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Erasmus Mundus Masters Courses: Implementation challenges Roger Janssens Kyushu University, 3 Nov. 2009. EMMC Implementation challenges. I. Academical 1) Course content/integration 2) Quality assurance and evaluation II. Technical/administrative 1) Management of student-related registrations
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Erasmus MundusMasters Courses:Implementation challengesRoger JanssensKyushu University, 3 Nov. 2009
EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical 1) Course content/integration 2) Quality assurance and evaluation II. Technical/administrative 1) Management of student-related registrations 2) Accreditation
EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical Award criteria: a) Course content b) Course integration c) Course mgmt, visibility and sustainability measures d) Students' services and facilities e) Quality assurance and evaluation
EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical 1) Course content/integration, viz. 'Educational concept' • element of quality control; • easy to define in name, but not so easy to carry out in practice?; • benefits of unified approach vs traditional, institution-specific approach?
EMMC Implementation challenges I. Academical 2) Quality assurance and evaluation • different grading systems: how to reconcile them?; • ECTS grading scale and its perfect bell curve (10% top students, next 25%, next 30%, next 25%, lowest 10% of successful students); • 'grade of distinction' boundaries
EMMC Implementation challenges II. Technical/administrative 1) Management of student-related registrations • registration/enrolment; course registrations; exam result registrations; • solved through recent developments in Leuven and possibly elsewhere?
EMMC Implementation challenges II. Technical/administrative 2) Accreditation • recognition of diplomas by national authorities; • joint vs double/multiple degrees; • joint degrees require common ‘diploma supplement’ -> unified expectations