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Quality Assurance in Online Education. Quality Assurance in Online and Blended Learning. Patrick Kiely, Office of the Vice-President for Teaching and Learning. UCC and Online Learning. Organic development initially Now a strategic priority - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Quality Assurance in Online Education
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Quality Assurance in Online and Blended LearningPatrick Kiely, Office of the Vice-President for Teaching and Learning
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UCC and Online Learning
• Organic development initially
• Now a strategic priority
• Pilot Programme – 24 Master’s Degree Programmes in 3 phases over 4 years
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Pilot Programme 2012-2017
• Academic Council e-Learning Subcommittee
• Income Generation Group
• Develop standards and guidelines for online and blended learning
• Identify issues and take steps to resolve these
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Programme Approval Process
• Outline Programme Approval
• Full Programme Approval
• Major Changes to Existing Programmes
• Minor Changes to Existing Programmes
• Office of Academic Programmes and Regulations
• http://www.ucc.ie/en/apar/
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Quality Assurance – Suitability for Online Delivery
Income Generation Group (IGG) Selection Group•Programme Quality and Design•Innovative Online/Blended Programme characteristics •Feasibility•Market Research •Sustainability•Contribution to College and University strategy
http://www.ucc.ie/en/teachlearn/vp/tel/onlinecourses/
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Programme Development Work Packages
• Pre-Development• Stakeholder Engagement• Programme Selection• Programme Content and
Delivery Design • Prgramme Content
Development• Programme Deployment • Programme Delivery • Programme Review and
Evaluation
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Quality Assurance Standards
• Following the Path of the Student - Student Centred
• Pedagogical Focus• Universal Design for
Learning• Accessibility
(international good practice)
• Modern web standards • Mobile friendly
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QA: Recognition of Iterative Development
• All standards may not be achieved in Year 1
• Roadmap to standards compliance for following years
• Iterative development of content and pedagogy
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Assessment of Learning Outcomes
More continuous (formative) assessment
Less end of year exams and written
More active learning
Mitigates issues of student identity verification
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Review and Evaluation
Module evaluation a more frequent and less onerous imposition
Fortnightly 4 question surveys
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For additional information
Patrick Kiely Project Manager, Technology-Enabled-Learning Coordinator,Office of the Vice-President for Teaching and Learning,University College Cork [email protected]
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