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Biškupic, Ivana Ogrizek; Lopatic, Josip; Zorica, Mihaela Banek – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2022
Through preliminary analysis of the e-learning platforms authors have tested the presumption that during pandemics the quality of online teaching and accessibility of learning materials in online environment has increased. Relevant literature for the time period of pandemic points out numerous problems in teaching, but on the other hand technical…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Educational Quality, Educational Indicators
Smith, Peter – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2015
With its October 2014 day-long conference on competency-based education and Higher Education Innovation Challenge (HEIC), the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) is creating a space in which New England states and institutions can wrestle with the critical issues driven by abundant information. The HEIC lists multiple areas where the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Information, Student Records, Databases
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Garousi, V. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
Based on the demonstrated value of peer reviews in the engineering industry, numerous industry experts have listed it at the top of the list of desirable development practices. Experience has shown that problems (defects) are eliminated earlier if a development process incorporates peer reviews and that these reviews are as effective as or even…
Descriptors: Engineering, Industry, Quality Control, Computer Software
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Goos, Merrilyn; Gannaway, Deanne; Hughes, Clair – Australian Educational Researcher, 2011
Assessment practices that aim to promote both quality and equity may be compromised in a higher education market where students are consumers and grades the currency exchanged for measures of success. In such a climate, academics report feeling pressured to make course content and assessment less challenging in order to obtain positive student…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Student Evaluation, Student Attitudes
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Crumbley, D. Larry; Reichelt, Kenneth J. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2009
Purpose: Student evaluation of teaching (SET) questionnaires are used in many countries, although much current research questions the validity of these surveys. US research indicates that more than 90 percent of academic accounting departments use this performance measurement. This paper aims to focus on the validity of SET data.…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Mail Surveys, Course Content
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Usoro, Abel; Abid, Abbas – E-Learning, 2008
Both academic and non-academic institutions, such as businesses, have increasingly been interested in the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to support learning, otherwise termed e-learning. This interest has been fuelled by the new developments in ICT, such as multimedia and the Internet with its World Wide Web. Other…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Online Courses, Internet
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Villar, Luis M.; Alegre, Olga M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
Online education is used for a variety of purposes in higher education. Two such purposes are improving one's performance over time and understanding one's professional development in the context of online teaching and learning. Relying on data from online staff development courses delivered in five Spanish universities, this article explores…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Quality Control, Faculty Development, College Faculty