{"id":402,"date":"2015-07-21T17:34:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T21:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/part\/appendix-3-online-learning-quality-standards-organisations-and-research\/"},"modified":"2019-10-03T16:33:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T20:33:58","slug":"appendix-3-online-learning-quality-standards-organisations-and-research","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/part\/appendix-3-online-learning-quality-standards-organisations-and-research\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 2 Online learning quality standards, organisations and research","rendered":"Appendix 2 Online learning quality standards, organisations and research"},"content":{"raw":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quality-guarantee.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6791\" title=\"Quality guarantee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quality-guarantee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\" style=\"text-align: center\">All sites accessible 2 October, 2019. Please report any dead or new links to <a href=\"mailto:tony.bates@ubc.ca\">tony.bates@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Barker, K. (2001) <a href=\"http:\/\/futured.com\/form\/englishhome.html\">Creating quality guidelines for online education and training: consultation workbook<\/a> Vancouver BC: Canadian Association for Community Education<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">BC Ministry of Education (2010)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/distributed-learning\/dl_standards.pdf\">Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in British Columbia v3.0\u00a0<\/a>Victoria BC: BC Ministry of Education (still current in 2019). More about quality can be found on the BC Ministry of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/program-management\/distributed-learning\">Distributed Learning web site<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>USA<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Quality Matters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qmprogram.org\/rubric\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.qmprogram.org\/rubric<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enqa.eu\/indirme\/Considerations%20for%20QA%20of%20e-learning%20provision.pdf\">European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Marshall, S. (2006). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationcounts.govt.nz\/publications\/e-Learning\/58139\">E-Learning Maturity Model Version Two: New Zealand Tertiary Institution E-Learning Capability: Informing and Guiding E-Learning Architectural Change and Development Project Report.<\/a> Wellington NZ: New Zealand Ministry of Education<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\" style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voced.edu.au\/content\/ngv%3A65708\">Vocational Education and Training E-standards for Training\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.saide.ngo\/repository\/opensaide\/1.%20COL%20HE_QA_Toolkit_web.pdf\">Quality Assurance Toolkit:\u00a0Distance Higher Education Institutions and Programmes<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.saide.ngo\/repository\/opensaide\/pubQAOSToolkit.pdf\">Quality Assurance\u00a0 Toolkit for Open Schools<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Commonwealth of Learning<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oasis.col.org\/handle\/11599\/2046\">Quality Assurance Microsite<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oasis.col.org\/handle\/11599\/108\">Quality Assurance Toolkit: Teacher Education<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Online education services for students<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">There are also other conditions beyond management and teaching that contribute toward high quality e-learning and online learning systems. Flexible transfer of credits that recognise qualifications taken online as well as face-to-face, and government web sites that provide accurate and reliable information about the quality of online programs available within their jurisdiction, are also essential components of a high quality digital learning system. For examples, see:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bctransferguide.ca\/\">BC Transfer Guide<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationplanner.ca\/\">Education Planner<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccampus.ca\/\">BCCampus<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contactnorth.ca\/\">Contact North<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Research on quality assurance<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Probably the best coverage of quality issues in both formal (for-credit) and 'post-traditional' (open, non-credit) online learning are the two papers published by Academic Partnerships:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Butcher, N. and Wilson-Strydom, M. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academicpartnerships.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20Guide%20to%20Quality%20in%20Online%20Learning.pdf\">A Guide to Quality in Online Learning<\/a> Dallas TX: Academic Partnerships<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Butcher, N. and Hoosen, S. (2014) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idea-phd.net\/images\/doc-pdf\/Guide_to_online_post_traditional_highered.pdf\">A Guide to Quality in Post-traditional Online Higher Education<\/a> Dallas TX:\u00a0Academic Partnerships<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"no-indent\">If you use the category search on \"quality\" or\u00a0\"quality assurance\" on my personal web site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/\">tonybates.ca<\/a>, you will find almost 60 articles or postings about this topic on this site.<\/p>","rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quality-guarantee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6791\" title=\"Quality guarantee\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Quality-guarantee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\" style=\"text-align: center\">All sites accessible 2 October, 2019. Please report any dead or new links to <a href=\"mailto:tony.bates@ubc.ca\">tony.bates@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Barker, K. (2001) <a href=\"http:\/\/futured.com\/form\/englishhome.html\">Creating quality guidelines for online education and training: consultation workbook<\/a> Vancouver BC: Canadian Association for Community Education<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">BC Ministry of Education (2010)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/assets\/gov\/education\/administration\/kindergarten-to-grade-12\/distributed-learning\/dl_standards.pdf\">Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in British Columbia v3.0\u00a0<\/a>Victoria BC: BC Ministry of Education (still current in 2019). More about quality can be found on the BC Ministry of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/administration\/program-management\/distributed-learning\">Distributed Learning web site<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Quality Matters\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qmprogram.org\/rubric\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.qmprogram.org\/rubric<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enqa.eu\/indirme\/Considerations%20for%20QA%20of%20e-learning%20provision.pdf\">European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>New Zealand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Marshall, S. (2006). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationcounts.govt.nz\/publications\/e-Learning\/58139\">E-Learning Maturity Model Version Two: New Zealand Tertiary Institution E-Learning Capability: Informing and Guiding E-Learning Architectural Change and Development Project Report.<\/a> Wellington NZ: New Zealand Ministry of Education<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\" style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voced.edu.au\/content\/ngv%3A65708\">Vocational Education and Training E-standards for Training\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.saide.ngo\/repository\/opensaide\/1.%20COL%20HE_QA_Toolkit_web.pdf\">Quality Assurance Toolkit:\u00a0Distance Higher Education Institutions and Programmes<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.saide.ngo\/repository\/opensaide\/pubQAOSToolkit.pdf\">Quality Assurance\u00a0 Toolkit for Open Schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Commonwealth of Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/oasis.col.org\/handle\/11599\/2046\">Quality Assurance Microsite<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/oasis.col.org\/handle\/11599\/108\">Quality Assurance Toolkit: Teacher Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Online education services for students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">There are also other conditions beyond management and teaching that contribute toward high quality e-learning and online learning systems. Flexible transfer of credits that recognise qualifications taken online as well as face-to-face, and government web sites that provide accurate and reliable information about the quality of online programs available within their jurisdiction, are also essential components of a high quality digital learning system. For examples, see:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bctransferguide.ca\/\">BC Transfer Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationplanner.ca\/\">Education Planner<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccampus.ca\/\">BCCampus<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contactnorth.ca\/\">Contact North<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Research on quality assurance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Probably the best coverage of quality issues in both formal (for-credit) and &#8216;post-traditional&#8217; (open, non-credit) online learning are the two papers published by Academic Partnerships:<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Butcher, N. and Wilson-Strydom, M. (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.academicpartnerships.com\/sites\/default\/files\/A%20Guide%20to%20Quality%20in%20Online%20Learning.pdf\">A Guide to Quality in Online Learning<\/a> Dallas TX: Academic Partnerships<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">Butcher, N. and Hoosen, S. (2014) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idea-phd.net\/images\/doc-pdf\/Guide_to_online_post_traditional_highered.pdf\">A Guide to Quality in Post-traditional Online Higher Education<\/a> Dallas TX:\u00a0Academic Partnerships<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\">If you use the category search on &#8220;quality&#8221; or\u00a0&#8220;quality assurance&#8221; on my personal web site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tonybates.ca\/\">tonybates.ca<\/a>, you will find almost 60 articles or postings about this topic on this site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-402","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/402\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/teachinginadigitalagev2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}