Quality models and standards in education

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Introduction

This article should summarize approaches used to evaluate educational systems or parts of educational system or aspects of educational systems such as technology-enhanced learning.

Evaluation grids

10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning (USA)

1. Student Eligibility
   • All students are digital learners.
2. Student Access
   • All students have access to high quality digital learning.
3. Personalized Learning
   • All students can use digital learning to customize their education.
4. Advancement
   • All students progress based on demonstrated competency.
5. Quality Content
   • Digital content and courses are high quality.
6. Quality Instruction
   • Digital instruction is high quality.
7. Quality Choices
   • All students have access to multiple high quality digital providers.
8. Assessment and Accountability
   • Student learning is the metric for evaluating the quality of content and instruction.
9. Funding
   • Funding creates incentives for performance, options and innovation.
10. Delivery
    • Infrastructure supports digital learning.

- 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning, and 2012 Digital Learning Report Card, retrieved 14:16, 27 March 2013 (CET).

Links

General

• E-learning quality assurance standards, organizations and research, By Tony Bates, August 15, 2010. This blog post provides a series of good links sorted by country.

• OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education

• Benchmarking e-learning (Wikipedia), a list of benchmarks used to assess e-learning programmes.

Introduction/use of ICT

• 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning Quote: {“was released at the 2010 Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, DC. During the fall of 2010, the Digital Learning Council defined the elements and identified the actions that need to be taken by lawmakers and policymakers to foster a high-quality, customized education for all students. This includes technology-enhanced learning in traditional schools, online and virtual learning, and blended learning that combines online and onsite learning.”