1. QA and Enhancement Marketplace for HEIs: An Erasmus+ project
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Juha Kontio, Krista Heikkinen, Fredrik Georgsson, Jens Bennedsen, Robin Clark, Asrun Matthiasdottir, Paul Hermon, Siegfried Rouvrais, Markku Karhu, Faculty of Telecommunications and e-Business (Faculty of Telecommunications and e-Business), Turku University of Applied Sciences, Umea Institute of Technology (Umea University), Aarhus School of Engineering, Aarhus University [Aarhus], School of Engineering and Applied Science (Aston University), Aston University [Birmingham], School of Science and Engineering (Reykjavik University), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering [Belfast], Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Process for Adaptative Software Systems (PASS), Télécom Bretagne-LANGAGE ET GÉNIE LOGICIEL (IRISA-D4), Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Télécom Bretagne-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Télécom Bretagne-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-CentraleSupélec-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département informatique (INFO), Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB)-Télécom Bretagne-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, CentraleSupélec-Télécom Bretagne-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-École normale supérieure - Rennes (ENS Rennes)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-CentraleSupélec-Télécom Bretagne-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-CentraleSupélec-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), and Télécom Bretagne, Bibliothèque
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[SHS.EDU]Humanities and Social Sciences/Education ,[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences ,[SHS.EDU] Humanities and Social Sciences/Education ,Educational systems ,Formation ,Educational Framework ,[SHS.INFO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciences ,Engineering education ,Accreditation ,Amelioration ,ISO/IEC 15504 ,ISO ,Higher education ,Model-based improvement ,Evaluation ,TREE ,Quality Assurance, Quality Enhancement, Self-evaluation, Cross-sparring, Erasmus+ ,CDIO ,Standard ,Apprentissage ,Cross sparring ,Process ,[SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,[SHS.GESTION] Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration ,Quality Assurance ,Assurance qualité ,Erasmus+ ,Process improvement ,Model - 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 andProceedings of the 11th International CDIO Conference, Chengdu University of Information Technology,Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China, June 8-11, 2015.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 at1. 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.
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- 2015