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In order to address this need for a common strategy to define and implement international quality standards, the project objectives are as follows:
- To establish an understanding of the factors governing the approaches,
both technical and cultural, to the definition of Quality in e-learning
(Domain Definition). The work to be accompanied by a
exhaustive and analytical mapping of the interest of all relevant actors/stakeholders,
in Europe
and the rest of the word, including education authorities, education
providers, quality assurance & standards bodies, accreditation & certification
organizations, learning technologies/services providers, evaluation and
assessment organizations, etc.
- To define a Conceptual Framework for Analysis, corresponding to a holistic
approach to quality in e-learning, to serve as a basis for productive
long-term dialogue and consensus building between the stakeholders in
Europe, addressing both generic/horizontal as well as vertical/sector-oriented
quality assurance issues in the development and delivery of learning
and in the learning process per se.
- To define an Articulated and Structured Framework for the
Quality of e-learning, based on the afore-mentioned Conceptual Analysis, as a general
system for the further elaborating, detailing and in-depth prescription
of specific quality assurance systems, addressing specific areas of e-learning.
- To build the conditions to validate quality measures associated with
the lifecycle of learning materials from the design to the delivery of
on-line learning and knowledge acquisition. Further, to determine relevant
and usable measures of the quality of on-line learning, that can be tested
in practice, and relate to the processes of the design and delivery of
learning.
- To establish the European eLearning Quality Forum, with representation
from all relevant bodies, organizations and authorities in Europe, as
a sustainable forum for dialogue, consensus building and policy support
in the field, and which integrates the work and outcomes of the WGs.
The Forum will contribute to the consolidation of the state-of-the-art
at international level and to the development of benchmarking policy
as regards to quality assurance and conformance in e-learning in the
European education & training systems. The Forum will physically
convene twice, during the duration of the project, in project month 7
and 13.
- To develop an operational plan for the launch and operation of the eLearning
Quality Certification Laboratory as an authoritative environment to validate
quality assurance schemes for e-learning content and practice and to
disseminate "good practice" to both the industry and the Education and
Training users. The Laboratory will provide the operational framework
for the work of the thematic WGs and its main practical output will be
the Report on e-learning Quality in Europe.
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