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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author VANDAMME, Dirk
Title Global higher education in need of more and better learning metrics : why OECD's AHELO project might help to fill the gap / Dirk van Damme
Publication year 2015
Source/Footnote In: European journal of higher education. - 5 (2015) 4, S. 425 - 436
Inventory number 39127
Keywords OECD/OCDE ; Lehre
Abstract In this paper, I argue for more and better learning metrics in higher education, eventually through an international, comparative assessment of students' learning outcomes. Better learning measures may help to improve transparency in the system by addressing the information asymmetry problem. If not addressed adequately, the lack of transparency could lead to ‘bubbles’ comparable to those in financial markets. On a systemic level, the higher education community has a definite interest in filling the information gaps by making decisive steps forward in the development of valid and reliable learning metrics. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)