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Course: Quality Assurance of Blended and Online Learning

About this course

The aim of this self-paced course is to help educational institutions develop and roll out quality blended and online courses by using several toolkits and resources COL has developed over the years. In this professional development course, faculty and administrators will learn concepts, approaches and tools in a just-in-time manner to assure the quality of blended and online learning in a post-COVID-19 world. The course helps you understand how to apply this new information to improve the quality of your blended and online courses.

At a glance: English · approximately 2 hours · self-paced · 4 learning units

What you will learn

- explain the concepts of quality and quality assurance as applied in education
- present the debates around the quality assurance of distance and online learning in the context of overall education and society
- identify factors that impact the quality of blended and online learning
- use different models and instruments of quality assurance to assure quality in a given context
- apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired to improve the practice of blended and online learning in your own institution

How to study

Work through the 4 units in order. Each unit has a reading Book followed by an untimed, repeatable knowledge check.

Knowledge checks: unit 1: 18 questions; unit 2: 16 questions; unit 3: 15 questions; unit 4: 15 questions.

Final assessment

The final assessment selects 20 questions at random from the 64-question course bank. It is untimed, allows repeat attempts, and requires 16 out of 20 (80%) to pass.

Access note: Guests can read course content, but Moodle requires learners to log in and enrol before attempting quizzes or recording grades. This course does not issue a certificate.

Begin: Open Unit 1: Quality and QA in Education, then take its knowledge check.