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Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions from Asia documents the existing regulatory framework covering quality assurance (QA) systems in distance education (DE) in a number of Asian countries. It draws on the knowledge and experience of 16 selected DE/e-learning institutions of Asia and reveals the respective development of QA systems and procedures within these providers/programmes.
The endeavour towards developing QA systems through various stages of testing and development is in response to the growing public concern for the quality of DE as well as staff aspirations for quality. This book, through the selection of cases from the aforementioned institutions, covers a wide range of QA systems and perspectives of quality in DE. These cases present good practices in QA for DE/e-learning, analyse challenges in assuring the quality of DE products and services, offer possible solutions to meet those challenges, and present lessons for other DE providers.
Open University of Sri Lanka1
Open University of Sri Lanka1
Introduction
The University Grants Commission (UGC), together with Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) of Sri Lanka's university system, established a formal quality assurance (QA) system in 2002. Frameworks for institutional and subject reviews were developed and published as the Quality Assurance Handbook for Sri Lankan Universities (UGC-CVCD 2002). The Academic Procedures Handbook (UGC-CVCD 2004a) is a compilation of Codes of Practice, providing a reference point for all universities and covering all main aspects of academic standards and quality of education. Subject Benchmark Statements (UGC-CVCD 2003) and the Sri Lankan Credit and Qualification Framework (UGC-CVCD 2004b) were also developed as complements to the Quality Assurance Handbook. They serve as useful building blocks in support of quality and ...
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