DocumentCode :
3506248
Title :
Inspiration from an Analysis of the British and American Quality Assurance System of Distance Higher Education
Author :
Zhao, Jianhua ; Li, Xiaohua
Author_Institution :
Hebei Radio & TV Univ., Shijiazhuang
Volume :
3
fYear :
2009
fDate :
7-8 March 2009
Firstpage :
241
Lastpage :
246
Abstract :
This paper addresses the significantly importance of quality assurance system in the distance higher education. The quality assurance system for distance higher education has long been set up and perfected in U.S. and U.K focusing on quality accreditation and learning supportive services. By means of comparison, this paper points out some problems of distance higher education in China such as: low recognition of learning quality, poor management system, dislocation of evaluation bodies, inexplicit standards of quality assurance and weak learning supportive services. The paper suggests that the higher educational institutions in China should be more open to the world and join in the international quality accreditation, based on the learner-centered teaching model, to establish a distance quality assurance system that is suitable to China.
Keywords :
accreditation; distance learning; quality assurance; teaching; American quality assurance system; British quality assurance system; accreditation quality; distance higher education; learner-centered teaching model; learning supportive service; Accreditation; Computer science education; Councils; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Government; Paper technology; Quality assurance; Quality management; comparison; inspiration; quality assurance of distance higher education;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer Science, 2009. ETCS '09. First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3581-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ETCS.2009.581
Filename :
4959302
Link To Document :
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