eLearning Quality
European Quality Mark – a federative approach
Amongst its objectives, the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning has that of establishing a European Quality Mark initiative that, while respecting the different positions on the issue and the variety of eLearning applications responding to different aims and contextual needs, would bring some synthesis and clarification to help learners, buyers, suppliers and regulators to share a common culture of quality.
Launching a European Quality Mark does not mean to ignore what has already been done, what is working and what is in preparation at national, regional or sectoral level. The EFQUEL partnership, within the TRIANGLE Project supported by the European Commission, has conducted a systematic review of quality labels, means and awards existing in the field and has come to the following conclusions:
- the Foundation must not reproduce at European Level what is being done at national level, but build synergy and cooperation while challenging the existing initiatives with an innovative approach;
- the possibility to federate existing quality marks -offering a double labelisation if desired under the concept of an agreed “core component” of a European Quality Mark should be explored before any other approach.
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UNIQUE
The UNIQUe project aims at enhancing the reform process of European higher education institutions by creating, testing and launching an eLearning quality label for ICT use in higher education. In this way UNIQUe aims to facilitate the improvement of higher education eLearning-related processes and management. The UNIQUE label will be built starting from the Programme accreditation for teChnology-Enhanced Learning (CEL), successfully developed by the European Foundation for Management Development, and will adapt this certification scheme to all eLearning related activities that European Universities need to enhance in order to increase their efficiency, quality and attractiveness to the world. [
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Qualitypedia
The Qualitypedia is the place to define and discuss concepts and ideas, good practices and experiences. The WIKI concept allows you to structure your contributions according to your own style and share them with others. [
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European Quality Observatory
The European Quality Observatory is a database of quality strategies and quality services. If you are providing consultancy services in the field of quality management or if you just want to view or contribute a quality strategy you can use it for your purposes. The database is open to every registered user, registration is for free. [
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Publications
EFQUEL provides publications,
presentations and webressources on quality. The section on publications offers a variety of resources and presents the “Resource reference list on quality in eLearning”.
European Quality Forum
The European Quality Forum is the discussion forum of the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning. The forum provides a working space to the Special interest Groups which work under the flag of EFQUEL in order to provide support, services and a forum for topics which are promoted by EFQUEL. [
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eQuality award
The objective of the EFQUEL eQuality Award is to provide a framework for the use of digital technologies in the management of quality assurance processes, making the quality process an organic part of organisational learning activities. It aims at providing recognition to the providers of eQuality solutions and systems as well as to organisations implementing eQuality systems. [
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