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Examination Management as a Way of Achieving Quality Assurance in ODL Institutions: The Case of Zimbabwe Open University
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Mafa, Onias; Gudhlanga, Enna Sukutai – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
An examination is an important component of any institution that educates people. It is a form of assessment used to measure the students' understanding of the concepts and principles they would have learnt. Zimbabwe Open University, an Open and Distance Learning institution has been setting its own examinations for the academic programmes…
Descriptors: Identification, Open Universities, Quality Control, Item Banks
The Use of Virtual Classrooms in E-Learning: A Case Study in King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
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Al-Nuaim, Hana Abdullah – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2012
The phenomenal growth and subsequent increasing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovations has led to an increase in their use in higher education over the past decade. Past research has criticised e-learning (compared to traditional face-to-face lecturing) for its failure to engage students in their learning. However, King…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Management Systems, Independent Study
Controlling Curriculum Redesign with a Process Improvement Model
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Drinka, Dennis; Yen, Minnie Yi-Miin – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2008
A portion of the curriculum for a Management Information Systems degree was redesigned to enhance the experiential learning of students by focusing it on a three-semester community-based system development project. The entire curriculum was then redesigned to have a project-centric focus with each course in the curriculum contributing to the…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Outcomes of Education, Experiential Learning, Computer Software
Alphabet Soup of Management Tools: Cincinnati's ASEP Process Resembles TQM, CQI, and QPS.
Bell, Howard W., Jr.; Hanseman, Nancy J. – Business Officer, 1994
An organizational development and quality enhancement effort at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) incorporating characteristics of several popular quality management systems has produced unanticipated benefits in the administrative services and information technologies division: downsizing was less drastic than anticipated; innovative financing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Higher Education
Central Queensland University's Course Management Systems: Accelerator or Brake in Engaging Change?
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McConachie, Jeanne; Danaher, Patrick Alan; Luck, Jo; Jones, David – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
Central Queensland University (CQU) is a highly complex institution, combining campuses in Central Queensland and distance education programs for Australian domestic students with Australian metropolitan sites for international students and a number of overseas centres, also for international students. In common with many other universities, CQU…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Systems Approach, Foreign Countries
Executive Information Systems: Current Assessment and Future Agenda for Higher Education.
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Glover, Robert H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1993
Colleges and universities have begun to benefit from advancing technology. Considering the problems higher education faces and the potential that enterprise-wide information access offers, institutional leaders must look ahead and decide where to invest in information technology support to achieve maximum benefits in quality improvement and cost…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness