EMERSION Industry Oriented Education Model - QA System Requirements Overview Dave Carroll EMERSION Local Leader for QA, DIT Project Team School of Computing Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland 1 st CEIS-SIOE Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China January 2005

2 EMERSION QA System  To support the needs of an Education Model with Industry Ethos which takes account of the Chinese educational system culture.  To provide a framework for continuous improvement of all aspects of the educational experience.

3 EMERSION QA System Requirements  Enshrine individual and collective responsibility.  Include all stakeholders.  Focus on continuous improvement.  Transparency and public accountability.  International and professional benchmarking.  Emphasis on staff training and development.

4 Individual and collective responsibility  Responsibility of the individual teacher Quality of their course (or courses). Integration of course with the rest of the programme.  Collective responsibility of all programme staff Teamwork. Team collaboration to ensure the overall quality of the programme.

5 Include all stakeholders  Stakeholders Teachers, students, management, industry. Constructive role in the operation of the programme. Feedback from external industry representative is important.

6 Focus on continuous improvement  Monitoring and evaluation of subject/component delivery.  Ensuring effectiveness of curriculum.  Ensuring effectiveness of quality assurance system.  Feedback from peer group and stakeholders.  Teamwork.

7 Focus on continuous improvement  Periodic review of model and its effectiveness. National and international experts  Areas for review Student experience. Effectiveness of quality assurance system. Effectiveness of curriculum. Industrial relevance.  Measures of performance  Monitoring of performance Feedback data from peer groups and stakeholders.  Quality action plan Based on feedback data. Correct deficiencies and improve quality. Implemented by programme team.

8 Transparency and public accountability  Transparency QA procedures freely communicated and transparent to all stakeholders.  Public accountability Publication of peer group periodic reviews of the programme.

9 International and professional benchmarking  Reference to international benchmarks and standards Demonstrate level of achievement of students. Ensure that the programme meets global standards.  International externals Local and international academic external examiners. Local and international industry external examiners.

10 Staff training and development  STD to develop and maintain all aspects of quality process Staff attitudes Organization culture Procedural issues Skills based issues Pedagogic issues  STD integral part of quality processes

11 EMERSION QA System  To support the needs of an Education Model with Industry Ethos which takes account of the Chinese educational system culture.  To provide a framework for continuous improvement of all aspects of the educational experience.

12 Thank You! Dave Carroll EMERSION Local Leader for QA, DIT Project Team School of Computing Dublin Institute of Technology Ireland