Open ECBCheckcommunity based,

low cost quality certification

Advancing the Quality LandscapeBerlin – 2nd May 2009, Online Educa 2009

Ulf-Daniel Ehlers

Low Cost, Community Based Peer-Review Recognition – creating recognition through

dialogue

Consensus – building on international consensus of CBOs

Openness – to existing concepts and strategies and experiences

Inclusiveness – multistakeholder involvement

Transparency – clear and transparent criteria & processes

Open ECBCheck

Community of Practice on Quality

Membership in Community Membership in Community

Community of Practice

Benchmarking | Learning | Sharing

Materials – Instruments - Connexions

Community of Practice

Benchmarking | Learning | Sharing

Materials – Instruments - Connexions

Quality Assessment | Self-Assessment |

| Peer-Review | | Certification |

Quality Assessment | Self-Assessment |

| Peer-Review | | Certification |

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DELAN DEL-Zert

Open ECBCheck Tools

Selection and Harmonisation: Criteria Frameworks

Selection and Harmonisation: Criteria

Expert Validation

User Validation: Pilot Trials

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Criteria Courses & Programme (M: 44 / E: 11)

Criteria Institutions (M: 33 / E: 17)

EFMD CEL

EFQUEL UNIQUe

ISO 19796-1

cover e-Learning international in scope agreed on by networks or consortia

cover e-Learning international in scope agreed on by networks or consortia

III. Certification Process: Label

(1) Inquiry & Application(1) Inquiry & Application

(2) Eligibity Check(2) Eligibity Check

(3) Self-Assessment(3) Self-Assessment

(6) Open ECBCheck Label (valid for three years)

(6) Open ECBCheck Label (valid for three years)

Registration in

Community, Code

of Practice, Q-WIKI

Registration in

Community, Code

of Practice, Q-WIKI

Feedback & Advice

Feedback & Advice

not eligible

not eligible

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(5) Awarding Body Decision (5) Awarding

Body Decision

(4) Peer-Review of Self-Assessment Report

(4) Peer-Review of Self-Assessment Report

Improvement Report

Improvement Report

minimum criteria failed

Access to Q-Forum

Access to Q-Forum

Open ECBCheck

Open ECBCheck

Why “Open Quality Initiative”?

Self-AssessmentSelf-Assessment

Certification/ Learning Report

Certification/ Learning Report

Peer-ReviewValidation

Peer-ReviewValidation

Community Based (Capacity Building

Organisations)

Community Based (Capacity Building

Organisations)

Low-Cost (mutual exchange,

light structure)

Low-Cost (mutual exchange,

light structure)

Improvement oriented

(Learning Report)

Improvement oriented

(Learning Report)

Community LevelBenchmarkingLearning Sharing

Community LevelBenchmarkingLearning Sharing

Certification LevelSelf-AssessmentPeer-ReviewCertification

Certification LevelSelf-AssessmentPeer-ReviewCertification

Thank you very much!…sign up for quality…

http://www.qualityfoundation.orghttp://www.inwent.org

Monika Soddenmann, Capacity Building International (InWEnt), GermanyDr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany