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Acronyms ‘R’ Us
As with most disciplines and areas of specialization, Academic Quality has its own short forms for communicating. Although we use many of the same acronyms, or short forms, as other post secondary educators, we add a few that may be new to educators from other disciplines.
The flashcards allow you to refresh on common, post secondary acronyms as they mix in with Academic Quality-specific ones. Feel free to jump levels of difficulty and switch game mode to Match or try Gravity if you are already and acronym expert!
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Glossary
You may know all the acronyms, but there may still be some confusion on the roles and responsibilities of people and organizations behind the acronyms. We have provided a quick glossary of definitions, but please contact an Academic Quality team member for further clarification.
College Educator Development Program
Course Ouline Mapping and Managment System
College Quality Assurance Audit Process
Centre for Teaching & Learning
Essential Employability Skills
Ontario College Quality Assurance Service
They supervise hiring, orient new faculty members, support faculty members, coordinate activities to enhance the professional development of the faculty, and handle faculty personnel actions.
The College Educator Development Program (CEDP) is a collaborative undertaking of the six Western Region Colleges. Its mission is to foster teaching excellence through the shared exploration of evidence-based teaching and engagement in ongoing reflective teaching practice.
The COMMS system delivers not only course outlines, but sound course outline management couple with ease of use, and integrated curriculum mapping functionality.
The CQAAP is an institutional level process that involves the regular and cyclical review of each college’s quality assurance mechanisms. The standards provide the framework for Ontario’s colleges in assessing the extent to which their quality assurance mechanisms meet the established standards. Its purpose is developmental and its intent is to ensure continual improvement.
CTL provides services in the areas of eLearning, curriculum development, course design, and teaching and learning professional development, engaging the College community in initiatives that enhance the quality of the learning experience.
The Credential Validation Service (CVS) provides timely validation of programs of instruction to the colleges, which supports every college’s ability to respond swiftly to community and employer requirements.
The mandate of the CVS, given by government includes:
• providing reasonable assurance that all programs of instructionconform to the established Credentials Framework and are consistent with accepted college program titling principles; and,
• maintaining the integrity of the credentials and protecting the interests of students and employers who require a reasonable guarantee of consistency and quality in Ontario’s programs of instruction.
Essential Employability Skills
All graduates with the following Ontario College credentials, Ontario College Certificate, Ontario College Diploma and Ontario College Advanced Diploma, must be able to reliably demonstrate the Essential Employability Skills required in each of the following six categories: Communication, Numeracy, Critical Thinking, Information Management, Interpersonal, and Personal.
The field of institutional research supports the planning and decision-making at the institutional, program, and student level to ensure quality, accountability, student success and continuous improvement. This includes:
Analysis and reporting of the Student, Graduate and Employer Satisfaction Surveys (Key Performance Indicators).
Competitive analysis of our existing programs to maintain quality, innovation, and sustainability.
Analysis to ensure new programs are feasible and sustainable in today’s market.
Gathering and disseminating feedback from students about professors’ teaching.
Identifying our students' characteristics in order to assist them with their success.
Locate where our student are coming from to inform marketing and recruitment strategies.
Custom survey development, administration and analysis for Mohawk staff.
To deliver credential validation and quality assurance processes for the public college system in Ontario to assure students, graduates, employers and the public of the quality of the system’s comprehensive programs and services.
Established to obtain ongoing advice from industry, market place and the community concerning the development, maintenance and acceptance of Mohawk College's programs for which a diploma, certificate, or degree is awarded.
Each of Ontario’s 45 publicly funded universities and colleges has an agreement highlighting institutional priorities for the period 2017-2020. These are called Strategic Mandate Agreements.
The agreements help promote student success and institutional excellence. They encourage institutions to work with the government to help build a highly skilled workforce and also put an emphasis on collaboration and openness. They focus on each institution’s strengths to enhance quality and outcomes, as well as planned enrolment growth and financial sustainability. (https://www.ontario.ca/page/2017-20-strategic-mandate-agreement-mohawk-college-applied-arts-and-technology)
