Full Description
Quality Assurance in Distance Education and E-Learning: Challenges and Solutions from Asia documents the existing regulatory framework covering quality assurance (QA) systems in distance education (DE) in a number of Asian countries. It draws on the knowledge and experience of 16 selected DE/e-learning institutions of Asia and reveals the respective development of QA systems and procedures within these providers/programmes.
The endeavour towards developing QA systems through various stages of testing and development is in response to the growing public concern for the quality of DE as well as staff aspirations for quality. This book, through the selection of cases from the aforementioned institutions, covers a wide range of QA systems and perspectives of quality in DE. These cases present good practices in QA for DE/e-learning, analyse challenges in assuring the quality of DE products and services, offer possible solutions to meet those challenges, and present lessons for other DE providers.
Contents
Foreword - Asha Kanwar
Preface
I: A SYSTEMS OR BALANCED APPROACH TO QUALITY ASSURANCE
Singapore's SIM University - Cheong Hee Kiat
Thailand's Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University - Pranee Sungkatavat and Theppasak Boonyarataphan
Open University of Hong Kong - Robert Edward Butcher
S. Korea's Hanyang Cyber University - Yeonwook Im
II: ENSURING THE QUALITY OF MANAGEMENT PROCESSES
Indonesia's Universitas Terbuka - Sri Yuniati P K Hardini, Deetje Sunarsih, Any Meilani and Tian Belawa
China's Peking University School of Distance Learning for Medical Education - Chen Li, Shen Xinyi, Gao Shuping and Liu Yiguang
Mongolian e-Knowledge - Sanjaa Baigaltugs
S. Korea's AutoEver - Hae-Deok Song and Cheolil Lim
III: FOCUSING ON INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND PEDAGOGY
Japan's Kumamoto University Online Graduate School - Katsuaki Suzuki
Open University of China - Li Yawan, Yang Tingting and Niu Ben
India's Indira Gandhi National Open University - Pema Eden Samdup and Rose Nembiakkim
University of the Philippines Open University - Patricia B Arinto
IV: ASSURING QUALITY OF LEARNING SUPPORT AND ASSESSMENT
Malaysia's Wawasan Open University - Tat Meng Wong and Teik Kooi Liew
Virtual University of Pakistan - Naveed A Malik
V: OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
Open University of Sri Lanka - Uma Coomaraswamy
Open University Malaysia - Anuwar Ali and Mansor Bin Fadzil
Concluding Remarks: Future Policy Directions - Insung Jung
Index
