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13thDecember,2016Dr.EbbaOssiannilsson
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Dr. Ebba OssiannilssonEDEN FELLOWOPEN EDUCATION FELLOWResercher, Senior Advisor and Consultant OOFATE-learning and Digitization Quality ExpertEDEN ECV President Swedish Association for Distansducation (SADE)V President Swedish Association for e-Competence (REK)ICDE_ON_BOLDICEADTU and ICDE Quality reviewer, e-learning and MOOCsEC/ETWGDigitalandonline learninGIPTSOpenEdu Framework (quality)SIS/ISOQuality CommitteeGlobalOERGraduateNetwork(OUGN)SIS/ISO
Agenda
• Some challenges• Quality modelsaround theglobe
• Itistime foraradical change
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Quality isintheeye of thebeholder
TheEducation 2030:Towardsinclusiveandequitable qualityeducation andlifelong learning forall
Framework forAction,whichprovides guidance forimplementingEducation2030(TheIncheonDeclaration)
Ensure inclusiveandequitablequality education andpromotelifelong learning opportunities forallAccessInclusionandequityGenderequalityLifelong learning opportunities
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TheQingdaoDeclarationpromotesuse of ICTtoachieveeducation targets innewsustainabledevelopment goals
Global,lifelong,lifewide learningarenas
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“A fundamental change is needed in the way we think about education’srole in global development, becauseit has a catalytic impact on the well-being of individuals and the futureof our planet,” said UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova.
“Now, more than ever, educationhas a responsibility to be in gearwith 21st century challenges and aspirations, and foster the right types of values and skills that willlead to sustainable and inclusivegrowth, and peaceful livingtogether.”
UNESCO: Education needs to change fundamentally to meet
global development goals
TodayNewspaper 2ndSeptember2016
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The4thIndustrialrevolution:whatitmeans,howtocope withit
• Theimpact onbusiness• Theimpact onorganizations
• Theimpact onpeople
TraditionalsocietytoknowIndustrialsocietytoknowandtoknowhowtodoInformationSocietyoccupationsthatnotexist4th Industrialrevolution,cyberphysicalsystems,robotization,bigdata,3dprinting,circulareconomy Ch
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Research
Content
Guidance
Assessment
Certification
Selection
Today
Educationa
lInstitution
Research
Research
Research
MOOCs
MOOCs
2030
Research
Content
Guidance
Assessment
Certification
Selection
Selection
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Therole of educationToeducate people tosolvetodays andtomorrows globalproblemsandchallenges
We cant educationtodaysstudentsforthe21stcentury,with methods fromthepasts century
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+40QualityModelsonOER;MOOCs,E-learning,Onlinelearning
NormBased/Processbased
QualityMatrix
SetofCharacteristica
Natureofqualityinterventions
Perspectives stakeholders
Maturity level
Macro,meso andmicro level
Recommendations
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Quality AssuranceAgencies will becomesprawling education regulations
Quality AssuranceAgencies willbecome Increasingly irrelevant
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Normbased accreditation Processbased enhancement
Normbased vsProcessbased
Accreditation,Certification,Benchmarking
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Quality Model Certification Benchmarking Accreditation AdvisoryFramework
CHEA(theCouncilforHigher EducationAccreditation),US
E-xellenceEADTU
OpenupEDEADTU
The eLearningguidelines(eLg)
The E-LearningMaturityModel(eMM)
The OLC QualityScorecard
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Quality models aholistic approach(Ossiannilssonetal.,2015)
…Autonomy, Diversity, Inclusiveness, Just for me, Openness, Ownership, Passion, Participation, Presence, Purpose
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Quality interventions(Ossiannilssonetal2015)
Initial/Early Stage Developing Mature Evolving
Stage description
Purpose of qualityschemes
Role of qualitymanagers/reviewers
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Stakeholders perspectives andlevels ofmaturity (Ossiannilssonetal2015)
Designing Implementing Enhancing
Learners pespecive
Teacher perspective
Manager prespective
Organizational leaderperspective
Quality assuranceperspective
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There isnosingle one andonly qualitymodel
• Norm based vs Processbased
• Intervention• Maturity level• Macro, meso, micro level• Stakeholders
• … but the importance of a holistic, contextualized approach
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Setof characteristica (Ossiannilssonetal2015)• ● Multifaceted – e.g.systemsuse amultiplicity
of measures forquality, andwill often considerstrategy,policy, infrastructure,processes,outputs andmore soastocometoawell-rounded view of holistic quality.
• ● Dynamic – e.g.flexibility isbuilt intosystems,toaccommodate forrapid-changes intechnology, aswell associalnorms.Forthisreason,they rarely refer tospecifictechnological measures, andrather concentrateontheservices provided tousers through thattechnology.
• ● Mainstreamed – e.g.while allthequalitytools surveyed aim athigh-level qualityimprovement, this isintended totrickle downthroughout theinstitution andbeused asatoolforreflective practice byindividual members ofstaff intheir daily work.
• ● Representative–e.g.quality systemsseek tobalance theperspectives anddemands ofvarious interested stakeholders,includingstudents, staff,enterprise,government andsociety atlarge.
• ● Multifunctional – e.g.most systemsserveatriple function of instilling aquality culturewithin aninstitution, providing aroadmap forfuture improvement,aswell asserving asalabel of quality foroutside perspectives.
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Recommendations
• Mainstreaming• Contextualization• Professional develoment
atalllevels• Communicate and
promote qualityenhancement
• Address unbundling• Personalization• Knowledge transferfrom
ODLtomainstream
• Recognition• Therole of QAA• Researchandscholarship• Encourage,facilitate and
supportimplementationQErelated tonewmodesof teaching andlearning
• Diversity andflexible
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Disruption – Innovationandchange forfuture learning
• Learningactivityinthecenter• Universitiesholdthemonopolyto
awardaccreditationsdegrees,willthisbestillinthefuture
• Douniversityofferwhatisneededforthelabormarket?
• Arelearnerslookingforproductsorservice
• Whataretheroleofprofessors?• AgendaUN2030• Whatistheroleofuniversitiesin
QuadrupleHelixinnovation;government/Public,academic,Industry,citizen
• Needtocollaborateforasustainableworld
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Rethinking quality - When thequestions are about …
• Impact,shorttime impact,longtime impact,andpersonal,socialandcommunity impact
• Studentengagement andsatisfaction
• Tracing studentactivity andachievements
• Efficacy of learning• Interactivity• Knowledge,skills,capability and
competenceies asasresult oflearning
• Faculty satisfactionwith theirconditions of pracice
• Indicators of faculty engagementinacademicdecisonmaking
• Validationandrecognition
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QualityinopeneducationJRC(Inomorates dosSantosetal.,2016)
•Efficacy
• Impact
•Availability
· Accuracy
· Excellence
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