Title: Course description
Course: Education quality assurance

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge necessary to design an Educational Quality Assurance system. Within this course existing, implicit and explicit, Quality Assurance procedures and system(s) at the partners will be analysed and compared. Internal (faculty/university) and external directives (national/international), having influence on the system and procedures, will be extracted and prioritised. The final output will be an outline for the Educational Quality Assurance system and a list of required procedures at the partner. In addition, each participant will have selected one item to fully explore and develop.

The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge necessary to design an Educational Quality Assurance system. Within this course existing, implicit and explicit, Quality Assurance procedures and system(s) at the partners will be analysed and compared. Internal (faculty/university) and external directives (national/international), having influence on the system and procedures, will be extracted and prioritised. The final output will be an outline for the Educational Quality Assurance system and a list of required procedures at the partner. In addition, each participant will have selected one item to fully explore and develop.

The table below shows the overall course structure. Total course duration is 60 hrs, guidance by the lecturer will be for 6 weeks as from the start of the course. This course is comprised of two distance components of respectively 2 weeks and 3 weeks and a face to face component of 1 week. During the distance periods an average weekly effort of about 5 hours is expected (10 hours in the first period and 10 hours in the last period). The period at ITC has a workload of approximately 40 hours.

The summarising document will be evaluated on completeness and if approved a certificate of attendance will be provided.

Course Curriculum in table

Course Curriculum
Table 1: Course Curriculum

 |  | Topics | Type of study material | Study load (hours) |
Course description |  | Overall course guide | Document | 1 |
Lesson 1 (17-28 Feb) |  | Introduction to Education Quality Assurance |  |  |
Brief introduction document to the topic and subject matter touching upon

·         Education Quality Assurance policy

·         Education Quality Assurance systems

·         Education Quality Assurance procedures (examples)

·         Education management
Individual assignment
1
Collect existing documentation

·         Collect/describe existing Education Quality Assurance policy and system

·         Collect/describe existing Education Quality Assurance procedures

·         Prepare summarising presentation (part 1)
Individual assignment
4
Introduction by participants

·         Introduce yourself, your position and which role you play wrt EQA

·         What do you want to learn/develop in this course?

·         Prepare presentation (part 2)
Individual assignment
4
Travel to Netherlands |
Lesson 2 (Mon 2 March) |  | Education Quality Assurance in Ethiopia and the Netherlands |  | 8 |
 | 9.30-9.45 | Welcome and introduction to ITC | Presentation |  | LV WB
 | 9.45-10.00 | Presentation about the structure of the course while at ITC | Presentation |  | LV WB
 | 10.00-10.30 | Tour of the building and facilities |  |  | WB LV
 | 10.45-11.45 | Presentations by the participants on outcomes lesson 1 | Presentation |  | LV WB
 | 11.45-12.30 | Start writing summarising document | Individual assignment |  | LV
12.30-13.30 LUNCH at ITC |
 |  | Sub-Topic: EQA at ITC |  |  | LV WB
 | 13.30-14.00 | Presentation by ITC on history and structure of the organisation | Presentation |  | LV WB
 | 14.00-14.30 | Presentation by ITC on Educational Quality Assurance policy, system and procedures at ITC | Presentation |  | LV
 | 14.30-16.30 | Identification of differences between ITC and partners ·         Define differences on policy, systems and procedures ·         Define and prioritise internal and external directives | Individual and Group assignment |  | LV WB
 | 16.30-17.00 | Present and discuss differences and directives | Presentation |  | LV WB
Evening diner city center (18.00) |
Lesson 3 (Tue 3 March) |  | EQA Culture and embedding (staff and student engagement) |  | 8 |
 | 9.00-10.00 | Write summarising document Lesson 2 (1hr) | Individual Assignment |  | LV
 | 10.00-10.45 | Presentation on quality culture | Presentation |  | LV WB
 | 11.00-11.30 | Discuss embedding of existing policy, system and procedures in the organisation | Workshop |  | LV WB
 | 11.30-12.30 | Assess the information material from the partners acquired by the participants. What is common/different/missing? | Workshop |  | LV WB
12.30-13.30 LUNCH with Ethiopian students (MU, AAU, BDU) |
 | 13.30-15.30 | Continue collecting missing documents and writing summarising document | Individual Assignment |  |
 | 15.45-16.30 | TBD depending on needs/wishes | TBD |  | LV WB
 | 16.30-17.00 | Review status summarising document | Workshop |  | LV WB
Lesson 4 (Wed 4 March) |  | Bodies involved in EQA |  | 8 |
 | 9.00-9.45 | Introduction to Education management UT/ITC (ED) | Presentation |  | LV ED
 | 9.45-10.30 | Discussion on Education management | Workshop |  | LV
 | 10.30-11.30 | Visualise management of education (organogram) and write reflection | Individual Assignment |  |
 | 11.30-12.30 | Define questions to ITC Programme Committee, Programme Director/ Programme Manager, Portfolio Holder Education FB/ Education Manager | Group assignment |  | LV WB
12.30-13.30 LUNCH at ITC
 | 13.30-14.00         Jeroen/Victor 14.15-14.45         Emile/Freek 15.00-15.30         Richard + Kas/Rachael | Meet and discuss with ITC Programme Committee, Programme Director M-GEO/SE + Manager M-SE/GEO, Portfolio Holder Education FB + Education Manager | Meetings |  | LV WB
 | 15.45-17.00 | Summarise meeting with PC, PHE, PM, PD with reflection on ITC’s structure and on Partner’s structure Continue writing summarising document | Workshop Assignment |  | LV WB
Lesson 5: (Thu 5 March) |  | Improvements EQA |  | 8 |
 | 9.00-10.00 | Continue writing summarising document Focus on definition of points of attention | Individual Assignment |  |
 | 10.00-11.00 | ·         Present points of attention (PoA) ·         Select per partner/participant one PoA to solve | Workshop |  | LV WB
 | 11.00-11.30 | Travel to Campus |  |  | LV WB
 | 11.30-12.30 | Visit LEARN X and INSPIRE Designlab, classroom of the future |  |  | LV WB
12.30-13.30

13.30-14.30

14.30-15.00

15.00-16.30
Lunch at Campus

Campus tour

Travel to ITC

Develop solution for 1 PoA
Individual assingment
LV WB

LV WB

LV WB
Lesson 6: (Fri 6 March) |  | Evaluation as example |  | 8 |
 | 9.00-9.30 | Course evaluation planning | Presentation |  | LV WB
 | 9.30-10.00 | Example of interactive evaluation method | Workshop |  | LV WB
 | 10.00-11.00 | Evaluation methods pros and cons per evaluation method | Group assignment |  | LV WB
 | 11.00-12.00 | Design (standard) student evaluation/ course evaluation plan | Individual assignment |  |
 | 12.00-12.30 | Present and discuss course evaluations | Workshop |  | LV WB
12.30-13.30 LUNCH
 | 13.30-14.30 | Finalise solution for one PoA | Individual assignment |  | LV WB
 | 14.30-15.30 | Present/Discuss concept solution for PoA | Workshop |  |
15.30-17.00
Closing and farewell

·         Evaluation of this course

·         Reflection on how to transfer this course

·         Preparation for departure and further work

·         Closing @ ITC/Group picture
Workshop
LV WB
Lesson 7: (9-27 March) |  | Transfer Education Quality Assurance course |  |  |
 |  | o   Outline Education Quality Assurance (vision, policy, system) o   Write list of procedures (good, to-be-improved and to-be-developed) o   Test/evaluate solution for specific problem | Assignment | 5 |
 |  | Prepare a plan to transfer the course to the local context | Assignment | 5 |
 |  |  | TOTAL Hrs | 60 |