scholarly journals Development of the Graduate Attribute Quality Assurance Process at the University of Toronto

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan McCahan ◽  
Grant Allen ◽  
Lisa Romkey
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
Attribute Quality ◽  
The University ◽  
Work Done

This paper will describe the process that the University of Toronto is following in response to the Graduate Attributes recently introduced by CEAB. The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto is using small teams to develop concise lists of global objectives and indicators for each attribute. This paper discusses the work done to date, including the indicators we have developed for the attributes. We will discuss the challenges we have encountered, and how we are meeting those challenges; and the positive collaborations and discussions that have resulted.

scholarly journals UPDATE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE PROCESS

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan McCahan ◽  
Lisa Romkey
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Main Group ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The Past ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The University

The Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto has been working through the development of a continuous curriculum improvement process for the past two years. The main group working on this is the Graduate Attributes Committee (GAC) which is made up of faculty representatives from each department. In this paper and presentation we will describe the process we have developed. In addition, we will show examples of the materials that the GAC has produced. Of particular interest are the extensive rubrics that have been developed that can be used as a starting point for professors tasked with assessing the learning outcomes identified for the Graduate Attributes. Faculty have begun to customize these generic rubrics for particular assignments, and examples will be shown of this work. The development process has resulted in reflection and discussion on our curriculum. The development process has also led to reflection on the difficulties involved in assessing the Graduate Attributes and compiling the data we collect. These issues will be explored briefly in the paper.

scholarly journals Educating Engineering Students in the Arts

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Tallman
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Original Works ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
The University

The presentation will discuss a third-year engineering elective course, Engineering and Science inthe Arts, offered by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. The presentation will detail the unique course deliverables, which require the engineering students to, first, create original works of art, and, secondly, to explain how these works connect to engineering and/or science. A key objective in the course was that the students eradicate the boundaries separating engineers and artists, and this presentation will consider the course’s success in this regard.

scholarly journals Quality with integrity: Working in partnership to conduct a program review

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige McKenny ◽  
Catherine Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Research University ◽  
Program Review ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Undergraduate Program ◽  
Quantitative Metrics ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process ◽  
The University

Quality assurance processes often include reductive quantitative metrics that view higher education through a neoliberal lens. This paper reports on a student-faculty partnership that conducted a quality review of an undergraduate program at a large research university and shows that working in partnership brings integrity and constructive complexity to the quality assurance process. The partnership laid the groundwork for realistic enhancements in the undergraduate program by weaving multiple, authentic perspectives from student and faculty stakeholders into the review. The authors also experienced profound growth in their sense of connection to each other and to the university community. These outcomes suggest that conducting quality assurance in partnership can destabilize traditional power structures and disrupt a transactional understanding of faculty-student relationships, while also satisfying regulatory requirements.

The Use of Port Performance Indexes in the Transport Economy and the Strengthening of Port Competitiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Astrida Rijkure ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Multimodal Integration ◽  
Pricing Policies ◽  
Performance Indexes ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process

Ports in the transport economy have an important role to play in the competitiveness of ports. There is an increasing climate of competition, which causes ports to invest in development and to improve their transport corridors, governance principles and pricing policies in order to strengthen international competitiveness of ports and to ensure that their management practices are in line with the positive international experience. In order to increase the efficiency of transport, to promote the use of environmentally friendly technologies and to improve the international competitiveness of port transport corridors, it is important for ports to determine their own KPI indicators that would be used to assess port performance indicators. As ports are responsible for the quality assurance of port services, even if they do not provide such services, monitoring and assessing of the KPI must be part of the quality assurance process. The objective of this study is to define the port performance-enhancing KPI indexes and to make suggestions for how KPI application in the transport economy can strengthen the international competitiveness of ports and ensure that their management practises international experience. The study’s tasks are to define the appropriate KPI indexes, group them according to interlinked principles, and provide proposals on how to use them to improve the international competitiveness of ports and the main transport system multimodal integration.

One-step models for soft computing techniques. Industrial application to image processing in quality assurance process

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (5-8) ◽  
pp. 771-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascual Noradino Montes Dorantes ◽  
Marco Aurelio Jiménez Gómez ◽  
Gerardo Maximiliano Méndez ◽  
Juan Pablo Nieto González ◽  
Jesús de la Rosa Elizondo
Keyword(s):  
Image Processing ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Soft Computing ◽  
Industrial Application ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Soft Computing Techniques ◽  
One Step ◽  
Assurance Process
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