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No headersQuality assurance (QA) is a key priority at EU level, and a major focus of the Leonardo da Vinci subprogramme. In the context of the Bologna process and due to the Copenhagen Declaration QA has an envolving place in HE and VET. Self-evaluation is part of the internal quality assurance, the process of reviewing the quality of one's own performance and provision. According to the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) definition, self-evaluation or self-assessment refers to a comprehensive, systematic and regular review of an organization's activities and results referenced against the EFQM model. The self-assessment process allows the organization to discern clearly its strengths and areas in which improvements can be made and culminates in planned improvement actions which are then monitored for progress.
SEVAQ is a self-evaluation tool of Quality in e-learning in VET and HE. The tool offers both a core of questions and customised evaluation possibilities. Evaluation results are available in real time and in a variety of forms, from radar graphs giving an instant picture to raw data for importing into other applications.
The tool was developed in a pilot Leonardo Da Vinci Project (2005-2007) in which 9 European partners merged the Kirkpatrick evaluation approach and the quality model of EFQM to produce and implement a multifunctional dynamic tool in 7 languages for the easy generation of self-evaluation questionnaires to gather high-quality feedback from learners.
The partnership of this pilot project were: European Federation for Open & Distance Learning - EFODL (Coordinator); Belgian Network for Open & Distance Learning (BE-ODL); The British Institute for Learning & Development (BILD); Norwegian Association for Distance & Flexible Education (NADE); VIDEOSCOP, Université Nancy 2; cesi iberia, S.A; Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ); Paris Chamber of Commerce & Industry, LE PREAU, Center for e-learning; Vytautas Magnus University (VMU); Hasselt University and EduWEST.be.
The improved SEVAQ+ is considering various stakeholders as shown in the following table:
| HIGHER EDUCATION (HE) | VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING (VET) | |
| IN COMPANY TRAINING | TRAINING ORGANISATIONS | |
| Student | Learner / trainee / employee | Learner / trainee |
| Professor / teacher / tutor | Trainer / tutor | Trainer / tutor |
| Department manager / diploma manager | Training manager | Training manager / director of studies |
| Business / line manager | ||
| University management or administration | Executive management | Director |
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