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Centre for the Advancement of Research &
Development in Educational Technology
Case Studies & Issues of Quality in elearning:
The 3-SIGMA Model
Charalambos Vrasidas
Executive Director
Professor of Learning Innovations & Policy
Associate Dean for e-learning, UNIC
pambos@cardet.org
www.cardet.org | www.unic.ac.cy
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Outline
• Trends in elearning
• Some things on quality
• 3 Sigma Model
• Project Cases
• Lessons
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Case Studies
• E-learning and Social Impact
• MOOCS4INCLUSION
• Digital Learning for Development
• First things First – Strategy
• DIMA - MIELES
• Global Advocacy
• Advocacy elab – World Vision
• You Got Game
• ENTRINNO – Gamification of online learning
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Key Trends Accelerating Technology
Adoption in Higher Education
http://www.nmc.org/
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Significant Challenges Impeding Technology
Adoption in Higher Education
http://www.nmc.org/
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Important Developments in Educational
Technology for Higher Education
http://www.nmc.org/
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Quality Pillars | 3-Sigma Model
Systemic Systematic Sustainable
Quality
Culture
People
Policies
Strategy
Infra-
structure
Processes
Practices
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3-Sigma Model
Systemic Systematic & Sustainable
elearning
innovations
Stakeholders
Partnerships
Infrastructure
ICT
Support
Costs
Leadership
Teacher practices
Curriculum
Pedagogy
Assessment
Teacher
Professional
Development
Policies & Strategies
Local, Regional, & Country Level
Context
Culture, Socioeconomic factors, Language, Geography, History
Ongoing Monitoring, Research & Evaluation
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Quality Perceptions
• Lower quality of curricula
• Price Paradox
• Economies of scale?
• Cash cows – digital diploma mills
• If its cheaper, is not good!?
• High drop out rates – low completion rates
• “How do I know its you” syndrome?
• Cheap labor of lower quality teach the courses
• Plagiarism
• Lack of physical presence - immediacy
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Pillars of quality
• Institutional Quality
• Vision, Mission, Strategy, Leadership
• Policies and practices in place
• Program quality
• Learning design
• Quality of Teaching staff
• Administrative aspects
• Technology and infrastructure
• Learner and teacher support
• Assessment
• Learning outcomes
• LO – Pedagogy & Tools – Assessment
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Sample Projects
Education development
Europe, and Asia Pacific (e.g.
Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines)
Evaluation of large
scale programs
Case Studies in
40 countries
Online Masters Degrees in the Pacific
Europe, and Middle East
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www.moocs4inclusion.org
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www.dl4d.org - CEA
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http://blearning-project.eu/
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http://dima-project.eu
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Reform Higher Education/elearning in India
Strategy Development
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Developing a Strategy for e-learning in Higher Education
Analyse
Needs
DevelopVision
andMission
Define SMART
Objectives
Prepare
ActionPlan Develop
E- Learning
Strategy
Implementation
Monitoring
Evaluation
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Quality content – global relevance
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Gamification of Entrepreneurship Education
http://www.entrinno.org
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Who Plays Video-Games?

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•Motivation
•Multimodal
•Engagement
•Competition
•Collaboration
•Interaction
•Feedback
•Levels
•Adaptation
•Assessment
Game Affordances
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Alignment with EntreComp
http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/JRC101581/lfna27939enn.pdf
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Game Design
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Phases of the Game
Unlock next Phase
Pass the final quiz
Upload / Submit a final assignment
Unlock and pass a series of challenges using resources and tools
Watch Phase's overview short video
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Presentation of the game
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Presentation of the game
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Progressing in each phase
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Assessment
XP Points
Final assignment
challenges
Final quiz and pitch
your idea challenge
Facilitators can monitor
whether players went
through the resources
and material of each
phase using the game’s
automatically awarded
XP points.
A final assignment in
each phase in the game
which requires players to
apply knowledge and
develop skills related to
the particular phase’s
entrepreneurial area of
focus.
Players need to pass a
quiz challenge which is
developed to test basic
knowledge and scenario-
based responses relevant
to the content of the
phase using 10 true/false
and multiple choice
questions.
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Challenges
Matching
activities &
competences
Cultural
diversity
Self-pace Vs
Facilitated
Content to
read
Collaborate or
self-paced
Video – audio
–translations
Usability Scalability Duration
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Strengths
Aligned with the EU directives
Modular and can be adapted in learning courses
Close to youth’s high-tech culture
Address various needs for economic growth
Self-paced or facilitated
Can be combined with materials and resources
in existing courses
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Weaknesses
Not everything can be gamified
Instructors and institutions are not
prepared to teach with games
Language can be a barrier
Limited resources allocated
Time limit of the project (2 years) does
not allow for a full game development
Big challenge: Resistance to Change
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http://www.cardet.org/ile2017/

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• electronic Regenerated Freirean Literacy through
Empowering Community Techniques (e-Reflect)
• Boys reading
• Lighthouse Supporting Lifelong Learning And Career
Paths For Migrants (Lighthouse )
• SCHOOLS FOR FUTURE YOUTH (SFYOUTH),
• B-Learning: Curriculum Design for Blended Learning
(B-LEARNING)
• Practical implementation of main transparency tools
- EQF, ECVET, EQAVET - in European VET
organisations (ATTRACT-VET)
• Climate Literacy
• Combat Bullying: A Whole School Program
• Digital Tools for Inclusion of Refugees, Asylum
Seekers and Migrants
• Digital, Social and Civic Competences Development
for Adult Educators Working with Migrants and
Refugees -DiSoCi
• Digital Tools for Inclusion of Refugees, & Migrants
• Work 4.0
• AGEFACTOR
• Making Learning Science Fun (SciFUN)
• COMMIX (Empowering Literacy in Adolescents
through Creative Engagement with Comics)
• Girls on Global STEM (GIGS)
• A Toolkit for Developing, Implementing and
Monitoring Adult Education Strategies (DIMA)
• Online Game for Entrepreneurship and
Innovation (EntrInno)
• Journey to Employment (GET THERE)
• Health Communication Training for Health
Professionals (H-COM)
• An innovative toolkit for inclusive decision
making policies (Idecide)
• Identity and Diversity Picture Book Collections
(IDPBC)
• Innovation Ecosystems for VET (InEcVET)
• Lifelong Readers 2.0 (LiRe 2.0)
• Us” and “Them”: dialog, tolerance, collaboration
for good coexistence in a multicultural world!
• Training community volunteers
(YouChangeCom)
• Welcome to universities and HiEd. (WELCOME)
• ‘Young EuropeanTalent on the Move- YET’
• TrainVol: Capacity Building of Civil Society to
Strengthen Volunteerism Management and
Promote Volunteerism among Youth
• Video/Visual Literacies (ViLi)
• MIELES - e-learning in Indian higher education
Relevant Projects