The capacity building action of APPRAIS includes, after the cycle of in-presence training, a Massive Open Online course. The APPRAIS MOOC is part of the process of empowering Kurdish universities to implement the Bologna Process and set the basis for the definition of their own institutional strategic plans.

The course is composed of six modules, which explore different aspects related to governance, the design of the study programs (learning outcomes, student workload, and the European Credit Transfer System), recognition of credits, learning mobility, and internal and external quality assurance. All the European partners, under the overall guidance of the WP4 coordinator, University of Murcia, and the co-leader, University of Zakho, contribute to the MOOC by sharing their own experience, good practices, and knowledge, providing an overall view about the principles of the Bologna Process as it was implemented in their HEIs.

After the piloting phase involving the Kurdish partner universities and Ministerial staff, the course will be openly accessible to learners in different formats and platforms. The MOOC enhances and multiplies the training effect of the project, it will be used as a teaching tool for the local trainings of academic and administrative staff at Kurdish Partner universities, and it is a training resource for other staff members at Kurdish HEIs not part of the Consortium.

MOOC materials are available in English.

For the local training, some of the training resources are also available in Kurdish.

Target Audience

The MOOC is originally designed for the academic and administrative staff of the Kurdish universities partners in the project, specifically those involved in the governance and implementation of the Bologna Process. Participants in the MOOC from Partners are:

• • University Presidents

• • Vice-president for Scientific affairs and Vice-president for Students affairs

• • Director of the Quality Assurance Office/Programme development, and office team members

• • Director of the International Relationship Office and team members, preferably in charge of Erasmus+ programme

• • Members of the Bologna Process Committee

• • Dean of college involved in Bologna process implementation

• • Heads of Departments involved in Bologna process implementation

• • Members from the Department Scientific Committee (i.e. senior lecturers)

• • Staff at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in KRG, specifically responsible for Quality Assurance, Bologna Process implementation, governance and strategic planning

Teaching method and course delivery

The full training was delivered from December 2022 (general introduction of the MOOC) until March 2023. The MOOC is designed for a total duration of 10 weeks: 15 hours of synchronous learning and 60 hours of self-learning.

The online training was hosted in the online training platform of UNIMED available here:

https://learn.uni-med.net/

The APPRAIS MOOC is designed to provide training modules on selected topics related to the definition and implementation of Bologna process in the Kurdish universities, providing the competences and knowledge to facilitate reforming processes related to the improvement of university governance and the implementation of Bologna Process practices at Kurdish universities. The course can contribute to defining a knowledge-base for the definition of innovative strategies for institutional development.

The APPRAIS MOOC is made available as an entire course, as well as each module as a standalone unit of content, and is made openly accessible through the APPRAIS project website and the UNIMED learning platform, so that any learner can use content according to his/her own needs and learning rythm.

The course is designed as a learning journey, where trainees can navigate through 6 modules and the many materials available (videos, readings and activities). Each module is designed with a blended methodology, including concrete examples and case-studies. The open version of the APPRAIS course is meant for self-directed learning. Learners are encouraged to take the full course for completeness, and make the best use of the learning resources available to them, to replicate the learning approach of the project.

Modules shall be followed in the provided order. For each module, we encourage learners to start by consulting the preliminary provided resources, then watching the lecture recorded, and finally consulting the additional resources for completeness. During the first delivery of the course, sessions dedicated to Q&A have also been arranged, and they can be helping in clarifying doubts, together with the FAQ document.

 

APPRAIS MOOC

Link to access the Moodle platform: https://learn.uni-med.net/course/view.php?id=43

 

Playlist of synchronous lectures

 

 

MOOC F.A.Q.

PDF document with the questions asked by participants and the answers of the trainers.