poulin, 2022, p. 106) On-campus Off-campus https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/article/view/3565 1. Anchoring literature
- 10. What else is missing from current QA frameworks? (Brown, 2022) 1. Anchoring literature
- 11. 2018 https://www.qqi.ie/sites/default/files/media/file-uploads/Statutory%20QA%20Guidelines%20for%20Blended%20Learning%20Programmes.pdf 2. Developing the National QA Guidelines
- 12. 2023 March 2023 January 2023 September 2. Developing the National QA Guidelines
- 13. 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
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- 15. Adapted from OECD 2. Developing the National QA Guidelines 2023 March Explicitly included M icro-credentials
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- 19. 2. Developing the National QA Guidelines Not the everyday Definition of blended learning Generally positive Feedback on structure
- 20. 2023 September 2. Developing the National QA Guidelines Inclusive of M icro-credentials
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- 29. 3. Lessons for European Standards and Guidelines 2018
- 30. 3. Lessons for European Standards and Guidelines https://beta.jisc.ac.uk/reports/beyond-blended 2023
- 31. 3. Lessons for European Standards and Guidelines
- 32. Final comment… Chocolate is always the answer no matter what the question! Quality remains an elusive concept but…
- 33. Staring, F., Brown, M., Bacsich, P., & Ifenthaler, D. (2022). Digital higher education: Emerging quality standards, practices and supports, OECD Education Working Papers, No. 281, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/f622f257-en. Volungevičienė, A., Brown, M., Greenspon, R., Gaebel, M., & Morrisroe, A. (2021). Developing a High-Performance Digital Education System: Institutional Self-Assessment Instruments. European University Association, Brussels. Ossiannilsson, E., K. Williams, A. Camilleri and M. Brown (2015), Quality models in online and open education around the globe: State of the art and recommendations. International Council for Open and Distance Education, Oslo, Norway. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED557055.pdf Esfijani, A. (2018), “Measuring quality in online education: A metasynthesis”, American Journal of Distance Education, 32/1, pp. 57-73, DOI: 10.1080/08923647.2018.1417658 Brown, M. (2022). The quest for quality in digital higher education: A critical analysis of QA frameworks. Full paper at EDEN Digital Learning Europe Annual Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 20th June. Key references 2022 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-981-19-0351-9_41-1
- 34. Go raibh maith agaibh! Thank you