A Journey Towards Accreditation

Dereje Engida Woldemichael(PhD, CEng MIMechE)

email:dereje.engida@aastu.edu.et

21 April 2023
 Pre-requisite for Accreditation

Standards HEIs & TVETS

• Qualifications • Institutional
Accreditation
• Academic • Standards based • Program • Quality
levels on ETQF for each Accreditation Assurance
level • TVET Program • Self Assessment
• Descriptors Accreditation Portfolio
Qualification
Manuals
Framework
 Types of Accreditation
1. Institutional Accreditation
§ Covers the institution as a whole.
§ Has quality standards that are usually broader, and are rarely prescriptive in
terms of specific ways in which an institution must show compliance.
2. Program Accreditation
§ Is focused on one program (e.g., law), or a set of related programs (e.g.,
business, or engineering / applied sciences / technology).
§ Has quality standards that can be very specific.
§ Can affect whether graduates can take licensure exams in their field and
professional pathway.
 Proposed Accreditation Standards
Institutional Standards Program Standards
1. Vision, Mission and Governance 1. Program Outcomes
2. Curriculum and Program Management 2. Curriculum
3. Students 3. Students
4. Learning and Teaching 4. Learing, Teaching and Assessment
5. Assessment and Evaluation 5. Academic Staff
6. Academic and Support Staff 6. Educational Resources
7. Resources 7. Research and Community Engagement
8. Research and Community Engagement 8. Program Management
9. Continual Quality Improvement 9. Continual Quality Improvement
 Accreditation Process
The accreditation process generally involves three steps with specific activities:
Self
Evaluation
A self-evaluation process
conducted by HEIs
resulting in a report that
takes as its reference the
set of standards and
criteria of the accrediting
body.
Evaluation
Visit
Evaluation visit, conducted by a
team of peers, selected by the
accrediting body, which reviews
the evidence, visits the premises,
and interviews the students,
academic and administrative staff,
resulting in an assessment report,
including a recommendation to the
council of the accrediting body
Accreditation
Council
Examination by the council, the
evidence and recommendation on
the basis of the given set of
criteria concerning quality and
resulting in a final judgment and
the communication of the formal
decision to the institution and
other stakeholders.
 Qualifying Requirements for Accreditation
§ Outcome-based Education (OBE) implementation.

§ Compliance to standards/Criteria

§ Continual Quality Improvement (CQI)

Accreditation Criteria

General • Generic to
Criteria all Programs

Program • Discipline
Criteria based criteria
 Accreditation Criteria
Curriculum

Continous
Improvement
Students

PEO &
PO|SO
Ø Industrial Advisory Panels Institutional
Facilities
(IAP) Support

Ø External Examiner
Ø Continual Quality
Improvement (CQI) Faculty PEO : Program Educational Objectives
PO|SO: Program Outcomes|Student Outcome
Different Levels of Outcomes
• Program Educational Objectivs
PEO • 3-5 years after graduation

• Program Outcome
PO • upon graduation

• Course Learning Outcome

CLO • Upon completing the course
Mapping CLO - PO, PO – PEO, PEO - Vision/Mission
 Setting Outcomes
Vision and Mission of
the University

Program Educational Objectives (PEO) Stakeholders

d
e
s
i
g Program Outcomes (PO) Graduate
n Attributes

Course Course Course

Learning Learning Learning
Outcomes 1 Outcomes 2 Outcomes 3

In some literature program outcomes are know as Student Learning Outcomes (SLO), Program Learning Outcome (PLO),
Graduate Attributes (GA).
Setting Outcomes
Students graduating with
PO should be able to
achieve PEO PO and CLO mapping
Alumni

Missions
Programme Programme
Visions Course
Educational Outcomes Learning
Objectives Outcomes
Stakeholders

Advisory committee

What students should What students should

achieved in 5 YEARS AFTER achieved after COMPLETING
graduated What students should
A COURSE
achieved IMMEDIATELY
AFTER graduated
Setting Outcomes
Alumni

Missions
Visions Programme Program Course
Educational Outcomes Learning
Stakeholders Objectives Outcomes

Advisory committee

Ø These are formulated by Ø Developed by Course Owner & panel of

University/Department lecturers for EVERY course
Ø They are presented stakeholders and Ø They are presented stakeholders and
examiner for comments and suggestions examiner for comments and suggestions
Ø Endorsed officially by Senate Ø Finally endorsed officially by the Senate
Effective Course Design Under OBE
Program Outcomes
Bloom’s Course-specific
Taxonomy Outcomes & goals & objectives
Objectives
Technology Classroom
assessment
Act/Coop Lrn.
PBL Students techniques

Instruction Assessment

Other Tests Other

Lectures
experiences measures
Labs
(Felder & Brent, 2000)
Assessment of Outcome Based Education
How do we know they have achieved the outcomes ?

} Tests/exams/
Assign, etc

Alumni survey CLO score analysis

PO score analysis
Alumni Employer survey

Missions
CLO score
Program PO score (interim)
Visions Program Course(final)
Educational Learning PO score
Learning
Outcomes
Stakeholders Objectives Outcomes CW analysis
FE analysis
Advisory committee
Assessment of Outcome Based Education
How do we “close the loop” ?

Alumni

Missions
Visions Programme Programme
Department
Course
meeting
Educational Outcomes Learning
Stakeholders Objectives based on evaluation results
Outcomes
Annually - AC
Advisory committee

Curriculum review

Department Meeting with CC

each semester - DC
The OBE Framework in a Nutshell
OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION

IHL
Mission/Vision Institutional
Assessment

IMPROVEMENT
Industry & Professional

INPUT & FEEDBACK

CONTINUAL
QUALITY
PROGRAMME

(CQI)
Organizations

PEO

Programme
PO Assessment
COURSE

Course Learning Course Planning &

Outcomes Delivery Course
• Syllabus Assessment
• Teaching Methods
• Learning Activities
• Assessment Tools
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 Reflection

Any Question Self reflection Action Plan

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 Basic Definitions

§ Program Educational Objectives

§ Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe what
graduates are expected to attain within a few years after graduation.
§ Program educational objectives are based on the needs of the program’s
constituencies.
§ Program Outcomes
§ Student outcomes describe what students are expected to know and be able to
do by the time of graduation.
§ These relate to the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that students acquire as
they progress through the program.
 Basic Definitions

§ Assessment
§ Assessment is one or more processes that identify, collect, and prepare data to
evaluate the attainment of student outcomes.
§ Effective assessment uses relevant direct, indirect, quantitative and qualitative
measures as appropriate to the outcome being measured.
§ Appropriate sampling methods may be used as part of an assessment process.
§ Evaluation
§ Evaluation is one or more processes for interpreting the data and evidence
accumulated through assessment processes.
§ Evaluation determines the extent to which student outcomes are being attained.
Evaluation results in decisions and actions regarding program improvement.