Presentation of Dr. Ebba Ossiannilsson, EDEN EC, EDEN Fellow and EDEN NAP, Swedish Association for Distance Education, Sweden for the European Distance Learning Week's second day webinar on "Quality in open, online and technology enhanced learning" - 8 November 2016 Recordings of the discussion are available: https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4vvgr2g7g4/ https://eden-online.adobeconnect.com/p4cqdhsuxmj/

2. Current challenges on quality in open, online,
flexible and technology enabled learning
Ebba Ossiannilsson, EDEN EC, EDEN Fellow
The Swedish Association for Distance Education,
Sweden

3. + 40 Quality Models on
OER; MOOCs, E-learning,
Online learning
Norm Based/Process based
Quality Matrix
Set of Characteristica
Nature of quality interventions
Perspectives stakeholders
Maturity level
Macro, meso and micro level
Recommendations

4. Quality models a holistic approach
(Ossiannilsson et al., 2015)
…Autonomy, Diversity, Inclusiveness, Just for me, Openness, Passion, Presence,
Purpose

5. THERE IS NO SINGLE ONE AND ONLY
QUALITY MODEL
• Norm based vs
Processbased
• Intervention
• Maturity level
• Macro, meso, micro level
• Stakeholders
• … but the importance of
a holistic, contextualized
approach

6. Quality in open education IPTS
(Inomorates dos Santos et al., 2016)
• Efficacy
• Impact
• Availability
 Accuracy
 Excellence

7. THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS
• Pipeline courses
• Curricula
• Learning outcomes
• Assessments
• Leadership
• Pedagogy vs Padagogy
• Unbundling
• Just for me learning
• Roles
• Ownership/power
• Capacity building
• Quality and Quality
Culture
• Validation and
Recognition

8. Rethinking quality - When the
questions are about …
• Impact, short time impact, long time impact, and
personal, social and community impact
• Student engagement and satisfaction
• Tracing student activity and achievements
• Efficacy of learning
• Interactivity
• Knowledge, skills, capability and competenceies as
as result of learning
• Faculty satisfaction with their conditions of pracice
• Indicators of faculty engagement in academic
decison making

9. Caring is sharing, sharing is caring
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