ORGANISATIONS WHO TOOK THE INITIATIVE

Open ECBCheck is validated by experts from international organisations. The initiative is supported by the following organisations InWEnt - United Nations University CGIAR - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - United Nations Environmental Program - African Virtual University European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning - GDLN (World Bank Institute) - Namibia Qualifications Authority UNITAR - SPIDER/ SIDA - IICD, Netherlands - Federal Institute of VET, Germany - European Foundation for Management Development - Hoffmann & Reif Consultants -Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC), Ministry of Vocational and Technical Training - The University of the Western Cape Kenya Institute of Education - University of Santo Tomas, Philippines - Open University of the Philippines University of the Western Cape - Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) - Open University Catalunya Royal Holloway College - Accreditation Agency for Engineering, Informatics and Natural Sciences (ASIIN) Commonwealth of Learning -UNESCO-UNIVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training

OPEN ECBCHECK
QUALITY CERTIFICATION FOR E-LEARNING IN CAPACITY BUILDING

CONTACT:
Volker Lichtenthler InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany, Div. E-Learning, International Knowledge Communities and Documentation, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40, 53113 Bonn, Germany Email: Til.Schoenherr@inwent.org

Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers European Foundation for Quality in E-learning Vicepresident Rue des deux eglises, 35 1000 Brussels, Belgium Email: ulf.ehlers@icb.uni-essen.de

OPEN ECBCHECK: YOUR KEY TO QUALITY

Open ECBCheck is a new, community based and low-cost certification and quality improvement scheme for E-Learning programmes and institutions in international Capacity Building.

COMMUNITY BASED:
Open ECBCheck involves organisations into a community of practice for quality development. You share your experiences, tools and instruments and gain direct access to the Open ECBCheck toolset. The community validates your self-assessment through peer-reviews Feedback and Advice Not ready for PeerReview Not Eligible

0. Inquiry 1. Application 2. Eligibility 3. Self-Assessment 4. Peer-Review of SelfAssessment Report 5. Peer-Review Report, including evaluation results and Learning Report as well as recommendations for certification 6. Awarding Body Decision

Membership in Professional Community

LOW COST:
Open ECBCheck works on basis of mutual peer-reviews and, as a light certificate enables certification with low-costs.

Active Quality Development and Sharing

VALIDATED:
Certification of Programmes or Institution The Open ECBCheck toolset for self assessment and peer-review is validated through a community of international experts and international organisations in a participative process

Peer-Review Report is not comprehensive or recommendations are not comprehensible

No Certification

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7. Open ECBCheck Label, valid for three years

Step 1: Become Part of an international Community for e-learning certification Step 2: Share your tools and experiences, gain access to the complete OPEN ECBCheck toolset Step 3: Certification through self-assessment and peer-review through the community

ADAPTABLE:
The Open ECBCheck toolset is developed by international capacity building organisations and is adaptable to the reality of capacity building. The toolset provides international benchmarks but can be calibrated to different organsations, countries, and cultures needs.