The Role of External Examining in Higher Education : Challenges and Best Practices.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Editor Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Part I: Roles and Responsibilities of External Examiners -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Role of External Examining in Higher Education - Challenges and Best Practices -- External Examining - Role and Responsibilities -- Conclusion -- Chapter Overviews -- References -- Chapter 2: Acting as External Examiners in the UK: Going Beyond Quality Assurance -- Background to External Examining in the UK -- Transforming Student Experience -- Strategic Sounding Board -- Mentors or Role Models to Less Experienced Staff -- Acting as Referee -- Being a Supportive but Critical Friend -- Lessons for Home -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 3: Promoting Access to External Examining Roles Through Professional Development -- Context -- Career Value of External Examining -- Benefits to Individuals -- Under-representation of BAME Staff -- Professional Development and External Examining -- The Degree Standards Project -- The Workshop -- Background -- Design -- Sector Context and the External Examining Role -- Applying to be an External Examiner -- Interrogating Data -- Experiences from the Field -- Evaluation of the Workshop Program -- Evaluation Methods -- Evaluation Question 1: Did the Workshop Result in First-time Appointments to EE Positions? -- External Expert Appointments -- Previously Unsuccessful Applicants -- Confidence about What to Include in an Application -- Preparedness for Taking on an External Examining Role -- Summary -- Evaluation Question 2: Did the Workshop Content and Design Meet the Needs of Participants? -- Sector Context and the External Examiner Role -- Applying to be an External Examiner -- Critically Analyzing Data -- Experiences from the Field.

What Other Needs Where Met by Participating in the Workshop? -- Summary -- What Were the Outcomes for BAME Staff? -- External Expert Appointments -- Confidence about What to Include in an Application -- Preparedness for Taking on an External Examining Role -- Summary -- The Need to Diversify the External Examiner Pool -- References -- Chapter 4: Authentic Assessments and the External Examiner -- Quality Assurance Challenges -- Chapter Overview -- Authentic Assessment -- Experiential Learning &amp -- Authentic Assessment -- Authenticity of Learning Activities -- Performance-Based Authentic Assessments -- External Examiners and Authentic Assessments -- Role of the External Examiner -- Direct &amp -- Indirect Quality Assurance for Authentic Assessments -- The Quality Assurance Gap -- Technology in Education -- Technology Supported EQM -- Reutilization of Lecture Capture Technologies -- Authentic Assessments in Computing -- Domain Diversity -- Utilizing Available Technology -- Case Study: Noroff University College -- Authentic Assessments and the External Examiner at NUC -- Storage, Dissemination, and Disposal of Performance Recordings -- Safeguarding Standards in HE -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: Is There Such a Thing as "Comparableness"? The Challenges Facing the EEs of Higher-education Courses Delivered within Further-education Institutions -- Introduction -- The challenges facing FE lecturers when required to deliver a HE provision -- Workload -- Scholarly activity and support in gaining higher level qualifications -- Working across sectors -- Widening participation -- Resources -- Overview: teaching team in FE institution -- The challenges facing the EE -- Comparative support in research -- Comparative recruitment opportunities -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Challenges and Quality Assurance.

Chapter 6: A Study of the Effectiveness of the External Examining System of Postgraduate (MBA) Dissertations and the Mismatch between Expectations and Practice -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Role of the External Examiner -- Methodology -- The University Process from Allocation to Assessment of the Dissertation -- Context of the university, MBA program and internal process -- Method -- Participants -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions, limitations, and future research implications -- Limitations -- Recommendations -- Future research implications -- References -- Chapter 7: External Examining the Professional Doctorate as Distinct from the Traditional PhD: Differentiating and Developing Policy and Practice -- Distinguishing the Professional Doctorate from the PhD: What are the Key Considerations for External Examiners? -- The Nature of Knowledge -- The End Product -- The Types of Graduates -- The Contribution -- The Challenges for External Examiners -- How Are These Different Considerations Embedded in Institutional Regulations and Practice Guidance? -- Review of Institutional Documents: The Scoping and Data Collection Process -- Review and Analysis of Institutional Documents: The Findings -- Separate Policy Documents for the DBA/PD -- Requirements for the Conferment of the Award -- Product of the Research Phase -- Examination Process -- Criteria for the Appointment of Examiners -- Examination Outcomes -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Further Research -- References -- Appendix 1: Universities and Policy Documents -- Appendix 2: DBA Versus PHD -- Chapter 8: External Examining Policies at the University of Mauritius -- Introduction -- Institutional Context -- Methodology -- Literature Review -- Selection and Appointment of External Examiner -- Role of the External Examiner -- External Examiners' Reports.

Findings and Discussion -- Good Practices -- Standards of the Structure, Organization, Design, and Marking of Examination Papers -- Oral/Poster Presentation as a Good Practice to Evaluate Students' Achievement in Projects/Dissertations -- Areas for Improvement -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 9: Benchmarking: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of Quality Assurance Across the Private and University Sector in the UK -- Introduction -- The Private Higher Education System -- The UK HE System -- Purpose of this Study -- Aims -- Research Objectives -- Literature Review -- Awarding Body External Quality Assurance -- Quality Assurance in Universities -- Methodology -- Data Presentation -- Case Study A -- Appointment of EQAs -- Communication with the EQA -- Role of the EQA -- Value of the EQA Process -- Limitations of the Role of the EQA -- Recommendations to Improve the Process of EQA -- Case Study 2 -- External Examiner Recruitment -- Communication with External Examiner -- The Role of the External Examiner -- Value of External Examiner Feedback -- Managing Differences of Opinion -- Respondents as External Examiners -- Rationale for Becoming an External Examiner -- Methods of External Examiner Appointment -- Key Learning Derived Through External Examiner Experience -- Communication with Course Teams -- Limitations to the Effectiveness of the External Examiner Role -- Discussion and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 10: Building Without a Foundation: Efforts in Higher Education to Meet External Examiners Requirements in the Absence of Statewide Data -- Accreditation in Higher Education -- General Differences Among Accreditors - The US Landscape -- A Case Study in Teacher Education Accreditation -- Limitations -- PK-12 Districts - A Common Struggle -- Current Landscape for Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs).

Current Questions for Consideration -- Recommendations -- Collaboration -- Data Quality and Ethics -- Advocacy -- Conclusion -- References -- About the Authors -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

This book considers external examination examples in academia across the world. With chapters that cover examples of mitigating disadvantage and creating opportunities without compromising the quality assurance process, the authors examine how universities are engaged in safeguarding procedures at the same time as enhancing quality standards.

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