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Quality Assurance of Online, Open and Flexible higher education

This presentation explores the conceptual issues of online, open, and flexible higher education, including the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It discusses the growing role of OER, unbundling of education, emergence of non-traditional providers, collaboration, and the challenges for quality assurance in this changing landscape.

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Quality Assurance of Online, Open and Flexible higher education

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  1. Quality Assurance of Online, Open and Flexible higher education Conceptual Issues Anthony f. camilleri SEQUENT Consultation seminar March 2016 – institute jožefštefan, Ljubljana

  2. What is open education? Open Educational Resources (OER) describe any kind of digital media which are released under licenses which allow for: • use and reuse/repurposing/modification of the resources • encompass all types of digital media • Depending on the definition, OER may include: • digital resources only, or a mix of digital and ‘traditional’ resources • resources produced with an explicit educational aim, or any resource used as part of an educational process • resources which are e the public domain, or resources which allow use and reuse merely for educational purposes

  3. What is open education? increasing levels of openness Hodgkinson-Williams, C., & Gray, E. (2009). Degrees of openness: The emergence of open educational resources at the University of Cape Town. International Journal of Education and Development Using ICT, 5(5). Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/42198/

  4. What about MOOCS? MOOC is defined as: • massive: with theoretically no limit to enrolment • open: allowing anyone to participate, usually at no cost • online: with learning activities typically taking place over the web • course: structured around a set of learning goals in a defined study area don’t miss the forest for the trees

  5. Educational change is inevitable MOOCs (et al) are a symptom of change not, the result of it

  6. Technological trends Ubiquitous Computing access to computing power any time anywhere Learning Analytics ability to base teaching decisions on data Collaboration Technologies ability to collaborate with anybody in real-time Open Data access to any information any time anywhere Semantic Search ability to talk and converse with machines Personalisation Technologies move away from traditional massification concepts

  7. Social changes mean increased demands from education • providegraduates to supplytheknowledgeeconomy • increaseefficiencyofprocesses • extendreachofprogrammes • adaptcontent to ever-changingpriorities do more, better, withless

  8. Resulting trends in online, open and flexible Higher Education Growing Role of OER Unbundling of Education Emergence of Non-Traditional Providers Increasing demand for recognition & portability Collaboration to keep up with technology

  9. Growth in Open Educational Resources April 2014: 3045 learning repositories – 7% growth year-on-year with 12 million learning objects Source:repository66.org

  10. QA-related issues to consider How to adapt teacher performance metrics to consider use/re-use of their resources? How does open resources affect concepts of efficiency?

  11. Unbundling of education A Higher Education Experience isa gateway to a multitude of services explicit and implicit

  12. Three Scenarios for unbundling

  13. QA issues linked to unbundling

  14. Emergence of non-traditional providers ‘Hybrid Providers’ mergers of HEIs and Technology companies collaborating on course provision, e.g. Coursera

  15. Quality issues to consider none of these models are explicitly regulatedespecially not at international level Quality Systems will need to enable innovationprotect students

  16. Responding to technology through collaboration

  17. Technology-networks as quality networks • EdX and Coursera only admit ‘world class’ universities • OpenupEd is linked to a Quality Label

  18. Increased demand for recognition • Badges • Certificates of attendance • Certificates of completion • ECTS • Diplomas and Degrees Hard/Impossible to map toQualifications Framework easily mapped toQualifications Framework

  19. Challenges for QA Students Expect HE to provide portable and recognisable qualifications Equivalent Quality across all qualification types Quality of theQualification itself (recognition & portability as elements of quality)

  20. Open Data & Quality Technology gives rise to new expectations from the quality ecosystem

  21. Thank you foryour attention Download this presentation at: www.slideshare.net/anthonycamilleri Anthony F. Camilleri Anthony@knowledgeinnovationeu

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