OSSIANNILSSON, WILLIAMS, CAMILLERI, BROWN

ICDE QUALITY STANDARD STUDY 2014ICDE SCOP BALI 2014

THE PROJECT

1) overview of standards, guidelines and benchmarks for quality open, distance, flexible, and online education, including e-learning

2) analysis of and recommendation for which standards and guidelines that are most relevant for the ICDE membership,

3) analysis of opportunities for ICDE to align its work with that of key national and international stakeholders, included quality agencies.

4) recommendations for ICDE’s future work on quality guidelines, benchmarks, standards and quality.

5) presentation of a series of proposals, which ICDE may realistically pursue including an analysis of resources required

WHAT HAS BEEN DONE

● An overview of existing international quality standards models, including online post HE, OER and MOOCs

● Analysis and clustering of selected most in use quality standards models

● Stakeholder analysis● First set of recommendations● First set of proposals

International research advisory group led by Prof M Brown

FINDINGS SO FAR

Lots of different guidelines /models, this is problematic on one side on the other hand quality is contextualized Different approaches; frame of reference/ benchmarking/certification by whom/purposeMultiplyed global/local/nationaleL quality should be mainstreamed and integrated in ordinary QATools and to scaffoldingGeneric vs cultural

SET OF PRINCIPLES ON QUALITY

Dynamic Process conversation incl reflective practice Stakeholders interested incl students Approaches: Enhancement vs assurance Contextbound contextualises generic /vs content Contestable/ debatable Maturity Open culture/practice core of culture Personalisation

First set of recommendationsQA systems must ● be flexible enough to deal with rapid change in the field: several have lost

their relevance due to inability to change fast enough● be better contextualised to the needs (culture, language, socio-economic

priorities) of local regions (but not at the expense of internationalisation)·

ICDE should:● create a link between the conclusions of this study and the review teams● provide more examples of local models through its’ members● Communicate the principles● Curate a Quality Hub cf OER HUB, which is continually kept updated● Continue its research and mapping activities

Policy Recommendations● QA agencies should take a stronger role in promoting

innovation, rather than solely controlling quality● Integration of QA into HE systems needs to take

account of the mature QA processes already in place● New Credentials (esp. linked to open learning), are

necessitating a QA focus on credentialisation● Non-Traditional providers are often not covered by any

QA system● Unbundling of Educational systems may require

corresponding unbundling of QA systems

Set of proposals

● e-learning Quality needs to be contextualised as part of institutional strategy

● Quality is a process: providing tools and methods to support quality culture are key to overall improvement

● The understanding of quality e-learning is evolving: investing more dialogue/community with professionals/network

● Conversation like the suggested Quality Hub, cf OER Hub, will aid this process

QUESTIONS?

● What role will ICDE play, ev opportunity for ICDE to develop an own model?

● Establish stars awarding stars framework to judge Tension between stars/ opening up?

● Framework for quality ICDE endorsement/will contradict some of the principles?

● Recommendations for 2020/2030?● Innovation and excellence?● ICDE Quality review services in the future?