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Quality is one of the key factors for open educational resources (OER) to gain mainstream acceptance and become part of an open educational practice (OEP) within higher education. Students and teachers need to be able to see the resource’s trustworthiness, target groups, areas of use, context, accessibility etc. What quality criteria can be placed on OER and how do we establish credibility? In this webinar you will meet the following experts in this area: Professor Gráinne Conole (University of Leicester, UK) is a well-known expert in the field of open education and is involved in many international initiatives and organisations. She will describe current work with OER quality issues. She will also give examples of a number of relevant projects. Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson (University of Lund, Sweden) has recently published a doctoral thesis on quality and benchmarking of e-learning in higher education (http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-0041-5). She will focus on how benchmarking can be used as a method for quality assurance in an open educational culture. She will also briefly present the main international quality methods in this field.
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WWW.OERSWEDEN.SE 2013/02/19
OEP/OEC - A QUESTION OF QUALITY
Two focus points
Benchmarking as a method for quality enhancement in an open educational culture
Main international quality methods in this field
Benchmarking (e)-learning in higher education, Oulu University, Finland
How to conduct benchmarking for (e)-learning?
What are the benefits of benchmarking (e)-learning?
What challenges are encountered when attempting to integrate benchmarking (e)-learning to general quality assurance systems?
BackgroundCurrent known bm/quality methods
The Swedish National Agency of Higher Education, ELQ
EADTU, E-xcellence+
ESMU, Benchmarking eLearning exercise 2009
The First dual-mode distance learning benchmarking club
The benchmarking process
The locus of benchmarking lies between the current and desirable states of affairs and contributes to the transformation process that realizes these improvements.
What to benchmark
Benchmarking team
Benchmarking partners
Analyse benchmarking information
Take action
Ossiannilsson 2011. Reprinted with permission from SCIRP
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….require strong and on-going support, training, motivation, compensation, and overall policies
…appropriate methods of working (teamwork, project management)Systematic evaluation leading to continuous improvement (Ossiannilsson 2012)
Quality dimensions…
Accessibility
Assessments
Creativity
Design
Flexibility
Innovation
Interactivity
Involvement
Personalization
Ownership
Presence
Transparencycc by stijnbern
Ossiannilsson 2012
Benchmarking benefits and values
Self assess institutions
Better understand the process
Measure and compare
Discover new ideas
Obtain data to support decision making
Targets for improvements
Strengthen identity, strategy, implementation
Enhance reputation
Respond to national indicators
New standard for the sector
Van Vught, F. (2008)
A practical guide. Benchmarking in European Higher Education
New benefits identified, old ones confirmed
Attitudes
Collaboration
Committment
Cultural issues
Internal dialogue/processes
Involvement
Management
Critical reflections
Teambuilding
Transparency
TrustOssiannilsson 2012
Quality - context and stakeholders?
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Retrospective or prospektive?
CertificationAccreditationQuality assurance
From control to qualityenhancementSelf-evaluationPeer reviewBenchmarking
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Why, what, when, how , where ?
Quality culture – dialectic approach
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Quality controlProcessmodelsGuidelinesRulesStandards
CompetecesAttitudesValuesSelf -evaluation
CommunicationTrust
Co-operationInclusivness
Innovation/CreativityCC BY Some rights reserved by Gerd Altmann
On changing quality perspectives…
Boundless educationDemographyExternal and internal driven processesFrame of referencesGlobalisationHarnessing technology and digital developmentHolistic and conceptual Lifelong learning
Methodoligical changes
Networking
Sustainability
Student involvement Technical and digital development
…a move from my students, my course, my resorurse….towards all…
Ossiannilsson 2012
Education Our Content
Our Support
Our StudentsFriesen & Murray, 2011
Emergent themesShift from development to OER practices
Broader notion of open practices – open learning, teaching and research
Use of social and participatory media to foster OER communities
Rhizome and Serendipity perspectives
Illustration ©Sonesson2012. In © Ossiannilsson 2012
BenchlearningBenchmarking is one way forward in relation to quality and quality by learning from others and by oneself.
Consequently, as benchmarking is all about quality enhancement and improvement, probably the way forward will be benchlearning.
Doctoral dissertation. Ossiannilsson, E (2012) Benchmarking e-learning in higher education: lessons learned from international projects. Doctoral Dissertation. Oulu University, Finland.
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