TY - GEN
T1 - The power of self-evaluation based cross-sparring in developing the quality of engineering programmes
AU - Schrey-Niemenmaa, Katriina
AU - Clark, Robin
AU - Matthíasdóttir, Ásrún
AU - Georgsson, Fredrik
AU - Kontio, Juha
AU - Bennedsen, Jens
AU - Rouvrais, Siegfried
AU - Hermon, Paul
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper discusses how the quality of engineering education can be improved in practice by using a process of sharing and critique. Starting with a self-evaluation followed by a cross-sparring with critical friends, this new approach has proven successful in initiating change. With a focus on quality enhancement as much as quality assurance, the engagement in and attractiveness of the engineering education are key considerations of the development activities that are inspired by the process. In the process programmes are paired with appropriate partners and, using the self-evaluation as a foundation, the cross-sparring enables each partner the best opportunities to learn from each other. The approach has been developed in an ERASMUS + project involving eight European universities and has been called QAEMP (Quality Assurance and Enhancement Market Place).
AB - This paper discusses how the quality of engineering education can be improved in practice by using a process of sharing and critique. Starting with a self-evaluation followed by a cross-sparring with critical friends, this new approach has proven successful in initiating change. With a focus on quality enhancement as much as quality assurance, the engagement in and attractiveness of the engineering education are key considerations of the development activities that are inspired by the process. In the process programmes are paired with appropriate partners and, using the self-evaluation as a foundation, the cross-sparring enables each partner the best opportunities to learn from each other. The approach has been developed in an ERASMUS + project involving eight European universities and has been called QAEMP (Quality Assurance and Enhancement Market Place).
KW - cross-sparring
KW - engineering programme development
KW - programme improvement
KW - quality assurance
KW - quality enhancement
KW - self-evaluation
UR - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-60937-9_13
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85025841379&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-60937-9_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-60937-9_13
M3 - Conference publication
AN - SCOPUS:85025841379
SN - 978-3-319-60936-2
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 158
EP - 174
BT - Engineering education for a smart society: World Engineering Education Forum & Global Engineering Deans Council 2016
A2 - Auer, Michael E.
A2 - Kim, Kwang-Sun
PB - Springer
CY - Cham (CH)
T2 - World Engineering Education Forum and Global Engineering Deans Council, WEEF and GEDC 2016
Y2 - 6 November 2016 through 10 November 2016
ER -