HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack (for Arab States)

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

14.05.2013 1D. Georgescu, UNESCO BEI

14.05.2013 D. Georgescu, UNESCO BEI 2

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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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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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


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 PackFollow up:

How to work together in finalizing the document and in supporting Arab

countries

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Expected outcomes


Elements identified for a Regional HED Policy Framework

and Resource Pack

Sharing resources

Shared understanding

Follow up (directions, approaches)

Main “pillars”


Quality & Quality Assurance

(QA)

The impact of

new technolog

ies

InitiativesAnd

Synergies

Lessons learned and Recommendations


Human mind is like a parachute: it works only if is open (A. Einstein)

Participants


Arab countries

Ministries of Higher

Education

HEI

QAI

Experts

International experts

NGOs

The Media

ISESCO

UNESCOUNESCO KhartoumUNESCO Doha

UNESCO Beirut

HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack


Priority issues

Conceptual

clarification

DilemmasOptionsPrerequis

ites

Cases/Examples

Resources Capacity developmen

t

Possible functions:Reference/Guidance for the Region

Standard settingCapacity development tool

HED issues


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 networksGender 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


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


Issue/Conceptual clarification

Principles Policy levers (i.e. Implementation means)

Challenges Resources (i.e. Cases/Examples, networks, achievements in countries)

Proposed structure


Learning

GovernanceQuality &

Contextualization

Knowledge Production and Management

Quality Assurance Capacity Development Resources


Sukran!

Thank you!

Merci!

HED Policy Framework and Resource Pack (for Arab States)

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