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Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement in e-Learning Conference
Date: 2 July, 2010
Location: Fielder Centre, University of Hertfordshire
Web address: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2010/jointevents/QAQESIG6July1
This free one-day conference will explore challenges facing the sector in relation to assuring quality whilst also enabling quality enhancement and innovation through technology enhanced learning (TEL). Actively seeking your contributions to the QAQE debate, the day will include networking opportunities and participatory sessions and to explore practitioner needs.
Technologies impact on all aspects of the learning process, including teaching, assessment and communication. In light of changes in technologies and the changing role of e-learning within higher education, guidance and policies associated with quality assurance and quality enhancement of technology enhanced learning (TEL) need to be considered and reviewed.
The day will include a keynote from Professor Colin Raban, Director of Quality Enhancement at the University of Derby, consultation on findings from the HE Academy funded QAQE project and panel debate on future agendas including panel members from QAA, HE Academy and JISC.
Booking details and programme can be found via the following link:
(posted on 20 June, 2010)
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Workshop on QAA code of practice
Date: 19 February, 2010
Time: 10.30
Location: Higher Education Acedemy, York
The QA-QE for e-learning Special Interest Group (SIG) is currently undertaking a consultation exercise with the sector around the QAA Code of Practice for e-learning.
We like to invite you to attend one of the two workshops that we are running as part of the consultation exercise:
· Northern Workshop – 19 February 2010 - HEA Offices, York (10.30-4)
For details and to register contact Judith Kuit judith.kuit@sunderland.ac.uk
The aims of this workshop are as follows:
To provide an overview of the current Code of Practice (CoP) in relation to e-learning and to explore possible areas for improvement of the current CoP
To encourage a healthy open debate and capture the outcomes which will inform the commentary on the CoP
This is your opportunity to influence the sectors views on e-learning quality assurance and enhancement
(posted on 11 January, 2010)
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Workshop on QAA code of practice
Date: 5 February, 2010
Time: 10.30
Location: Institute of education
The QA-QE for e-learning Special Interest Group (SIG) is currently undertaking a consultation exercise with the sector around the QAA Code of Practice for e-learning.
We like to invite you to attend one of the two workshops that we are running as part of the consultation exercise:
· Southern workshop – 5 February 2010 - London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education (10.30-4)
For details and to register contact Barbara Newland bnewland@bournemouth.ac.uk
The aims of this workshop are as follows:
To provide an overview of the current Code of Practice (CoP) in relation to e-learning and to explore possible areas for improvement of the current CoP
To encourage a healthy open debate and capture the outcomes which will inform the commentary on the CoP
This is your opportunity to influence the sectors views on e-learning quality assurance and enhancement
(posted on 11 January, 2010)
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ENQA Workshop on quality assurance of e-Learning
Start date: 7 October, 2009
End date: 8 October 2009
Location: Sigtuna, Sweden
ENQA is organising a workshop on the quality assurance of E-learning. The workshop will be hosted by the National Agency for Higher Education (NAHE), and will take place at Kristina Konferens & Hotell in Sigtuna, Sweden.
<b>Background and main ideas of the workshop</b>
In a recent report (E-learning Quality (ELQ) – Aspects and criteria for evaluation of e-learning in higher education. Report 2008:11R) the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education (NAHE) has surveyed the work on quality assurance of e-learning in higher education on a European level in nine selected countries. One conclusion is that quality in e-learning is a non issue for many, especially for the quality assurance agencies.
Although there are promising projects governed by other organisations such as the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), the European Foundation for Quality in E-learning (EFQUEL), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA), all these projects deal with e-learning as a separate issue. In the NAHE report, it is suggested that the same criteria for quality should be applicable to e-learning as it is to traditional campus-based education. The accreditation, audit and assurance process of e-learning should therefore be integrated in the national framework and not be evaluated separately. To this end, there is a need for methodological development within quality assurance agencies. At the same time, there is a need for increased cooperation between national agencies as e-learning enhances the development of borderless education.
<b>Workshop key questions</b>
1. Which new aspects and criteria specific for e-learning do we have to consider?
2. How can we integrate e-learning criteria in the national evaluation programme?
3. How can we build up cooperation/knowledge exchange on a European level between national assurance/accreditation organisations and organisations with experience in e-learning quality such as EADTU, EFQUEL, and JISC?
See: http://www.enqa.eu/eventitem.lasso?id=249&cont=eventDetail
(posted on 18 August, 2009)
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