Quality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs: Design of a Model Applied on a University in Chile

The quality of Education in Chile is a controversial topic that has been in the public debate in the last several years. To ensure quality in graduate programs, accreditation is compulsory. The current article presents a model to improve the process of self-regulation. The main objective was to desi...

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Autores principales:	Marcelo Careaga Butter, Eduardo Meyer Aguilera, Maria Graciela Badilla Quintana, Laura Jiménez Pérez, Eileen Sepúlveda Valenzuela
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	quality of education digital technologies online platform benchmark of quality postgraduate programs Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:67b8dc51f7eb4485a5dad0a0657133752021-12-02T19:25:57ZQuality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs: Design of a Model Applied on a University in Chile10.19173/irrodl.v18i1.26701492-3831https://doaj.org/article/67b8dc51f7eb4485a5dad0a0657133752017-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2670https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831The quality of Education in Chile is a controversial topic that has been in the public debate in the last several years. To ensure quality in graduate programs, accreditation is compulsory. The current article presents a model to improve the process of self-regulation. The main objective was to design a Model of Quality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs in order to constitute a theoretical, mathematical, and informatics reference that would optimize the processes of self-regulation, self-evaluation, and accreditation of master and doctorate programs from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile. This descriptive research is based on a mixed methods approach. The proposal was intended through theoretical and empirical references related to the accreditation systems. The analysis process was conducted with key informants, and the informatics instrument was created and validated through expert judgment. After the analysis, the model was optimized considering the expert’s suggestions. As a result of the optimization process, a matrix of eight dimensions was obtained and it is available online in order to be used by the heads of postgraduate programs. Finally, a model with four main stages was achieved in order to install a self-regulation and a self-evaluated culture that leads to accreditation as evidence of the quality of postgraduate programs. Marcelo Careaga ButterEduardo Meyer AguileraMaria Graciela Badilla QuintanaLaura Jiménez PérezEileen Sepúlveda ValenzuelaAthabasca University Pressarticlequality of educationdigital technologiesonline platformbenchmark of qualitypostgraduate programsSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 1 (2017)
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description	The quality of Education in Chile is a controversial topic that has been in the public debate in the last several years. To ensure quality in graduate programs, accreditation is compulsory. The current article presents a model to improve the process of self-regulation. The main objective was to design a Model of Quality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs in order to constitute a theoretical, mathematical, and informatics reference that would optimize the processes of self-regulation, self-evaluation, and accreditation of master and doctorate programs from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile. This descriptive research is based on a mixed methods approach. The proposal was intended through theoretical and empirical references related to the accreditation systems. The analysis process was conducted with key informants, and the informatics instrument was created and validated through expert judgment. After the analysis, the model was optimized considering the expert’s suggestions. As a result of the optimization process, a matrix of eight dimensions was obtained and it is available online in order to be used by the heads of postgraduate programs. Finally, a model with four main stages was achieved in order to install a self-regulation and a self-evaluated culture that leads to accreditation as evidence of the quality of postgraduate programs.
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title	Quality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs: Design of a Model Applied on a University in Chile
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Quality Assurance for Postgraduate Programs: Design of a Model Applied on a University in Chile

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