Management in relation to learning processes Proposal Sources: ANECA, CHEA, DETC

ANECA Program Organisation Human Res Physical Res Formation Process Results Management (mission) Planning Communication Organisation Improvements Actions Review of the Formation Programme

CHEA Organisation –Institutional mission –Institutional organizational structure –Institutional resources Program –Curriculum and instruction –Faculty support –Student support Student learning outcomes.

Organisation Mission and Objectives Qualification of Board, Admin, Instructors/Faculty and Staff Admission Practices and Enrolment Processes Adverstishment, promotional literature and recruitment Financial Responsability Tuition Policies, Collection Procedures and Refunds Plant, Equipment and Record Protection Research and Self-Improvement Program Educational Program Objectives, Curricula and Material Education and Student Services Results: Student Achievement and Satisfaction DETC

CHEA Challenges (Distance Education) –Alternative design of instruction –Alternative and new Providers –Expanded focus of training Discrete training activities, long-term

CHEA Key Areas (CHEA) –Institutional mission Does offering DL make sense in this institution? –Institutional organizational structure Is the institution suitably structured to offer quality DL? –Institutional resources Does the institution sustain adequate financing to offer quality DL? –Curriculum and instruction Does the institution have appropriate curricula and design of instruction to offer quality DL?

CHEA Key Areas (CHEA) –Faculty support Are faculty competent engaged in offering DL and do they have adequate resources, facilities, and equipment? –Student support Do students have needed counseling, advising, equipment, facilities, and instructional materials to pursue DL? –Student learning outcomes. Does the institution routinely evaluate the quality of DL based on evidence of student achievement?

ANECA-Organisation Organisation of the Education (ANECA) –Organisation Management Planning Communication Organisation Improvements Actions Review of the Formation Programme –Human Resources –Physical Resources

Organisation Management –Organisational Structure for the formation plan and the management team –Principles and Strategies for the management –Action to reach these objectives and implication of management team –Politics for the dissemination of these principles and actions, communication channels

Organisation Planning –Planning in the formation process –Improvement plans Viable Coherent Fundamental Realistic Creative Priorised

Organisation Communication –Effectiveness of the internal communication Communication channels Indicators –Effectiveness of the external communication Communication channels Indicators

Organisation –Efficiency in the management of organisation processes: Enrolment, evaluation, schedule, practices and practises in companies, mobility programme, complementary activities, etc. –Information sources to take decisions –Horizontal and vertical coordination –Efficiency in the management of human, economic and physical resources –Suitability between organisation and formation programme

Organisation Organisation (information) –Procedures manuals, processes maps, organisation chart, etc. –Communication channels between managers and formation staff –Objectives of the formation programme –Curriculum, Alumna profile for enrolment –Budget –Indicators: m 2 per classroom, computer per alumna, internet bandwidth per computer, etc.

Organisation Improvement Actions –Existence of mechanisms and instruments to evaluate the results of the formation programme –Information Structure of the information systems Control panels and indicators Proposed improvement actions Evaluation reports

Analysis Organisation of the Education –Organisation –Human Resources (suitability for the formation process) Academic Staff Administrative Staff –Physical Resources

Human Resources Academic Staff –Suitable for the formation programme Structure of the academic staff Politics for academic staff mobility (degree of mobility: indicator) Collaborators Participation of academic staff in management activities CV

Human Resources Academic Staff –Formation Participation in programmes regarding assistance, pedagogical,methodologies General formation Formation Programmes for collaborators Information –CVs –Academics and collaborators Formation programmes –Formation Evaluation (indicator) –Programmes for innovation in pedagogical methodologies

Human Resources Academic Staff –Implication in R&D, assistance, art (when applicable), etc. Information: –CV –Publications (indicator) –Recognised research activities (indicator)

Human Resources Administrative and Services Staff –Suitable for the formation process –Information Administrative staff organisation chart Activities of the administrative and services staff

Analysis Organisation of the Education –Organisation –Human Resources (suitability for the formation process) –Physical Resources