Systemic evaluation to enhance the quality of e-learning courseware on the example of epprobate

Rolf Reinhardt (representing the epprobate research committee: Ebba Ossianilson, Samina Rafi, Hsin-Yih Shyu, Tzy-Ling Chen, Andreas Link, Harvey Mellar)

24. October 2012Mittweida

(Graphics by alogenius (CC-BY) on Flickr)

The growing availability of online resources:

Sources: Wikimedia, Connexions

Why is eLearning not „mainstream“ yet?

ObjectActivitySubject

The development of epprobate:

The importance of the stakeholders:

Domain Expert

Quality Expert

eLearning Producer

LearnerCustomer

The systemic view on eLearning courseware:

epprobate is a provider of “consultative and collaborative improvementprocesses”, instead of a simple quality label.

The benefit of epprobate:

The main process of epprobate:

1. Contact National Partner2. Initial short review3. Consulting on process & offer4. Selection of stakeholders5. Self-Assessment6. 1st evaluation with report7. 1st meeting with customer8. Revision of report9. International awarding committee10.Written feedback11.epprobate award (from 2013)

In 35 countries and 6 languages:

The coverage of epprobate:

How to follow epprobate:

➔ Facebook➔ Linkedin➔ Scoop.it➔ Mendeley➔ Wikimedia➔ epprobate Website