Quality management in e-education Field of study: E-learning in Cultural Diversity
Programme code: 12-S2EZ17.2019

Module name: Quality management in e-education
Module code: 12-EZ-S2-ZJE
Programme code: 12-S2EZ17.2019
Semester:
  • summer semester 2020/2021
  • summer semester 2019/2020
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 5
Description:
The module ''Quality management in e-education'' is intended to help students become familiarised with Polish and international experience in monitoring and quality management in education, and particularly in e-education and distance education. The module provides for the development of skills in objective, comprehensive assessment of distance courses and evaluation of conditions and requirements depending on the typology of distance courses, including MOOCs. The module is also designed to familiarise students with Polish and international methods, rules and standards.
Prerequisites:
(no information given)
Key reading:
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Decree No. 66/2012 dated 2012-07-03 Rector of the University of Silesia on the principles of teaching classes at the university with methods and techniques of distance education [online] at http://bip.us.edu.pl/zarzadzenie-nr-662012 (accessed 15 February 2014). 9. Downes, S., 2010: Fairness and equity in education. Huff Post Education, August 20, 2014, [on-line] at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-downes/democratizing-education_b_794925.html, (accessed 20 March 2016) 10. Doran, G. T., 1981: "There's a S.M.A.R.T. way to write management's goals and objectives". Management Review. AMA FORUM. 70 (11): 35–36. 11. EFQUEL – European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (2011). UNIQUe Information Package. (Quality Manual). Belgium: European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning. [on-line] at http://cdn.efquel.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/5/files/2012/09/UNIQUe_guidelines_2011.pdf (accessed 20 June 2016) 12. Elearning quality in European universities: different approaches for different purposes (2007) Edited by C. Dondi and M. Moretti (MENON), UNIQUe 13. ENQA report on Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area [on-line] at http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso, http://www.enqa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ESG_3edition-2.pdf (accessed 26 August 2016) European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice, 2015. The European Higher Education Area in 2015: Bologna Process Implementation Report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. 14. Inamorato dos Santos, A., Punie, Y., Castaño-Muñoz, J. 2016: Opening up Education: A Support Framework for Higher Education Institutions. JRC Science for Policy Report, EUR 27938 EN; doi: 10.2791/ 293408 15. Jacobs, F. 2013: Slagvaardig met ICT; Ontwerpprincipes voor leeromgevingen die professionele digitale competenties van hbo-studenten versterken. Zuyd Hogeschool. 16. Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., & Freeman, A. 2014: The NMC horizon report: 2014 higher education edition. 17. Austin, TX. [on-line] at http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-nmc-horizon-report-he-EN-SC.pdf (accessed 20 July 2016) 18. Kommers P., Smyrnova-Trybulska E., Morze N., Issa Tomayess, Issa Theodora, 2015: Conceptual aspects: analyses law, ethical, human, technical, social factors of Development ICT, e-learning and intercultural development in different countries setting out the previous new theoretical model and preliminary findings, Int. J. Continuing Engineering Education and Life-long Learning, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp.365–393. ISSN 1560-4624 19. Kuźmicz K. 2015: E-LEARNING Kultura studiowania w przestrzeni sieci. Gdańskie Wydawnictwo Psychologiczne / GWP Sopot 2015 20. Open ECBCheck Low cost, community based certification for E-learning in Capacity Building A Reader by Ulf Ehlers ISBN: 978-3-939394-64-8 [on-line] at http://www.ecb-check.net/files/2013/01/Open-ECBCheck_ handbook.pdf Quality definition. Wikispaces. [on-line] at https://openeducation-qualitydimension. wikispaces.com/ QUALITY+DEFINITION pdf (accessed 26 June 2016) 21. Saryusz-Wolski T., Piotrowska D. 2012: Prowadzenie procesu kształcenia i walidacji efektów uczenia się w warunkach wprowadzenia KRK [on-line] at http://www.ekspercibolonscy.org.pl/sites/ekspercibolonscy.org.pl/files/ ii_tsw_dp_weryfikacja_3_4_1.pdf (accessed 26 June 2016) 22. Siemens, G., Gašević, D., & Dawson, S. 2015: Preparing for the digital university: a review of the history and current state of distance, blended, and online learning. Athabasca: Athabasca University. [on-line] at http://linkresearchlab.org/PreparingDigitalUniversity.pdf (accessed 20 March 2016) 23. UNIQUe. European Universities Quality in e-Learning. Information Package. EFQUEL, Brussels, Nov 2011, [on-line] at http://cdn.efquel.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/ 5/files/2012/09/UNIQUe_ guidelines_2011.pdf (accessed 22 June 2016) 24. Eugenia Smyrnova-Trybulska, Nataliia V. Morze, Olena Glazunova, 2017: Design of a University Learning Environment for SMART Education In:Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments Smart Technology Applications in Business Environments. Editor(s): Tomayess Issa (Curtin University, Australia), Piet Kommers (University of Twente, The Netherlands), Theodora Issa (Curtin University, Australia), Pedro Isaías (Portuguese Open University, Portugal), Touma B. Issa (Murdoch University, Australia) IGI Global ISBN13: 9781522524922; ISBN10: 1522524924; EISBN13: 9781522524939; Chapter 11 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2492-2.ch011 www.igi-global.com/book/smart-technology-applications-business-environments/176067 p.221-248 25. Al-Qirim N. (2016). Smart Board Technology Success in Tertiary Institutions: The Case of the UAE University Education and Information Technologies, 2016, Vol.21(2), p.265-281 ISSN: 1360-2357; DOI: 10.1007/s10639-014-9319-7 26. Tikhomirova, N.V. (2012). Global strategy for the development of smart-society. MESI is on a Smart-university. Retrieved October 30, 2016, from http://smartmesi.blogspot.com/2012/03/smart-smart.html (In Russian).
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
is able to ensure high quality of the rendered distance education services [_K_1]
 K_K01 [1/5] K_K02 [2/5]
is sensitive to educational problems, willing to communicate and cooperate with the environment, including persons not being specialists in the given field, as well as to participate actively in groups and organisations carrying out tasks connected with the delivery of e-learning educational projects [_K_2]
 K_K03 [2/5]
can select the learning methods and didactic means in the distance education process [_U_1]
 K_U03 [1/5]
can assess the methodological and didactic quality of an electronic course, analyse the usefulness of tools and didactic tools for the purposes of delivery of an electronic course, verify didactic materials according to the standards of their creation [_U_2]
 K_U05 [2/5]
knows the principles of management and evaluation of educational projects, e-learning projects [_W_1]
 K_W04 [1/5]
knows copyright and intellectual property [_W_2]
 K_W03 [2/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
An examination in lecture [_w_1]
Checking module theoretical knowledge An examination in the form of an on-line examination test, available on the faculty distance education platform
_W_1 _W_2
Practical task 1 [_w_2]
Checking whether the student can objectively and comprehensively develop a comparative description of rules and criteria for the evaluation of e-education quality based on original Polish and international documents relating to e-education quality as well as standards and experiences, examples from home and abroad
 _U_1 _U_2
Practical task 2 [_w_3]
Checking whether the student has competencies to prepare a table of educational effects of an e-learning course, based on various (selected) types of taxonomy.
 _K_1 _K_2
Practical task 3 [_w_4]
Checking whether the student has competencies to use various concepts and criteria for the evaluation of an e-learning course and a MOOC, to perform an analysis, a comparative description
 _U_1 _U_2
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [_fs_1]
Lectures on topics in selected issues from the module, using multimedia and audio-visual aids. E-learning course.
 15
Further reading (in print and electronic format), its analysis; attending an e-learning course, working with texts.
 20 An examination in lecture [_w_1]
laboratory classes [_fs_2]
Participation in a distance course and laboratory classes 1) credit task 1 - a comparative description based on original Polish and international documents relating to e-education quality as well as standards and experiences, examples from home and abroad.
5
Further reading (in print and electronic format), its analysis; attending an e-learning course, working with texts. Individual, independent in-depth analysis of original Polish and international documents relating to e-education quality as well as standards and experiences, examples from home and abroad.
 10 An examination in lecture [_w_1] Practical task 1 [_w_2] Practical task 2 [_w_3]
laboratory classes [_fs_3]
Participation in a distance course and laboratory classes Performance of credit task 2 - Preparing a table of educational effects based on taxonomy type selected (Bloom's taxonomy, Marzano's taxonomy, Dave’a taxonomy, Niemierka's taxonomy in the context of quality assurance in e-education.).
5
Further reading (in print and electronic format), its analysis; attending an e-learning course, working with texts. Analysis of Bloom's taxonomy, Marzano's taxonomy, Dave’a taxonomy, Niemierka's taxonomy in the context of quality assurance in e-education. Preparing a table of educational effects based on various types of taxonomy.
10 Practical task 1 [_w_2] Practical task 2 [_w_3]
laboratory classes [_fs_4]
Participation in a distance course and laboratory classes Performance of credit task 3 - Application of various criteria concepts for evaluating the selected e-learning course and MOOC, comparative analysis, description.
5
Further reading (in print and electronic format), its analysis; attending an e-learning course, working with texts. Using various criteria concepts for evaluating the selected e-learning course and MOOC, comparative analysis, description.
 10 Practical task 3 [_w_4]
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