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Announcement - Evaluation of Distance Learning Programmes

Based on the evaluations of the distance learning programmes carried out so far and the recurring observations of the experts, CYQAA points out the need to apply the specific distance learning criteria and requirements in order to ensure their quality.
  1. As the institutions have already been notified, the philosophy of the distance learning programmes and the principles arising from it should be followed, which are indicatively and briefly highlighted on the CYQAA’s website and which were thoroughly discussed in the specialized Seminar entitled “Strengthening Institutions for Quality Assurance- Workshop on the Quality of Distance Learning Programmes”, on 20 September, 2020.
  2. As it follows from the largely autonomous activity of the students in the distance learning programmes, the admission criteria are more demanding and the skills of the prospective students are checked by interviews and further cultivated with special courses included in the programme and/or modules that pervade all courses.
  3. Course activities are interactive and the expected outcomes are at levels 6 and 7 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), which cultivate students’ research and higher cognitive skills as well as their unique specialized and interdisciplinary thinking.
  4. The syllabi of all courses for the postgraduate distance learning programmes must be fully developed.
  5. The study guides for each course contain 12-13 weekly, interactive activities that utilize the virtual environment and include simulations, scenarios and problems to be solved, transfer of knowledge to a new environment, research skills, for all courses of a specific programme and more importantly for all postgraduate programmes.
  6. Student participation and the posting of student answers/solutions to the weekly activities is checked by the academic staff and evaluated.
  7. The final exam essays correspond to the level of the programme and assess the achievement of the predetermined expected learning outcomes.

29 April 2020