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9th eLearning and Software for Education Conference - eLSE 2013
11 December 2012
The purpose of the annual international scientific conference on "eLearning and software for education" is to enable the academia, research and corporate entities to boost the potential of the technology enhanced learning environments, by providing a forum for exchange of ideas, research outcomes, business case and technical achievements.
The central theme of eLSE 2013 is "Quality and efficiency in e-learning".
The conference is particularly focused, but not limited, on the following panels:
- Quality assurance and assessment of e-learning
- Metrics in e-learning
- Games based learning
- Mobile technologies supporting education and training
- Standards and standardization in e-learning
- Cultural dimensions of e-learning
- Management of e-learning systems
- Collaborative Learning
- Virtual Learning Environments
- Web-based Learning Communities
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Efficiency and Responsibility in Education 2011
21 April 2011
The Conference focuses on topics, as follows: Theory and Methodology of Pedagogy and Education, Information and Knowledge in Lifelong Education and Training, ICT in Education, Metrics and Measures in Education...
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Quality evaluation of eLearning through an international peer-review community
17 December 2009
The purpose of the paper is to present the Open ECBCheck, a new certification and quality improvement scheme for eLearning in the field of Capacity Building. The model supports Capacity Building Organisations to measure how successful their eLearning programmes are and allows for continuous improvement though peer collaboration and benchlearning. Open ECBCheck forms a participative quality environment which allows its members to benefit in a variety of ways by having access to tools and guidelines for their own practice on the one hand, and being able to obtain a community based label on the other hand.
The certification scheme has been developed throughout a participatory process with organisations in the field of Capacity Building, who were extensively interviewed regarding their demands towards a new certification scheme. In a second step, existing standards and certificates like UNIQUE, EFMD CEL or ISO/IEC 19796-1 were assessed to see if they meet these demands or if parts of the existing standards and certificates could be incorporated into the scheme. Finally, as presented in this article, a blueprint for a certification has been proposed, including a description of the architecture, the definition of quality criteria and related indicators as well as a definition of a certification process.
The results of extensive analysis suggest that organisations in the field of Capacity Building have in general a high interest to obtain a quality label. Mostly, organisations are interested in a tool which supports measuring and improving impact efficiency, helping to ensure the success of eLearning programs and allowing to benchmark with other organisations.
The analysis we present in this article also shows that organisations differ in the diffusion of eLearning within their Capacity Building activities. To incorporate these differences a label with two options has been developed: one for single programs and another one for institutions.
The results of extensive analysis suggest that organisations in the field of Capacity Building have in general a high interest to obtain a quality label. Mostly, organisations are interested in a tool which supports measuring and improving impact efficiency, helping to ensure the success of eLearning programs and allowing to benchmark with other organisations.
The analysis we present in this article also shows that organisations differ in the diffusion of eLearning within their Capacity Building activities. To incorporate these differences a label with two options has been developed: one for single programs and another one for institutions.