Digital education and quality
T3.3 – Onsite Training: Digital Education and Quality
Objectives
- Introduce the quality assurance (QA) concept in higher education, with special emphasis on digital education contexts.
- Familiarize participants with European and international frameworks to understand external QA and accreditation processes.
- Present institutional examples of QA practices in on-site and distance universities to provide comparative perspectives.
- Raise awareness of the need for quality benchmarks and indicators specific to digital education across its dimensions.
- Encourage active engagement through teamwork, where participants begin to reflect on, discuss, and propose relevant benchmarks for their institutional contexts.
Learning outcomes
- By the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
- Describe the key quality assurance principles in higher education, including their relevance to digital education.
- Understand and compare different QA systems in European and Vietnamese higher education contexts.
- Identify core benchmarks and indicators for assessing quality in digital education, especially in Strategic management, curriculum design, course design and delivery, and staff and student support.
- Reflect on the current QA practices within their institutions and identify opportunities for
- Engage in structured group discussions to collaboratively explore how quality assurance frameworks can be adapted for digital education settings.
- Outline initial steps or considerations for developing or enhancing QA processes for digital education within their institutions.
Learning activity
Each Vietnamese institution elaborated on a presentation of the current state of quality assurance in their universities, which was presented at the seminar.
