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Gan, Zhengdong; He, Jinbo; Mu, Kejuan – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2019
While assessment for learning (AfL) has gained increasing international prominence, and has been strongly promulgated by an increasing number of education systems, current instruments designed to measure students' assessment for learning experience show a number of methodological shortcomings, such as lacking construct validity and low internal…
Descriptors: College Students, Development, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries
Alibak, Morteza; Talebi, Hooshang; Neshat-Doost, Hamid-Taher – Journal of Educators Online, 2019
Test anxiety is a serious problem for many college students. This study examines the development and validation of the Online Test Anxiety Inventory (OTAI) to evaluate test anxiety among online students. In this study, the OTAI is developed and administered to a sample of 157 postgraduate online students: 77 males and 80 females, aged 22 to 51…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Likert Scales, Test Anxiety, College Students
Hammer, Sara; Abawi, Lindy; Gibbings, Peter; Jones, Hazel; Redmond, Petrea; Shams, Syed – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Within the higher education context, capstone units can be viewed as a significant means of assuring intended learning outcomes for programmes. They provide students with the opportunity to consolidate and apply prior and new disciplinary learning, as well as employability skills and graduate attributes. This paper describes the first stage of an…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Snijders, Ingrid; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Wijnia, Lisette; Loyens, Sofie M. M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
This study investigated the overall "quality" of the interpersonal relationship students have with faculty and staff, that is, relationship quality (RQ). In relationship management research, RQ is paramount for the creation of bonds with customers, which in turn is necessary for the sustainability of organizations, that is, continuity…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Validation, Interpersonal Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship
Ding, Yan; Gao, Yaping; Lu, Fang – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
This paper aims to examine whether and how the US-based Quality Matters (QM) Higher Education Rubric-Design Standards for Online and Blended Courses apply to the Chinese higher education environment. Suitability and matchability of QM Standards are respectively examined through a questionnaire and course reviews at Fudan University, a leading…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Educational Quality, Academic Standards
A Generalizable Framework for Multi-Scale Auditing of Digital Learning Provision in Higher Education
Ross, Samuel R. P-J.; Volz, Veronica; Lancaster, Matthew K.; Divan, Aysha – Online Learning, 2018
It is increasingly important that higher education institutions be able to audit and evaluate the scope and efficacy of their digital learning resources across various scales. To date there has been little effort to address this need for a validated, appropriate, and simple-to-execute method that will facilitate such an audit, whether it be at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Audits (Verification), Electronic Learning, Educational Resources
Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga; Pant, Hans Anand; Kuhn, Christiane; Toepper, Miriam; Lautenbach, Corinna – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2016
The ever-increasing internationalization of study programs and global mobility of students call for greater transparency of and valid information on the knowledge and skills students acquire over the course of their studies. Several theoretical and methodological challenges arise from the immense diversity of degree courses, study programs, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Practices, Minimum Competency Testing
Jafari, Esmaeil; Vajarah, Kourosh Fathi; Arefi, Mahboobeh; Rezaeizadeh, Morteza – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
The aim of this study is to validate MOOC-based curriculum in higher education in Iran. The research method is mixed and of exploratory type. Method of grounded theory is used in the qualitative section and the Validation Test Pattern among the faculties and PhD students of Tehran's Universities is considered in the quantitative part. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
The need for a robust evidence base able to demonstrate the impact of widening participation activity across the student lifecycle has been emphasised in recent guidance to the higher education sector. However, with competing demands on their time this is likely to represent a challenge for practitioners. Yet, there is wide recognition of the need…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evidence Based Practice, Student Participation, Progress Monitoring
Kohoutek, Jan – Quality in Higher Education, 2014
Utilising insights from policy instrument theory, the article analyses the design, functioning and effects of the tools used by the Czech Accreditation Commission (CAC) and the Slovak Accreditation Commission (SAC) in the 2000s. Aside from programme accreditation, the other tools analysed are: institutional approval, institutional evaluations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Accreditation (Institutions), Institutional Evaluation
Harvey, Marina; Kosman, Bronwyn – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2014
The development of a standards-based assessment policy represented a significant cultural shift in assessment practice at one university. Concurrently, the implementation of a policy framework represented a significant procedural shift in policy development and review. The assessment policy was the first policy scheduled to be reviewed through the…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Models
Ansah, Francis – Quality in Higher Education, 2015
This study is based on a pragmatist analysis of selected international accounts on quality assurance in higher education. A pragmatist perspective was used to conceptualise a logical internal quality assurance model to embed and support the alignment of graduate competencies in curriculum and assessment of Ghanaian polytechnics. Through focus…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Strategic Planning, Focus Groups
Bentley, Yongmei; Richardson, Diane; Duan, Yanqing; Philpott, Elly; Ong, Vincent; Owen, David – Journal of Management Education, 2013
This article reports on the application of Research-Informed Curriculum Design (RICD) for the development and implementation of an MSc Program in Project Management. The research focused on contemporary issues in project management and provided an analysis of project management approaches, tools, and techniques currently used in organizations.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Administration, Masters Programs, Higher Education
Lafont, Pascal – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
This contribution shows the conditions of a change of prospect in higher education which is based on institutional and policy positioning in favor of the implementation of the devices of Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) which is used to deliver a whole or components of a qualification (certification) on the basis of the knowledge and skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Implementation, Program Validation
Development and Validation of the Blended Learning Environment Instrument (BLEI) in Higher Education
Aljahni, Areej; Al-Begain, Khalid; Skinner, Heather – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2014
Part of ongoing research into the efficacy of blended learning in higher education within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The need for, and development of, a Blended Learning Environment Instrument (BLEI) are explained. This new instrument assesses student perceptions across five core aspects of blended learning environments: Infrastructure,…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Environment, Program Development, Program Validation