E-xcellence - creating a standard of excellence for e-learning

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E-xcellence - creating a standard of excellence for e-learning was selected in 2004 under Erasmus Transversal Actions. It was funded from 2005-2007. Per the original project description:

The main objective of this proposal is to contribute to this process by creating [such] standards of excellence as:

• assessment tool (programme and institutional level)
• improvement tool (internal quality care system)
• a tool for accreditation for excellence

The E-xcellence web site is at http://www.eadtu.nl/e-xcellence/

Outcomes

The main product of the E-xcellence project is the Quality Manual Assurance for E-learning in Higher Education. The primary purpose of the manual is to provide a set of benchmarks, quality criteria and notes for guidance against which e-learning programmes and their support systems may be judged. The manual should therefore be seen primarily as a reference tool for the assessment or review of e-learning programmes and the systems which support them. However, the manual should also prove to be useful to staff in institutions concerned with the design, development, teaching, assessment and support of e-learning programmes. In providing a set of benchmarks, quality criteria and notes of guidance it is hoped that course developers, teachers and other stakeholders will see the manual as a useful development and/or improvement tool for incorporation in their own institutional systems of monitoring, evaluation and enhancement.

Partners

• European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
• Open University (UK)
• Open Universiteit Nederland (The Netherlands)
• University of Oulu (OULU) (Finland)
• Centre National d'Enseignement à Distance (France)
• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya(UOC)(Spain)
• Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) (Spain)
• Estonian Information Technology Foundation (Estonia)
• National Council for Distance Education
• Network per l'Universita Ovunque (NETTUNO)
• European University Association (EUA)
• The eLearning Industry Group (eLIG)
• Nederlands-Vlaamse Accreditatie Organisatie (The Netherlands)

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