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Quality Assurance Frameworks: An Overview

CAGSMontreal, November 4

Ronald Bond

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Frameworks

• National Qualifications Frameworks

• National and Transnational: EU

• Regional/Provincial: Maritimes, Ontario, Alberta

• Institutional: Guelph and Alberta

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National• New Zealand: 10 levels

• Australia: 360o

• EU: national, but also European Qualifications Framework

• US: Lumina Foundation

• Canada

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New Zealand Qualifications Framework

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A Postcard from the Edge

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• Canadian Degree Qualifications Framework

• CMEC: 2007

• Elements

• Differential use

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Regional/Provincial• Maritimes: MPHEC

– Maritime Degree Level Qualifications Framework• Ontario: PEQAB

– Ontario Qualifications Framework• Ontario: COU QC

– Quality Assurance Framework; Degree-level expectations• Alberta: CAQC

– Organizational and Program Assessment Standards for Graduate Programs

• BC: DQAB– Green Paper on a Quality Assurance Framework (2013)

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Ontario Qualifications Framework

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Ontario Qualifications Framework

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Institutional

• University of Guelph– University of Guelph 2013 Learning Outcomes:

Graduate Degree

• University of Alberta– A Quality Assurance Framework for Graduate

Education (2013)

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Questions and Issues

• How useful are generic standards? • What degree of differentiation is desirable? • Should there be a separate framework or rubric for

programs delivered on-line?

• Are graduate-level assessment strategies designed with learning outcomes in mind?