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Outline Recognition of Qualifications in an International Perspective: New Opportunities for Quality Assurance UGC / INQAAHE, 26 March 2019 • A Changing and Challenging World • The Rising Tide of Quality Assurance Internationalization  International students  2 m in 2000  5 m in 2016  Plus study abroad students  Foreign institutions / campuses 1

The future of jobs (labor markets in the digital era)  Jobs that disappear (700 professions)  New jobs The future of jobs Jobs that did not exist 10 years ago (labor markets in the digital era)  App developer  Social media manager / YouTube content creator  Jobs that disappear (700 professions)  Digital risk manager  New jobs  Smart city / smart building architect  Driver-less car engineer  Jobs that are undergoing transformation (47%)  Cloud computing specialist  Big data analyst  Sustainability manager  Drone operator 2

Profile of the learners E-Generation 3

Curricular innovations  Problem-based / Design-based Learning (Maastricht, Roskilde, Aalborg)  Experiential learning (coop, service learning, simulations, role playing, learning games)  Multi-disciplinary programs  Amsterdam University College  U of Queensland School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences  Competency-based learning  Western Governors’ University Pedagogical Innovations New Technologies  Computers and Internet  E-learning / Self-learning (AI facilitated)  Artificial intelligence  Peer learning (clickers, flipped classroom)  Big Data  Team-based learning  Blockchain  Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality  3-D Printing  Collaborative Platforms 4

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Olin College of Engineering MODES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AT OLIN, WE TEACH, AND STUDENTS LEARN, IN A VARIETY OF MODES  Designed-based learning (as teams) • HANDS-ON PROJECT-BASED LEARNING  Multi-disciplinary • LABORATORY-BASED EXPERIENCES  No academic departments / no tenure • SEMINAR-DISCUSSION • INTERACTIVE LECTURE  Integration of engineering, entrepreneurships and • STUDENT-BASED INDEPENDENT LEARNING humanities • TEAM-BASED INDEPENDENT LEARNING • INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM MENTORSHIP BY FACULTY The “new” university Western Governors University  Virtual university, started in 1997 as initiative of  Moocs Governors of Western States, taking advantage of the Internet  Boot camps  Competency-based learning model: students progress  Minerva (online face-to-face elite U) based on reaching levels of competencies (learning  Ecole 42 (free computing school with no teachers, no results rather than time) degrees and no high school requirements)  Aimed at adult students who can study at their own  Kaospilot http://www.kaospilot.dk/ pace independently of place and time  Hyperisland https://www.hyperisland.com/  110,000 students in 2018 6

Shape of degrees Aspiring Minds  Indian company administering the AMCAT  Traditional degrees (Bs, Ms, PhD) competency test (job employability)  Courses from several institutions / joint degrees  1,100 Universities use AMCAT  Micro-credentials and nano-courses  5 million people tested in 2018  Certificates, badges, etc.  Now active in Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Middle East, and the USA  Mini-masters  Separation of learning / credentials Graduation ceremony at the Korean The Credit Bank of Korea Credit Bank  Open educational system  Recognition of learning acquired in-school and out-of-school  Degree granting  Fully recognized degrees 7

Outline Impressive progress  Quiet revolution of quality assurance  International and regional QA networks  CIGQ – International Quality Group (CHEA) • A Changing World  International and regional agreements • The Rising Tide of Quality Assurance International Agreements Regional Agreements  Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (2005, revised in  UNESCO – OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision 2015) in Cross-Border Education (2005)  ASEAN Quality Assurance Framework (2015)  Draft Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications in the works  African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (2018) (UNESCO in the lead)  Latin America still pending (sub-regional) – broad  To be approved this year principles in 1974  Arab States (1978) 8

Credit Transfer Agreements Core Principles  Not one international agreement yet  Role of external QA agencies  Europe: ECTS  QA standards, criteria and processes  Africa: under consideration  Internal Quality Assurance  Latin America: CLAR  Qualifications frameworks (sometimes separate, as in Europe)  Asia: AUN-ACTS, UMAP-UCTS, and AIMS Challenges Assessment  “Assessment is the killer of learning”  The rankings distraction  Need for alignment (E / C / P / A)  Recognition of disruptive practices  Multi-dimensional assessment: general education, key competencies, trajectory  Assessment  Formative assessment feeding into the learning process  e-portfolios as self-evaluation and growth assessment instruments 9

Refugees Repression  Turkey etc.  68.5 million world-wide  Threats to free movement of academics and students  25.4 internationally  Trump’s travel ban  40 internally displaced  Visa restrictions  3.1 asylum seekers  Threats to academic freedom  Threats to scientific rigor and progress  Innovative “qualifications passport for refugees” (Norway & Europe) Fraudulent Practices  Degree mills (esp. online)  Accreditation mills  Fake academic journals and conferences  Plagiarism  Fraud at exams  Admission (latest US scandal) 10

Learning is not Student-Centered a spectator sport Learrning  Sparking Curiosity  Igniting Passion  Unleashing Genius  One size fits all / let a thousand flowers bloom? 11

Thriving under disruption Innovative features • International and regional agreements • Embrace curricular and pedagogical innovations • Innovative dimensions in accreditation criteria • Incorporate innovations in admission, assessment and degree configuration • Inclusion of new accountability measures • Focus on outcomes and added value • Cultivate core values of QA • Learning achievement • Competencies acquired Integrate valid elements of new Cultivate and strengthen what makes accountability instruments accreditation unique • International and regional convergence / collaboration • Voice of the students (student engagement) • By and for the members • Voice of society (labor market / employers) • Intellectual and institutional independence • Recognition of new credentials • Flexibility • Rely on predictive analytics 12

Role of QA Role of QA in an International Perspective in an International Perspective  Trust (example of refugees)  Collaborative platforms for sharing of experience and capacity building  Transparency  Outcome-based quality assurance open to  Relevance innovative practices  Framework to recognize new forms of qualifications Aligned Multi-layer QA System I & R QA Agreements & Networks National Quality Assurance Internal Quality Assurance 13

Beta mode  Continuous change and adaptation  Open mind to accept innovation  Humility: learning as you go 14