The role of Quality Assurance in Higher Education: challenges, developments and trends
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Speakers' presentations
Patrick Aebischer, President Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland
"Quality in higher education - a very personal view"
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Swedish Association for Distance Education, Leader of EDEN SIG for QE in TEL, ICDE Focal Points on Quality, Sweden
"Quality models in online and open education around the globe: State of the art and recommendations"
George Ubachs, Managing Director, European Association for Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU); European Coordinator, ICDE Quality Network
"Towards a common understanding of QA in various forms of study provisions, including online, open and flexible education: conclusions of the EADTU-ENQA Peer learning activity"
Florian Rampelt, Director of Education, Kiron Open Higher Education, Germany
"Quality assurance tools for MOOC-based curricula"
Ahidoba De Franchi Mandscheff, Center of continuing education and distant learning, Geneva University, Switzerland
"The challenges of QA of distance education seen by a traditional university"
Katharina Resch, University of Vienna, Postgraduate Center, Austria, Coordinator of the EU-funded Project UNIBILITY
Presentation of the 2017
"Guidelines for universities engaging in social responsibility"
Manos Antoninis, Director of Global Education Monitor, UNESCO
"Quality assurance for accountability in higher education – a global perspective"
Judith S. Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation CHEA, USA
"Is academic quality though accreditation possible and demonstrable?"
Caty Duykaerts, Executive Director, Agence pour l'Evaluation de la Qualité de l'Enseignement Supérieur (AEQES), Belgium
"For an integrated and progressive methodological approach, guaranteed by AEQES"
David Avery, Senior Partnership Manager, FutureLearn, Camden, London, UK
"Relevance of today’s external quality assurance and its impact on quality of education under digital transformation at FutureLearn"
Dagmar Provijn, Senior Policy Advisor, Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO), The Netherlands & Flanders
"Institutional reviews in Flanders"
Deirdre Lennan, International Policy Officer, International Cooperation Unit, European Commission, DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
"The next 10 years of the internationalization of higher education"
Teresa Sánchez Chaparro, Chair of the ENQA Recognition Working Group, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
"Internationalisation of QA services in Europe and the impact on academic recognition"
Background documentation and relevant links
Education 2030 Framework for Action
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002456/245656E.pdf
GEM-IIEP Policy Paper on Equity and Affordability in Higher Education (Six ways to ensure that higher education leaves no one behind)
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002478/247862E.pdf
Eight international university case studies on internal quality assurance
http://www.iiep.unesco.org/en/internal-quality-assurance-eight-universities-share-their-experiences-4002
International survey on quality management practices in higher education
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002602/260226E.pdf
New e-learning course on internal quality assurance for universities in South-east Asia
http://www.iiep.unesco.org/en/internal-quality-assurance-higher-education-english-3734
IIEP newsletter on higher education and sustainable development
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0025/002519/251979E.pdf
IIEP research on “Quality and employability in higher education: how can IQA contribute?”
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002613/261356E.pdf