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Ellis, Gary D. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2014
This paper is a case study. It tells the story of the process that the Council on Accreditation for Parks, Recreation, Tourism and Related Professions beta test site created its learning outcomes assessment program. A planning process was used that has evolved from quality management philosophy and practice: DMADV. Use of DMADV required precise…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Outcome Measures, Accreditation (Institutions), Outcomes of Education
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Bustos, Antonio; Arostegui, Jose Luis – Quality of Higher Education, 2012
Universities in Europe have been playing an increasingly important role in the institutional evaluation of political and social systems for the last thirty years. Their major contribution to those processes of accountability has been to add methods and safeguards of evaluative research. In this paper we report an illustration of how evaluative…
Descriptors: Research Administration, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Social Services
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Ferrara, Victoria M. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
Portfolio assessment is a valid and reliable method to assess experiential learning. Developing a fully online portfolio assessment program is neither easy nor inexpensive. The institution seeking to take its portfolio assessment program online must make a commitment to its students by offering the technologies most suited to meet students' needs.…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Palmer, Stuart; Holt, Dale – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
In 2003, Deakin University implemented a centralised learning management system (LMS) under the banner of Deakin Studies Online (DSO), as well as implementing policies requiring all its units of study to have at least a basic online presence from 2004. Given the scope of the university's commitment to online education, it was considered essential…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Units of Study, Student Attitudes, Online Courses
Natadjaja, Listia; Cahyono, Yohanes Budi – New Horizons in Education, 2009
Background: Facilitated by Community Outreach Centre, the Packaging Design class of Visual Communication Design major at Petra Christian University implements Service-Learning Program to assist micro-industries that have joined in the Family Empowerment and Welfare Program in Kabupaten Kediri. Students, in cooperation with lecturer assist…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Outreach Programs, Service Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Ireland, Jennifer; Correia, Helen Mary; Griffin, Tim Mark – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to introduce and describe the features of a new e-learning quality framework developed for a large multi-campus university. The framework is explicitly designed to improve the quality of e-learning sites and the quality of online student learning, by developing the skills of the academics who design the sites.…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Program Effectiveness, Performance Technology, Educational Improvement
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Gijbels, David; Dochy, Filip – Educational Studies, 2006
The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the relationships between hands-on experiences with formative assessment, students' assessment preferences and their approaches to learning. The sample consisted of 108 university first-year Bachelor's students studying criminology. Data were obtained using the "Revised two-factor study…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Experiential Learning