Teachers’ Awareness of Guidelines for Quality Assurance when developing MOOCs

Authors

  • Olsson Ulf Department of Computer and Systems Sciences Stockholm University, Sweden

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/seminar.2326

Keywords:

Quality assurance system, ESG, MOOCs, Higher education

Abstract

This study focuses on teachers’ awareness of quality issues in relation to Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 teachers at six Swedish HEIs while they developed open courses (MOOCs). The interviewees’ comments are divided into five categories, but the overall finding shows that the teachers were not part of any transparent quality assurance system. This was despite the fact that there were several examples of quality assurance work. The result relates to prevailing standards and guidelines for quality assurance ESG (2015) and Conole’s (2016) characteristics of good learning. The question of the adequacy of a quality system for innovative activities is raised.

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Published

2017-01-01

How to Cite

Ulf, O. (2017). Teachers’ Awareness of Guidelines for Quality Assurance when developing MOOCs. Seminar.net, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.7577/seminar.2326

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