Scholarly Contributions
To push the boundaries of quality assurance practice, the OAQE aims to contribute to the conceptual and practical development of QA in postsecondary settings. Team members currently hold tri-council funding for QA-related research as well as publish and present in the area of academic quality enhancement. Beyond the administration and support of QA processes at Western, the OAQE also aims to examine and enhance quality assurance practice and contribute to scholarship in this domain.
A few selected examples of recent contributions include:
- Published report entitled “Engaging Students in Quality Assurance Processes” for the Council of Ontario Educational Developers: https://www.coedcfpo.ca/community/community-projects/
- Student engagement in doctoral programs: Principal factors that facilitate learning. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 167, 77– 84. https://doi.org/10.1002/tl.20461
- Congruity and contradiction: student and institutional perspectives of learning and quality in higher education. Quality Assurance in Education, 29(2), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-08-2020-0097
