Benchmarking elearning
Benchmarking elearning in European universities
A new benchmarking exercise on e-learning was launched in the spring of 2009. The exercise was initiated by the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and it is gathering a group of nine European universities. The project started in April 2009 and will end in December 2009.
The benchmarking exercise is co-organised by ESMU and European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU; www.eadtu.nl). It combines ESMU’s collaborative benchmarking approach (benchmarking through a comparative exercise of good practices between universities) and EADTU’s more individually-oriented approach. EADTU’s E-xcellence online tool, consisting of a set of 33 e-learning benchmarks, is used as a starting point to the benchmarking exercise.
The aim of the benchmarking project is to identify good practices on e-learning by learning from other participants. All participants will define an action plan/roadmap for improvement.
During the exercise, two workshops will be organised. The first workshop will take place on 26-27 May in Brussels and the second on 26-27 November in Odense, Denmark. Keith Williams from Open University (UK) will be the leading e-learning expert.
Timetable 2009
April Quick Scan exercise starting
1 May Deadline for filling out the Quick Scan and handing in the results
15 May Results of the Quick Scan exercise sent to all participating universities
26–27 May 1st Workshop in Brussels, Belgium: Defining benchmarks and the final questionnaire
Week 26 Web based questionnaire on eLearning sent out to participants
4 September Deadline for universities to fill out the questionnaire
30 October Expert reviews/reports based on questionnaires sent out to universities
13 November Deadline for universities to submit ideas for action plans
20 November Results for action plans sent to all participating universities
26–27 November 2nd Workshop in Odense, Denmark: Defining and show casing good practices & discussion
- of individual action plans
Participating universities:
1. University of Southern Denmark
2. University of Copenhagen
3. Aarhus University
4. University of Latvia
5. Lund University
6. University of Kuopio
7. University of Porto
8. University of Bologna
9. University of Oulu
The University of Southern Denmark hosts the online questionnaire for the benchmarking exercise (accessible only to project participants).
For further information, please contact Mrs Nadine Burquel at
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For further information on other benchmarking groups in European higher education, see also www.education-benchmarking.org.