Workshops details

Workshop 1

Multicultural aspects of Quality
in ODL in European countries

Abstract:

Based on the results of the e-Quality project, participants will be invited to discuss them and to present the situation of their country. The group will spread out the existing tables on blocking factors and positive supports for quality implementation in Higher Education ODL.

Objectives:

  • to discuss and update the existing results on the 5 countries
  • to complete these results with data from other countries

Programme:

  1. Introduction : Comparative study about helping and blocking factors in the 5 participating countries (Bernard Dumont, Consultant, France)
  2. ODL Quality in Russian Federation, Delphi II input (Prof. Marina Nezhurina, Distance Learning Centre, Moscow Technical University, Russia)
  3. The situation of Quality implementation in Higher Education in France (Bernard Dumont, Consultant, France)

References:

« Organisational and cultural similarities and differences in implementing quality in e-learning in Europe's higher education », Bernard Dumont and Albert Sangrá in Handbook in Quality and Standardisation in E-learning, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers and Jan Martin Pawlowski, Ed., Springer, 2006, pp. 331-346

 

Workshop 2

How to model Quality for e-learning,
links with standards

Abstract:

Quality is becoming an actual issue in the e-learning field. The workshop will focus on modelling quality in different processes. The discuss will focus on the main e-learning standards (LOM, SCORM, IMS Learning design) in order to show where quality concepts could be made explicit while expressing scenario and metadata.

Objectives:

To highlight how quality implementation and e-learning standards could be integrated in an effective way.

Programme:

  1. Introduction : the focus of the workshop (Pr. Michelle Joab, Montpellier II University, France)
  2. A synthetic presentation of the main e-learning standards. The tools to measure compliance with these standards (Nicolas Dunand, UNIL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  3. Course description metadata (CDM): A relevant standard for technology- supported learning (M. Pezeril, Pôle universitaire de Montpellier, France)
  4. The IMS Learning Design specification (Pr. Odette Auzende, Paris 2 University, France)
  5. How to model quality in e-learning processes? What is being modelled? How to translate UML models into IMS Learning Design? (Pr. Michelle Joab, Montpellier II University, France)
  6. Discussion

Keywords:

IMS Learning Design, SCORM, LOM, EML

References:

[1] IMS Learning Design best practice and implementation guide

 

Workshop 3

How to adapt ENQA guidelines to ODL contexts

Abstract:

Across Europe , many quality initiatives are running because of incoming change of the learning paradigm (distance learning, ODL) and of the new face of the educational process (Bologna Process). The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) is an European institution, which combines different activities and produces a coherent set of guidelines adapted to the European environment. This workshop is designed to present ENQA guidelines in ODL contexts represented by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

Objectives:

  • to improve knowledge about ENQA initiatives and present some real applications of ENQA guidelines
  • to relate ENQA guidelines to national initiatives (France, Finland, Spain, Poland, Switzerland)
  • to relate ENQA guidelines to EHEA
  • to present ENQA guidelines application in partners' countries
  • to discuss ODL contexts in ENQA guidelines

Programme:

  1. European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) introduction (Dr. Przemyslaw Rózewski, Katarzyna Sikora, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland)
  2. Typical ODL organization (Dr. Emma Kushtina, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland)
  3. Example (Dr. Przemyslaw Rózewski, Katarzyna Sikora, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland)
  4. Crucial conditions for effective e-learning (David Masoumi, Goteborg University, Sweden)
  5. Discussion

References:

  • European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, http://www.enqa.eu/
  • E-Quality materials
  • Kushtina E., Rózewski P. (2004), Analiza systemowe idei otwartego nauczania zdalnego, W: Straszaka A., Owsinskiego J., (Red.), Badania operacyjne i systemowe 2004: Na drodze do spoleczenstwa wiedzy, Wyd. EXIT, Warszawa, 2004, pp. 231-245 (in Polish)
  • Kushtina E., Zaikine O., Rózewski P., Tadeusiewicz R.(2006),Competency framework in Open and Distance Learning, In: proceedings of the 12th Conference of European University Information Systems EUNIS'06, Tartu, Estonia, June 28-30, (Accepted - In press)

 

Workshop 4

Training for Quality in ODL

Abstract:

The workshop invites the participants to discuss the issues of different roles and activities of actors involved in ODL. The focus is in the training of staffs of higher education institutions into the quality process.

Objectives:

To discuss the generation of quality through different activities and how quality can be assured and evaluated with the usage of quality criteria and their indicators. The results produced in the e-Quality project are evaluated and examined by comparison with the experiences and perspectives of participants.

Organization:

  1. Introduction: student-centered approach on quality in ODL (Suvi Junes, UTA, Finland)
  2. Processes, roles, activities in making quality for ODL (Juha Holma, UTA, Finland)
  3. Generating quality with quality tools: planning quality criteria and indicators for practical work (Juha Holma, UTA, Finland)
  4. The multiple uses of quality criteria (Suvi Junes, UTA, Finland)
  5. Discussion

References:

e-Quality project training material

 

Workshop 5

The Quality to support students

Abstract:

"Student support" is probably the most perceived and assessed subprocess in quality terms by students. While face to face teachers have the change of controlling any deviation from the expected plans, online education must be provided with quality mechanisms in order to be aware and react in the more excellent way.
Starting within the generated documentation in the frame of the E-Quality Project, the idea of the workshop is to discuss this topic achieving a further level of development due to the contributions and reflections of the participants.

Objectives:

  • to analyze quality indicators and criteria referred to the student support
  • to discuss the different roles and activities involved in this subprocess from a administrative, technological and pedagogical point of view
  • to analyze the student life cycle with the expected actions to be undertaken for his/her satisfaction and learning

Organization:

  1. Quality to support students (Adolfo Montalvo, UOC, Spain)
  2. Exploratory study of satisfaction and perceived quality applied to e-learning (Grâce-Blanche Nganmini, Nancy 2 University , France)
  3. Quality and accessibility for students: register, study and succeed (Claire Ghersi, Université Ouverte Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon)
  4. Discussion

References:

Checking specific documents from the e-Quality project training material

 

Workshop 6

Quality to produce training material

Abstract:

This workshop is designed to present quality approach to produce training materials for variety of education activities.

Objectives:

Distance learning and traditional learning require different approach to produce training materials. One of many reasons is specific learning environment and teacher responsibilities. The quality aspect is differing between distance learning and traditional learning as well. For the workshop the simulation example will be analyzed.
Detailed objectives:

  • to discuss the difference between various learning activities
  • to address main quality factors
  • to discuses ISO 19796 standards
  • to develop common methodology to achieve sufficient level of quality in training material design process

Organization:

  1. Presentations of case studies related to quality approach to produce training materials for distance learning asynchronous activity and virtual laboratory (Bartlomiej Malachowski, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland)
  2. ODL, classical teaching: How can we assess digital resources? (Jean-Marc Dubois, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France)
  3. General discussion based on the presentations (Dr. Przemyslaw Korytkowski, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland)
  4. Synthesis of the results (Pr. Oleg Zaikine, Szczecin University of Technology, Poland)
  5. Discussion

References:

 
European Universitary Pole of Montpellier and Languedoc-Roussillon (F) University of Montpellier 2 (F) Open University of Catalonia (ES) University of Tampere (FI) Szczecin University of Technology (PL) University of Applied Sciences Valais (CH) University of Lausanne (CH)