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Summary
Summary
Quality assurance (QA) in open and distance learning (ODL) can be a contentious issue. Some argue that it should be judged by the same criteria and methods as face-to-face education, while others claim that it is so different in its organization, enrolments and operations that conventional QA mechanisms cannot apply. Some advocate the use of specific guidelines and standards for e-learning; others believe that, regardless of the technology, the basic principles of quality teaching and learning should apply. Providers who have enjoyed freedom from external scrutiny may resist attempts at external regulation and auditing and look upon QA as yet another imposition of corporatization and bureaucracy on education. Others see it as a means of establishing a culture of quality, self-reflection and self-improvement.
There is little research-based literature to guide policy-makers, managers and practitioners in applying QA in education and training to ensure the right balance is found between accountability and autonomy, as well as assuring quality for the time and costs involved. In this respect, Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning is a book that is long overdue. It explains what is involved in QA and accreditation in education. It describes and analyzes applications of these practices in open, distance, dual-mode and conventional universities throughout Europe, North America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific, looking at open schooling, e-learning in conventional schools, non-formal adult and community education, and corporate and small-to-medium enterprises.
Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning is edited and authored by experts with extensive international experience in ODL, e-learning and QA who give careful consideration to the possibilities and challenges involved. The book will be an invaluable guide for all policy-makers, managers, practitioners and researchers in the field.
Author Notes
Insung Jung is Professor of Education, Media and Society at the International Christian University in Tokyo.
Colin Latchem is an Australian researcher, writer and consultant in open and distance learning.
Table of Contents
ForewordSir John Daniel |
PrefaceInsung Jung and Colin Latchem |
1 Quality assurance and accreditation in higher educationDenise Chalmers and Shannon Johnston |
2 Quality assurance and accreditation in open and distance learningColin Latchem and Insung Jung |
3 International and regional quality assurance and accreditationColin Latchem and Anuwar Ali |
4 Quality assurance in Asian open and distance learningInsung Jung |
5 Quality assurance for distance education in sub-Saharan AfricaSarah Hoosen and Neil Butcher |
6 Quality assurance and accreditation in the United States and CanadaNancy K. Parker |
7 Quality assurance and accreditation for distance education in the United KingdomDenise Kirkpatrick |
8 Quality assurance policies and guidelines in European distance and e-learningUlf-Daniel Ehlers |
9 Quality assurance policies and guidelines for distance education in Australia and New ZealandYoni Ryan and Mark Brown |
10 Quality assurance in open universitiesAsha Kanwar and Kate Clarke |
11 Quality assurance in a mega-university: Universitas TerbukaTian Belawati and Aminudin Zuhairi and I.G.A.K Wardani |
12 Quality assurance in a consortium: Open Universities AustraliaTeresa De Fazio and John Ketonen and Michael Crock |
13 Quality assurance in regional dual-mode universities: The University of the South Pacific and The University of the West IndiesRajesh Chandra and Dianne Thurab-Nkhosi and Stewart Marshall |
14 Conducting an external institutional quality review: The Palestinian Al-Quds Open UniversityKathleen Matheos |
15 Lowering the cost and increasing the effectiveness of quality assurance: COL RIMGeoff Plimmer and Alison Schmidt and Willie Clarke-Okah and Caroline Donovan and Winsome Russell |
16 Quality assurance in open schooling: National Institute of Open Schooling, India and Open Junior Secondary School, IndonesiaSanjaya Mishra and Sitanshu S. Jena and Arief S. Sadiman |
17 Assuring quality in school digital ecosystemsMichael Gaffney |
18 So few lessons learned? Quality assurance in the global telecentre movementRichard Fuchs |
19 Quality assurance in e-learning for European small-to-medium enterprisesTorstein Rekkedal |
20 Quality assurance for e-learning in the South Korean corporate sectorCheolil Lim |
21 Competencies and quality assurance in distance and e-learningInsung Jung and Colin Latchem |
22 Learners' perceptions and opinions of quality assuranceInsung Jung |
23 Concluding remarks: Quality mattersInsung Jung and Colin Latchem |