1. Quality Assurance and innovative education
a provocative vision for the future and challenge
Anthony f. camilleri – Knowledge innovation centre
Training of Trainers forum on Sustainable Learning Solutions
11th November 2016

2. Technological trends
Ubiquitous Computing access to computing power any time anywhere
Learning Analytics
ability to base teaching decisions on data
Collaboration Technologies
ability to collaborate with anybody in real-time
Open Data
access to any information any time anywhere
Semantic Search
ability to talk and converse with machines
Personalisation Technologies
move away from traditional massification concepts

3. Social changes mean increased demands from education
provide graduates to supply the knowledge economy
increase efficiency of processes
extend reach of programmes
adapt content to ever-changing priorities
do more, better, with less

4. Selected trends in online, open and flexible Higher Education
Emergence of Non-Traditional Providers
Growing Role of OER
Open Data
Increasing demand for recognition & portability
Mushrooming of Diploma Mills

5. Growth in Open Educational Resources
March 2015:
1139 European MOOCs
220% Year-on-Year Growth
Source: openeducationeuropa.eu
April 2014:
3045 learning repositories – 7% growth year-on-year
with 12 million learning objects
Source: repository66.org

6. Possible future scenario 1
Teaching Performance will be calculated based on reuse of their teaching materials Teacher Pay will be determined by ‘fame’ of their products.

7. Possible future scenario I1
Teaching Performance will include an ‘efficiency’ component: How much material did you reuse and not have to create?

8. Emergence of non-traditional providers
‘Hybrid Providers’
mergers of HEIs and Technology companies collaborating on course provision, e.g. Coursera
Teaching & Examination Centres teach HE level qualifications using licensed content from universities
RPL Universities institutions offering recognition, credentialisation and add-on teaching for RPL
Exam-Only Companies designing and/or providing examinations (incl. automated assessment)
Publishers providing not only books but online learning communities

9. Possible future scenarios
QA Agencies will become sprawling education regulators
QA Agencies will become increasingly irrelevant

10. FAKE Journals Conferences Courses Institutions
mills are on the rise
Journals
Conferences
Courses
Institutions
Campuses
Accreditation
the lowest level of Quality
is institutionalised fraud
FAKE

11. Possible future scenario
Quality Assurance will become a branch of law enforcement

12. Increased demand for recognition
Badges
Certificates of attendance
Certificates of completion
ECTS
Diplomas and Degrees
Hard/Impossible to map to Qualifications Framework
easily mapped to Qualifications Framework

13. Students Expect HE to provide portable and recognisable qualifications
Future scenario
Students Expect HE to provide portable and recognisable qualifications
Quality Assurance of Qualifications will
become widespread
(recognition & portability as elements of quality)
Marketing of Qualifications will become linked to Consumer Law

14. Assure Minimal Quality Standards
Offer Various Ranking Methodologies
Allow for User Review and Rating
Give Access to Data
Open Data & Quality
Technology gives rise to new expectations from the quality ecosystem

15. Possible future scenario
Internal Quality Assurance will become focused on metrics External Quality Assurance will become about verifying metrics

16. Three Questions for discussion today
QA of Learning Processes
QA of Teaching Processes
QA for Evaluation
QA for Improvement
How to use Learning Analytics to Improve Quality?

17. Three Questions for discussion today
How to ensure Quality of Certifications?
Identity
Verification
Currency

18. Three Questions for discussion today
How to increase Openness of QA?
Assure Minimal Quality Standards
Offer Various Ranking Methodologies
Allow for User Review and Rating
Give Access to Data

19. Thank you for your attention
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Anthony F. Camilleri