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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?
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