Recognition of open online learning - the story so far by Gabi Witthaus https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q Gabi Witthaus, 28 March 2019 en-us 2019-01-31 09:34:01 UTC 2023-01-24 09:33:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Recognition of open, online learning - the story so far... gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/340984769 Gabi Witthaus for nuffic eValuate project Work Conference, Den Haag, 28 March 2019]]> 2019-03-13 17:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/340984769 ReOpen (2016-2018 ) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/340985889 Produced training materials for teachers/ trainers on developing validated OOL for recognition of prior and non-formal learning.]]> 2019-03-13 17:09:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/340985889 CanCred passport gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/341018662 https://passport.cancred.ca/

]]> 2019-03-13 18:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/341018662 2016 Bologna Open Recognition Declaration gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/341020649 Open standards facilitating the comparability and transferability of learning credentials]]> 2019-03-13 18:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/341020649 Open Recognition Framework (2017) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/341057635 Open recognition focuses particularly on non-formal forms of recognition, i.e. those which are community-based, where the endorser has the justification to endorse based not on formal status, but on their knowledge of the person they are endorsing.  (See diag on p.4)]]> 2019-03-13 19:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/341057635 VM Pass (2013-2015) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342024903 VM-Pass aimed to increase inter-institutional recognition of virtual mobility and OCW-based courses, by means of:
  • building on results from OER test project and piloting the use of a student-held learning passport to facilitate recognition & mobility;
  • planning, testing and creating a recognition-clearinghouse to support the verification and investigation of learning passports;
  • creating a typology of quality systems used in VM and OER systems, to support the learning passports and recognition-clearinghouse, and
  • engaging in dialogue with multiple institutions around Europe so as to mainstream use of the recognition tools created by the project.
http://www.eden-online.org/eden_project/vm-pass-implementing-recognition-of-virtual-mobility-and-oer-learning-through-a-learning-passport/


]]> 2019-03-16 17:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342024903 First Fully Online Degree programmes (1995 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025142 2019-03-16 17:05:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025142 UNESCO announces advent of OERs (2002) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025184 The term OER, coined at UNESCO’s 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries]]> 2019-03-16 17:06:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025184 Cape Town Open Education Declaration (2007) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025385 2019-03-16 17:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025385 Paris OER Declaration (2012) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025651 2019-03-16 17:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342025651 Launch of MIT OCW (2002) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342027060 2019-03-16 17:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342027060 MicroHE (2018-2020) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342027950 We will survey senior leadership at 70 Higher Education Institutions in Europe, to understand (a) the scope of micro-credential provision within the context of their overall activities, (b) the drivers behind the increase in micro-credential provision, (c) changes in the HEIs to enable provision of micro-credentials, and (d) future plans for further provision.]]> 2019-03-16 17:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342027950 OpenCred (2014-2016) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028094 2019-03-16 17:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028094 OpenEdu Project (2014-2016) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028220 2019-03-16 17:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028220 OERTest (2011-2012) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028541 OERtest aimed to develop standards for the supply of open educational resources, with guidelines for evaluating the work done by the students through these resources, quality standards, management models, etc.
https://oerknowledgecloud.org/sites/oerknowledgecloud.org/files/799-1694-1-PB.pdf]]> 2019-03-16 17:38:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028541 Open Education Passport (OEPass) (2018-2020) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028915 Improving the portability and recognition of open learning: OEPass started with the simple idea of using the already widely accepted ECTS as a base standard, and use different combinations of ECTS building blocks to describe new forms of credentials that have emerged with open learning experiences. Open education and virtual mobility can often be non-formal, self-guided and vary in length from a few hours to multiple weeks, and OEPass envisages to create a standard (meta-data) format to account for these learning experiences with ‘universal currency’.]]> 2019-03-16 17:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342028915 nuffic PARADIGMS project (2016-2018) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342030846 Developed framework for evaluating MOOCs - traffic light model with 7 elements]]> 2019-03-16 18:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342030846 OpenUpEd (2013 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342032323 The first pan-European MOOC initiative]]> 2019-03-16 18:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342032323 Lisbon Recognition Convention (1997) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342034356 2019-03-16 18:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342034356 Open Virtual Mobility (2017-2019) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342034809 The openVM project aims to support higher education teachers and students in developing, assessing and recognising the skills needed for design, implement and participate virtual mobility activities in line with Open Education principles. ]]> 2019-03-16 18:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342034809 European SchoolNet Academy MOOC (2016 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342152653 Note to teachers from Castilla y León: Si eres profesor de Castilla y León, y además del certificado de la European Schoolnet Academy, quieres recibir un certificado oficial de parte de la Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León inscríbete en la página web del CFP Idiomas de Castilla y León: http://cfpidiomas.centros.educa.jcyl.es/sitio/]]> 2019-03-17 18:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/342152653 New Zealand recognises micro-credentials (from July 2018 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344448704 The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) is proposing to recognise micro-credentials, alongside qualifications, within New Zealand’s government regulated education and training system1 from July 2018.]]> 2019-03-23 12:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344448704 Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG)(2015) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344462513 For formal recognition of credentials in higher education the criteria for the value of a credential are based on existing standards and guidelines. In a European context these are the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG, 2015) but also practical guidelines for credential evaluators and admission officers developed from within the ENIC-NARIC network, especially the EAR Manual (2016)

The focus of the ESG is on quality assurance related to learning and teaching in higher education, including the learning environment and relevant links to research and innovation....
The ESG apply to all higher education offered in the EHEA regardless of the mode of study or place of delivery.]]> 2019-03-23 15:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344462513 European Recognition Manual for Higher Education Institutions (2016) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344463802 Practical guidelines for credential evaluators and admissions officers to provide fair and flexible recognition of foreign degrees and studies abroad
https://www.enic-naric.net/ear-manual-standards-and-guidelines-on-recognition.aspx ]]> 2019-03-23 15:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344463802 European Short Learning Programmes (E-SLP) Project (2018 -) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344468049 Aims include: empowering university leadership and staff for curriculum and course design, quality assurance and recognition for SLPs complying with the EQF.]]> 2019-03-23 15:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344468049 Certificate of HE Business (OERu) (2018-2020) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344472383 The qualification comprises 120 credits at the first-year Bachelor’s degree level.
The University of the Highlands and Islands  (UHI) will assess 60 credits for the qualification. OERu partner institutions will assess the remaining 60 credits for the qualification. OERu partner institutions will issue transcript credit for learners who successfully achieve the assessed learning outcomes for the courses listed below. The transcripts for assessed learning will be recognised for transfer credit into the Certificate Higher Education Business (OERu) at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).]]> 2019-03-23 16:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344472383 Refugees receive credit at FH Lübeck (2017) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344472801 The use of “challenge exams” – FH Lübeck invited a group of 14 Kiron learners who had completed MOOCs to take the same exams in their chosen subjects as the institution’s own students. This “proof of concept” pilot confirmed that most of the refugees in the group had achieved the necessary learning outcomes. In the case of one subject where the learners performed less well, it was noted that the MOOC outcomes did not map very closely onto the institutional programme outcomes.]]> 2019-03-23 16:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344472801 UNESCO's Global Convention on Recognition (2012 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344478607 https://www.cicic.ca/1409/unesco_global_convention_on_the_recognition_of_higher_education_qualifications.canada Since 2012, UNESCO, in collaboration with its Member States, has undertaken a project to draft a new Global Convention on the Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications.
This Global Convention would encompass all countries and support:
- the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, especially as it concerns the quality enhancement of higher education
- growth in student mobility
- the recognition of academic credentials as a global right
- international consistency in recognition procedures and
- increased international cooperation...

https://www.cicic.ca/1409/unesco_global_convention_on_the_recognition_of_higher_education_qualifications.canada: At the 39th Session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 2017, Member States agreed on timelines to have the final text ready for the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference in November 2019. The Global Convention would then be ready for signature by Member States.
]]> 2019-03-23 17:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344478607 ICDE Working group: The Present and Future of Alternative Digital Credentials (ADCs) (2019) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344480772 ADCs will “unbundle” learning acquisition, verification, and documentation which will disrupt higher education’s traditional advantage and allow non-higher education institutions to be active in the credentialing process...]]> 2019-03-23 18:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344480772 BLE Teaching Practice GetIn MOOC (UK) (2017 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344545033 2019-03-24 11:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344545033 Cedefop European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning (2015) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344546447 2019-03-24 11:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344546447 EU Council recommendation on the validation of non-formal and informal learning (2012) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344546775 This encourages Member States to put in place national arrangements for such validation by 2018. These will enable individuals to increase the visibility and value of their knowledge, skills and competences acquired outside formal education and training: at work, at home or in voluntary activities.]]> 2019-03-24 11:33:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344546775 TU Delft Virtual Exchange gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344571325 2019-03-24 15:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/344571325 EAR Manual (Current) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345471440 Practical guidelines for fair recognition of qualifications ]]> 2019-03-26 21:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345471440 Bologna Declaration (1999) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345924964 It proposed a European Higher Education Area in which students and graduates could move freely between countries, using prior qualifications in one country as acceptable entry requirements for further study in another. 

]]> 2019-03-27 23:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345924964 University of Bologna (1088) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345991436 2019-03-28 05:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345991436 CARNET MOODLE MOOC (2014 onwards) gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345993591 2019-03-28 06:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345993591 EQPR gabiw https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345994841 2019-03-28 06:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gabiw/a6wa24wvj93q/wish/345994841