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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!