Bibliography of quality

This is the second of a number of bibliographies on topics relevant to Re.ViCa.

It is aimed to extend this bibliography with similar reports from other countries - but there are many international references below.

Country schemes

United Kingdom

QAA

Distance learning guidelines, 1999

See http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeOfPractice/distanceLearning/

The guidelines are arranged into six categories, each dealing with an aspect where quality assurance is likely to require attention in a particular way when study is by distance learning:

1. System design
2. Programme design, approval and review
3. Management of programme delivery
4. Student development and support
5. Student communication and representation
6. Student assessment

Code of practice for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher education - Section 2: Collaborative provision and flexible and distributed learning (including e-learning), September 2004

See http://www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/codeofpractice/section2/appendix.asp - in particular Part B: Aspects specific to flexible and distributed learning.

These are structured into just three categories:

1. Delivery
2. Learner support
3. Assessment of students

Commentary and critique from QA-QE SIG on the QAA Code of Practice Section 2: Collaborative provision and flexible and distributed learning (including e-learning), 2010

See http://www.qe-sig.net/daedalus/qe-sigpublic.nsf/351f69674ae210a4c125775300283aa3/$file/QAQE_Report_final.pdf

Canada

Alberta

Toolkit for Off-site and Cross-border Delivery of Programs

See http://www.caqc.gov.ab.ca/pdfs/Toolkit.pdf

General reports

See also Bibliography of benchmarking

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