Series of in-house seminars at
ASHE
Summary of the actual
implementation
October 2006 – April
2008
One of the major elements of Component 1 of the
CARDS 2003 project was to provide training and assistance to the
staff of ASHE in relation to the Agency’s tasks and
activities concerning quality assurance and evaluation in higher
education and science in Croatia. The project was expected to
conduct in-house seminars covering a wide range of relevant themes
in QA of HE. And since these themes are relevant not only for the
staff of ASHE but also for the experts and Council members involved
in the evaluation activities they were also welcome to attend the
seminars according to their interest and
availability.
The seminars were held in the meeting room of ASHE
unless specified otherwise. The facilitator of the seminars and
presenter in most cases was Key Expert 1 of the project (Dr.
Tibor Szanto), with the involvement of Key Expert 3 (Dr.
Edgar Frackmann), the Office Manager (Ms. Vesna Vrga),
and staff members of the Agency. Short Term Experts
were also invited for making presentations on special
themes.
Taking into account the results of the needs
analysis of ASHE staff conducted in September 2006, the following
in- house seminars were held during the duration of the project.
Besides the staff preferences we took into account the
interrelations of the various themes when making this programme and
tried to arrange them in a logical order so that the individual
seminars could be built on each other. (Arabic numbers refer to
seminar themes as they were included in the needs analysis
questionnaire for ASHE staff members.)
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Concepts, terms
of QA
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The
international context with special regard to the European
Standards and Guidelines (ESG)
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The national
context in Croatia
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Possible systems
and solutions for internal QA at HEIs with some historical
outlook
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Actual cases of
internal QA measures in Croatia
Held on 26
October 2006, by Tibor Szanto and Vesna
Vrga
Held on 27 November 2006, by
Tibor Szanto and Višnja Petrović
Held on 18 December 2006, by
Tibor Szanto
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Evaluation
types, subjects (recapitulation)
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Methodology, the
four step model
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External
evaluation, step by step
Held on 21 December 2006, by
Tibor Szanto
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E-learning and
distance education, general characteristics
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Evaluation of
distance education programmes (theme 10)
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Evaluation of
e-learning (theme 23)
Held on 2 February 2007,by
Predrag Pale (local STE)
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Terminology
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Relevance of the
theme (activity scheme, ESG)
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Defining
procedures (theme 13) – Example: HAC, EUA
IEP
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Defining
criteria (theme 14) – Example: CNE, EUA
IEP
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Defining data
and information to be collected (theme 16)
Held on 16 March 2007, by Tibor
Szanto
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Relevance of the
theme (activity scheme, ESG)
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Guidance for
applications for Evaluation (new inst/progs) (theme
17)
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Manual(s) for
Evaluation of existing inst/progs, Guidance for HEIs on self-
evaluation (theme 18)
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Examples: FINHEEC, ENQA
TEEP2
Held on 21 March 2007, by Tibor
Szanto
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Expert roles and
tasks
-
Selection of
experts
-
Training and
briefing of experts
-
Feedback from
experts
-
Examples: EUA
IEP, QAA
Held on 25 May 2007, by Tibor
Szanto
Held on 20 June 2007, by Edgar
Frackmann (KE3) and Peter Muessig- Trapp (intern.
STE)
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Relevance of the
theme (activity scheme, ESG)
-
Organisation of
site visits
-
Implementation
of site visits
-
Examples: HAC,
ZEvA
Held on 18 October 2007, by Tibor
Szanto
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Relevance of the
theme (activity scheme, ESG)
-
Report writing:
logistics
-
Report writing:
substance and results
-
Examples: ENQA
TEEP2, NCHE+ASHE
Held on 25 October 2007, by Tibor
Szanto
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Information
flows in Higher Education
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Information
facilitators
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Information for
management, information for decision making
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Information and
its sources
-
The overall
concept of HE information systems in Croatia
Held on 26 November 2007, by
Edgar Frackmann
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Information and
QA
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MOZVAG
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Higher Education
Data Base (HEIs)
-
QA Process
Support (MOZVAG 2)
-
Study Programme
Register (PR)
-
QA
Forum
Held on 26 November 2007, by
Edgar Frackmann
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Relevance of the
theme (activity scheme, ESG)
-
Feedback to be
collected by HEI, agency
-
Examples: NCHE, ASHE1, ASHE2, HAC
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Working group
exercise
Held on 03 December 2007, by
Tibor Szanto
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Relevance of the
theme (activity scheme, ESG)
-
Follow-up
activities, responsibilities of the various
actors
-
Examples, the
situation in Croatia: NCHE, ASHE
, MSES
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Closing the
quality loop
Held on 17 January 2008, by
Tibor Szanto
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Relevance of the
theme (ESG)
-
Organisational
setup: theoretical possibilities
-
Examples: QAA,
HAC, Latvia, Slovenia, Serbia; plus: ZEvA (Davor
Jurić), HSV (Kristina Ferara)
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Lessons,
patterns for Croatia?
Held on 28 February 2008, by
Tibor Szanto
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Project
management in general
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Risk management
of projects
-
Quality
management of projects
Held on 3-4 March 2008, by
Vesna Vrga (Office Manager), as local STE
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Relevance of the
theme (ESG)
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What makes a
good organisation? From mission through policy and strategy to
actual operation
-
SWOT analysis of
ASHE
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The future
ahead
-
Structure,
themes
-
Implementation
-
Feedback from
participants
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Major
points
Held on 17 April
2008
