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The meeting, held 16 June, marked the first official gathering of the members of the UNESCO Global Task Force on Quality Assurance in e-learning which includes representatives from UNESCO; ICDE member institution the Commonwealth of Learning (COL); ICDE associate members EADTU and the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE); the Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) and the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Quality in Distance Education (CALED). By combining expertise from leading regional associations in quality assurance and distance education, the Task Force aims to present the latest developments in quality assurance in e-learning and create opportunities for regional enhancement by sharing latest approaches and developments.
Chaired by Stamenka Uvalic, Chief of the Higher Education Section at UNESCO, the meeting resulted in the formation of the terms of reference for the Task Force and its commitment to submitting a report by the end of 2012 on:
- components of e-learning to be covered by quality assurance
- recommendations for Quality Assurance agencies and universities on the integration of e-learning in their quality assurance systems
- recommendations on the position of high quality e-learning in the educational system
The next meeting of the Global Task Force on Quality Assurance in e-learning will be organised in conjunction with the 24th ICDE World Conference to be held in Bali, Indonesia, 2-5 October 2011.
Pictured above: George Ubachs (EADTU), Keith Williams (The Open University UK), Santiago Acosta (CALED), Piet Henderikx (EADTU), Sir John Daniel (COL), Zeynep Varoglu and Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić (UNESCO), Tat Meng Wong (AAOU).
19 July 2011