ESTABLISHING AND ENHANCING A CULTURE OF QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMS OF ARAB STATES
Regional HED workshop (follow up)
Khartoum,26-28November, 2013Hotel Corinthia
Sessions 1 & 2: Workshop overview
&HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack
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Ibn Rushd(Averroes)
Naguib Mahfouz (Egypt) –Nobel Prize in Literature 1988
Ahmed Zewail (Egypt) – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999
Past, Present and Future
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ابن رشد(Averroes)
مصر –نجيب محفوظ 1988جائزة نوبل لألدب
مصر –أحمد زويل 1999جائزة نوبل للكيمياء
الماضي والحاضر والمستقبل
Project History
• Before 2013: Quality Standards & Networking
• 2013 – 2015: Developing a HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack
– May 2013: First workshop in Beirut– November 2013: Second workshop in Khartoum– 2014: Finalizing the Framework– 2015: Implementing the Framework & Resource
Pack
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”الصف المعكوس”:تحديات اليوم
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بيئة التعلم المستقبلية
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A foolish man may be known by six things: Anger without cause, speech without profit, change without progress, inquiry without object, putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends.
Arab proverb
Workshop objectives
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To facilitate regional and international exchanges (i.e. on quality, QA, learning, the
integration of new technologies)
To enhance synergies and cooperation
To outline a draft HED Policy Framework and
Resource Pack
Follow up:How to work together in
finalizing the document and in supporting Arab countries
أهداف ورشة العمل
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تسهيل التبادل اإلقليمي والدولي
تعزيز المواءمة والتعاون
تحديد مخطط لمسودة إطار سياسة وحزمة موارد قسم التعليم
(HEPFAS)العالي
كيفية العمل معاً إلنجاز : المتابعةHEPFAS ودعم الدول العربية
النتائج المتوقعة
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العناصر المحددة إلطار سياسة إقليمية وحزمة موارد قسم
(HEPFAS)التعليم العالي
تشارك الموارد
التشارك في الفهم
المتابعة(التوجيهات والتعليمات)
Expected outcomes
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Elements identified for a Regional HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack
Sharing resources
Shared understanding
Follow up(directions, approaches)
Main “pillars”
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Quality & Quality
Assurance (QA)
The impact of new
technologies
InitiativesAnd
Synergies
Lessons learned and Recommendations
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Human mind is like a parachute: it works only if is open (A. Einstein)
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Participants
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Arab countries
Ministries of Higher Education
HEI
QAI
Experts
International experts
NGOs
The Media
ISESCO
UNESCOUNESCO Khartoum
UNESCO DohaUNESCO Beirut
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HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack
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Priority issuesConceptual clarificationDilemmasOptions
PrerequisitesCases/
Examples
ResourcesCapacity
development
Possible functions:
Reference/Guidance for the RegionStandard setting
Capacity development tool
HED issues
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Conceptual and terminology clarification in Quality and Quality Assurance
Implementing cost-effective cultures of Quality and QA
Quantity versus Quality
Balancing summative and formative approaches/internal and external evaluation
Defining learning outcomes and using learning outcomes in QA
QA units, agencies and networks
Gender Equality in QA
Learning and competencies; links with life and the labour market
The usage of new findings on learning in Quality and QA
ICTs and e-learning
Quality and Quality Assurance in private HEI
Group work 1
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In your group, identify 5 to 7 priority issues and provide a rationale (i.e. why they are important for the Region)
Group work 2
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Issue/Conceptual clarification
Principles Policy levers (i.e. Implementationmeans)
Challenges Resources (i.e. Cases/Examples,networks, achievements in countries)
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Proposed structure
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Learning
Governance Quality & Contextualization
Knowledge Production and Management
Quality Assurance Capacity Development Resources
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Sukran!
Thank you!
Merci!