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Gil-Jaurena, Inés; Domínguez-Figaredo, Daniel; Ballesteros-Velázquez, Belén – Open Learning, 2022
This study focuses on an analysis of assessment methods according to expected learning outcomes in courses taught at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Spain. Based on the European Higher Education Area and its learning-centred approach, the TALOE webtool has been used to analyse the internal coherence of 10 Bachelor's and…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Student Evaluation, Distance Education, College Students
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Brunton, James; Brown, Mark; Costello, Eamon; Walsh, Elaine – Open Learning, 2016
This case study describes the process that the Humanities Programme Team, in Dublin City University's Open Education Unit, has undertaken with regard to developing a systematic, programme-focused assessment strategy. It charts the development of an Assessment Matrix that facilitated the enhancement of programme coherence in the context of a…
Descriptors: Program Design, Case Studies, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
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Gibbs, Graham – Open Learning, 2010
In England there is a national survey of all students just before they graduate from bachelor's programmes called the National Student Survey (NSS). This produces a very influential ranking of all universities and colleges in England in terms of how the education they provide is perceived by their students. Top of this ranking every year is the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries
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Jian, Niu; Hamp-Lyons, Liz – Open Learning, 2006
Progress assessment aims to assess students' performance and progress during a course of study. Its purpose is primarily developmental--to help students improve learning. Progress assessment is of special value in distance education in that it can motivate or pace distance learners throughout their course of study. It can help the tutor monitor…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Learning Processes, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries