Editoriale. Il tema della qualità nella formazione superiore online
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Dec 30, 2019
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Editoriale, Online Higher Education, Tecnologie Didattiche, Tecnologie per l'Apprendimento
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Concerns about the quality of education are nothing new. However, in the last decades it has become more apparent, especially with respect to National policies and International Organizations such as the OECD, who insist upon systematic quality criteria for education, and also establishing appropriate evaluation mechanisms for its periodic review. Evaluation of quality in higher education has therefore begun to be a key issue for higher education institutions’ accountability to society. Although there is no clear agreement about the meaning of quality in this context however, obtaining evidence of good practice to achieve quality outcomes has been widely adopted. [...]
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Means, B., Toyama, Y., Murphy, R., Bakia, M., & Jones, K. (2009). Evaluation of evidence-based practices in online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies [U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development Report]. Center for Technology in Learning. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf
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Seaman, J. E., Allen, I. E., & Seaman, J. (2018). Grade Increase: Tracking Distance Education in the United States [Online Report]. Wellesley, MA, USA: The Babson Survey Research Group. Retrieved from http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/highered.html
Stufflebeam, D.L., & Shinkfield, J. (1984). Systematic evaluation. A self-instructional guide to theory and practice (Evaluation in Education and Human Services). Berlin, DE: Springer.
Van Slyke, C. Kittner, M., & Belanger, F. (1998). Identifying candidates for distance education: a telecommuting perspective. In Proceedings of the America’s Conference on Information Systems, Baltimore (pp. 666-668).