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Quality Assurance Frameworks: An Overview. CAGS Montreal, November 4 Ronald Bond. Frameworks. National Qualifications Frameworks National and Transnational : EU Regional/Provincial : Maritimes, Ontario, Alberta Institutional : Guelph and Alberta. National. New Zealand: 10 levels
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Quality Assurance Frameworks: An Overview CAGS Montreal, November 4 Ronald Bond
Frameworks • National Qualifications Frameworks • National and Transnational: EU • Regional/Provincial: Maritimes, Ontario, Alberta • Institutional: Guelph and Alberta
National • New Zealand: 10 levels • Australia: 360o • EU: national, but also European Qualifications Framework • US: Lumina Foundation • Canada
Canadian Degree Qualifications Framework • CMEC: 2007 • Elements • Differential use
Regional/Provincial • Maritimes: MPHEC • Maritime Degree Level Qualifications Framework • Ontario: PEQAB • Ontario Qualifications Framework • Ontario: COU QC • Quality Assurance Framework; Degree-level expectations • Alberta: CAQC • Organizational and Program Assessment Standards for Graduate Programs • BC: DQAB • Green Paper on a Quality Assurance Framework (2013)
Institutional • University of Guelph • University of Guelph 2013 Learning Outcomes: Graduate Degree • University of Alberta • A Quality Assurance Framework for Graduate Education (2013)
Questions and Issues • How useful are generic standards? • What degree of differentiation is desirable? • Should there be a separate framework or rubric for programs delivered on-line? • Are graduate-level assessment strategies designed with learning outcomes in mind?