Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Summary - CEN / ISSS Workshop on Learning Technologies: Project Team Quality Development ; Providing Good Practice for ELearning Quality Approaches"

Source

Dondi, C., Moretti, M., Husson, A.M. and Pawlowski, J.M. (2005) ‘Interim report: CWA 1 - providing good practice for elearning quality approaches’, CEN/ISSS, [online] Available from: http://cms.eun.org/shared/data/pdf/cwa1_20051118.pdf (Accessed 6 November 2008).


Interesting read of what appears to be a system for assessing submissions looking for a stamp of approval or recognition as "quality work" or an emerging "good practice".

Criteria for "quality work" includes the need to demonstrate the following
  • has been "field' tested and trialed
  • is culturally appropriate, contextually relevant
  • addresses a current need, issue, problem that required monitoring for quality improvement
  • is well documented
  • demonstrates improvement and effectiveness
  • can be used in an new context but in a similar field
  • invites continuous improvement (promotes improvement)

In short, a good practice
  • has been tried and tested in the field
  • clearly targeted and adapted for a specific user group (takes the user into consideration)
  • relevant or current (deals with current issues being faced in the field by other practitioners)
  • is presented transparently so that it can be clearly understood by other practitioners
  • demonstrates its benefits
  • has broad support from other users who have used it
  • is transferable to others ( it can be used by others in a new context)
  • promotes improvement (quality sought after via feedback loops)

It would seem to me that these are qualities to be looking for and using to realize a good poster presentation.

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