Qual-AI-ty Engagement Materials
Find in this section the training materials developed for the Qual-AI-ty Engagement Project. These materials were used as the guide to orientate Quality Assurance officers in the discussion about how to include Student Engagement with Society in the existing Quality Assurance practices.
Qual-AI-ty Bootcamp Facilitators Guide
The Qual-AI-ty Bootcamp Facilitators’ Guide has been designed as both an internal guiding document for developing the co-creation exercises of the project and as a reference for other projects developing similar activities. The Qual-AI-ty Engagement Project aims to develop artificial intelligence tools to embed student engagement with society in higher education. This guide is the base for bringing together the external stakeholders and setting a common vision on student engagement with society.
Qual-AI-Ty BootCamp Report: Approaching Student Engagement with Society from Quality Assurance
This report presents the data collected in the Qual-AI-ty Engagement Bootcamp developed in February 2022, in the framework of the Qual-AI-ty Engagement Project. The project aims at introducing artificial intelligence (AI) tools for assessing student engagement with society through qualitative data, as part of the quality assurance processes of higher education. This Bootcamp had the participation of quality assurance staff from higher education institutions in Germany, Latvia, Malta and Spain, who met online to discuss “elements”, indicators, frameworks and required information for integrating and assessing students.
Implementation of an AI-based Tool to Assess Student Engagement with Society: Lessons Learnt Report.
As part of the Qual-AI-ty project, a piloting exercise was conducted with a selected number of students to test the effectiveness and user experience of the chatbot developed in IO4. Piloting is the best methodology to test and validate new and disruptive ideas under real-time operating conditions. The aim of the Qual-AI-ty Engagement Pilot was to assess the feasibility, time, cost and performance of the project.
Qual-AI-ty Engagement MOOC
The Qual-AI-ty Engagement MOOC aims at introducing Student Engagement with Society as a dimension of institutional quality assurance in Higher education.
Student Engagement with Society is a dimension of higher education with a huge potential for fostering active citizenship, promoting democracy, enhancing social skills, developing social innovation, and improving the employability of alumni, among other benefits. This concept is usually scattered in activities such as service learning, internships, volunteering, etc. The Qual-AI-ty Engagement MOOC supports QA staff to frame, monitor, and assess student engagement with society as a measure to gather evidence for better planning and continuous improvement.