Quality Assurance Frameworks An Overview CAGS Montreal November

Quality Assurance Frameworks: An Overview CAGS Montreal, November 4 Ronald Bond 1

Frameworks • National Qualifications Frameworks • National and Transnational: EU • Regional/Provincial: Maritimes, Ontario, Alberta • Institutional: Guelph and Alberta 2

National • New Zealand: 10 levels • Australia: 360 o • EU: national, but also European Qualifications Framework • US: Lumina Foundation • Canada 3

New Zealand Qualifications Framework 4

A Postcard from the Edge 5

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• Canadian Degree Qualifications Framework • CMEC: 2007 • Elements • Differential use 7

Regional/Provincial • Maritimes: MPHEC – Maritime Degree Level Qualifications Framework • Ontario: PEQAB – Ontario Qualifications Framework • Ontario: COU QC – Quality Assurance Framework; Degree-level expectations • Alberta: CAQC – Organizational and Program Assessment Standards for Graduate Programs • BC: DQAB – Green Paper on a Quality Assurance Framework (2013) 8

Ontario Qualifications Framework 9

Ontario Qualifications Framework 10

Institutional • University of Guelph – University of Guelph 2013 Learning Outcomes: Graduate Degree • University of Alberta – A Quality Assurance Framework for Graduate Education (2013) 11

Questions and Issues • How useful are generic standards? • What degree of differentiation is desirable? • Should there be a separate framework or rubric for programs delivered on-line? • Are graduate-level assessment strategies designed with learning outcomes in mind? 12