QA and Enhancement Marketplace for HEIs: An Erasmus+ project

Juha Kontio, Krista Heikkinen, Fredrik Georgsson, Jens Bennedsen, Robin Clark, Asrun Matthiasdottir, Paul Hermon, Siegfried Rouvrais () and Markku Karhu
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Juha Kontio: Faculty of Telecommunications and e-Business - Faculty of Telecommunications and e-Business - University of Turku
Krista Heikkinen: Faculty of Telecommunications and e-Business - Faculty of Telecommunications and e-Business - University of Turku
Fredrik Georgsson: Umeå University = Umeå Universitet
Jens Bennedsen: Aarhus School of Engineering - Aarhus University [Aarhus]
Robin Clark: School of Engineering and Applied Science (Aston University) - Aston University [Birmingham]
Asrun Matthiasdottir: School of Science and Engineering (Reykjavik University)
Paul Hermon: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering [Belfast] - QUB - Queen's University [Belfast]
Siegfried Rouvrais: PASS - Process for Adaptative Software Systems - Télécom Bretagne - IRISA-D4 - LANGAGE ET GÉNIE LOGICIEL - IRISA - Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires - UR - Université de Rennes - INSA Rennes - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes - INSA - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - UBS - Université de Bretagne Sud - ENS Rennes - École normale supérieure - Rennes - Inria - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique - Télécom Bretagne - CentraleSupélec - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, INFO - Département informatique - UEB - Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany - Télécom Bretagne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]
Markku Karhu: Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

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Abstract: Improving European education and training system quality has been set as a key target in Europe's strategy to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy by 2020 (European Commission 2010). These objectives are more specifically defined in the so called Modernisation Agenda (European Commission 2011). More specifically it sets a goal to improve the quality and relevance of higher education. In this process external evaluation and self-assessment are seen in a key role! In the CDIO approach the 12 CDIO standards provide a framework for continuous improvement. Each institution/institutional department are encouraged to regularly do the self-evaluation using the CDIO Standards. Eight European universities identified a need for further enhancement of the self-evaluations and creation of processes with peers to reduce the inertia of heavy accreditations/evaluations in HEIs. In September 2014 these universities started an Erasmus+ project (QAEMarketPlace4HEI) aiming at (1) Developing a collaborative, comprehensive and accessible evaluation process model, methods and tools for HEIs to complement the accreditation systems; (2) Promoting, increasing and exploiting further the European collaboration in the evaluation processes and the exchange of best practices; (3) Disseminating the model, best practices and widen the cooperation to new HEIs in Europe through the partner networks.

Keywords: Evaluation; ISO; Accreditation; Erasmus+; Cross sparring; CDIO; Engineering education; ISO/IEC 15504; TREE; Standard; Model-based improvement; Process improvement; Process; Educational systems; Higher education; Educational Framework; Quality Assurance; Assurance qualité; Model; Amelioration; Formation; Apprentissage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06-08
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Published in CDIO 2015 : 11th international CDIO conference Conceive Design Implement Operate: Collaboration and Extension, Jun 2015, Chengdu, China

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