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the development of MApQFTOOL A Software Tool for National Qualifications Frameworks

the development of MApQFTOOL A Software Tool for National Qualifications Frameworks. PROF PHILIPPOS POUYIOUTAS 1,2,3 , DR HARALD GJERMUNDROD 1,4 , DR IOANNA DIONYSIOU 1,4 , AND MR MICHALIS MICHAEL 1 1 UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, CYPRUS

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the development of MApQFTOOL A Software Tool for National Qualifications Frameworks

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  1. the development of MApQFTOOLA Software Tool for National Qualifications Frameworks PROF PHILIPPOS POUYIOUTAS1,2,3, DR HARALD GJERMUNDROD1,4, DR IOANNA DIONYSIOU1,4, AND MR MICHALIS MICHAEL1 1UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, CYPRUS pouyioutas.p@unic.ac.cy,gjermundrod.h@unic.ac.cy, dionysiou.i@unic.ac.cy,philisp@cytanet.com.cy 2 PARTICIPATING IN: THE UNILO PROJECT www.unilo.eu 3 CO-ORDINATING/4 PARTICIPATING: IN THE REPROTOOL PROJECT www.reprotool.com ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  2. Presentation Structure • The Bologna Process • European Qualifications Framework • MapQFTool • Motivation for the Tool • Sample queries • Examples of use of the Tool • The Architecture and Database • Conclusion ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  3. The Bologna Process • The Bologna process aims at developing a European Educational Framework of standards/definitions/concepts so as to provide the basis for European countries to transform their educational system according to this framework. • This will result in comparability/compatibility of the various European educational systems which will then result in: • collaborations amongst educational institutions • exchanges of students and teachers within Europe • transparency and transferability of qualifications. ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  4. European Qualifications Framework • EQF and NQFs describe in terms of Learning Outcomes (knowledge, skills, competences) the various levels of education starting from the pre-primary level and reaching the doctorate level. • EQF caters for eight such levels, whereas NQFs may cater a different number of levels. • European Qualifications Framework • Provides for mapping the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) of each European country to this framework, thus transitively, mapping each country’s educational system to another country’s system ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  5. European Qualifications Framework http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/eqf/rec08_en.pdf ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  6. EQF and NQFs (adopted from EQF Newsletter April 2010 eac-eqf-newsletter@ec.europa.eu) ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  7. MapQFTool • Current practice of trying to map the various NQFs against the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), and through the EQF against each other is tedious and error prone • Advantages of automating this process using a software tool. • Provide the tool as an online application which provide universal access. • MapQFTool is a software tool that provides support to the understanding and comparability of the National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) of the European countries. ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  8. MapQFTool (Cont.) • MapQFTool will be a very useful asset to all stakeholders, namely the • European Commission, • National Quality Assurance Agencies of all European countries • Educational institutions • Ministries of Education and Labor • Prospective students, students, and Erasmus co-ordinators • Employers, careers officers, and the general public. ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  9. Sample Queries • Given an award type, what is its NQF level in a given country • Given an award type, what is its EQF level • Given an award type in country A, what is its NQF level in country B • Given an award type in country A, what are the equivalent NQF levels in all other countries • Given a qualification, what is its NQF level in a given country • Given a qualification, what is its EQF level • Given a qualification in country A, what are its equivalent qualifications in country B • Given a qualification in country A, what are its NQF levels in all other countries ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  10. Sample Queries • Given an NQF level in country A what is its equivalent EQF level • Given an NQF level in country A, what is its equivalent NQF level in country B • Given an NQF level in country A, what are the equivalent NQF levels in all other countries • Given an EQF level what are/is the equivalent level(s) in the NQF of country A • Given an EQF level what are/is the awards of that level in country A ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  11. User Login ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  12. Setting/Viewing EQF ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  13. Summary of the NQF Levels of a Country ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  14. Setting/Viewing an University ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  15. Sample Query ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  16. Sample Query ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  17. MapQFToolArchitecture • MapQFTool is built on Microsoft .Net platform using the DXperience tool by DevExpress. • It uses a three-tier web application architecture • Presentation Layer • Provides the interface to the user for accessing the application, i.e. done through a web browser like: FireFox, Safari, Chrome, IE. • Application Logic layer: • Handles the requests on behalf of the user on the web service, i.e. performs the action that the user have requested. • Data Access Layer: • The data for the application is stored in a database which is accessed by the web service (tier 2). ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  18. Users and System Architecture ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  19. The Design of the Underlying Database ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  20. Conclusions • MapQFTool is a very useful Tool which allows the various National Qualification Frameworks (NQFs) to be mapped against the European Qualification Framework and thus against each other. • We expect that MapQFTool will be a very useful asset to all stakeholders. ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

  21. Thank you. Questions? For more information email us: pouyioutas.p@unic.ac.cy gjermundrod.h@unic.ac.cy dionysiou.i@unic.ac.cy ReProTool and UNILO Information Day/Workshop March 2, 2012, Nicosia, Cyprus

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