External Quality Assurance

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

Off campus delivery

240 hours.

You must have taken the following subjects prior to enrolling in this subject

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An international overview of how different governments approach QA in tertiary education, including key concepts, the roles of QA agencies, the use of standards and measures and processes such as self-assessment and external review.

To present to participants the various approaches to external quality assurance used internationally; illustrate these with case studies; consider strengths and weaknesses and highlight emerging challenges for national QA systems and QA agencies in a context of cross-border tertiary education and moves for greater mutual recognition of tertiary qualifications.

• Active participation in weekly discussion board (4 x 250 word postings);
• Virtual team project report (3000 words) due mid-semester;
• Compulsory webinar attendance,

This is a pass/fail subject.

Participants receive feedback for each task, and must pass all tasks.

Selected readings and notes to be provided prior to commencement

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On successful completion of this subject participants will be able to distinguish between different approaches to external quality assurance and critically examine how well a given model fits a specific national context.