Title: Course evaluation for technology enhanced learning: current status in Europe

Authors: Israel Gutierrez Rojas, Raquel M. Crespo, Derick Leony, Abelardo Pardo, Carlos Delgado Kloos

Addresses: Gradient Lab – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30 Leganes, Madrid – Spain. ' Gradient Lab – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30 Leganes, Madrid – Spain. ' Gradient Lab – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30 Leganes, Madrid – Spain. ' Gradient Lab – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30 Leganes, Madrid – Spain. ' Gradient Lab – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Av. de la Universidad 30 Leganes, Madrid – Spain

Abstract: Course evaluation is one of the key processes in the educational context that is in charge of the assurance of quality of courses taught in an institution. Although it is an essential process realised in every institution, the procedure followed for course evaluation does not comply with any evaluation standard. The objectives of this document are: to define a course evaluation concept map to understand better the needs of this field; to analyse the course evaluation standard ISO/IEC 19796, the only standard for course evaluation; to carry out a study of European institutions evaluation processes to determine why no institution is using standards in this learning process; and finally, to inform about the course evaluation support in two open-source well-known learning management systems (LMS) (Moodle and .LRN).

Keywords: course evaluation; shared teaching; ISO 19796; quality standards; International Organization for Standardization; ICT; information technology; communications technology; training; quality management; quality assurance; QA; metrics; International Electrotechnical Commission; IEC; learning management systems; LMS; Europe; higher education institutions; universities; evaluation standards; concept maps; Moodle; LRN; dotLRN; technology enhanced learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2011.041282

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011 Vol.3 No.4, pp.389 - 402

Published online: 26 Feb 2015 *

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