OpenQAsS: Open Source Quality Assurance System for European Vocational Education

In the OpenQAsS project, we have developed a solution to help VET institutions to perform their quality assurance tasks in line with the current European Quality Assurance Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET).

Improving the quality of learning and teaching in schools is one of the most important educational issues of our time. Numerous research and studies have addressed the question of how to translate the theoretical conclusions of quality management research into practice in schools and how to learn from good examples.

The project partners have developed a generic and scalable solution, taking advantage of modern network technologies: providing VET stakeholders with complex, open quality methods and tools, community building and practice-based training. The book on the solution is available free of charge in four European languages.

The strategic partnership has proven to be well founded and fit for purpose. Eight members from five different countries — Hungary, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Spain — participated in the project.

The project was awarded a Tempus Public Foundation Award for Excellence 2018!

Project information

• Website: https://openqass.itstudy.hu/
• ID: 2014-1-HU01-KA242-002356
• Program: Erasmus+ KA2, strategic partnership
• Target groups: teachers, trainers, directors and managers of vocational training schools and enterprises; vocational training schools and enterprises; educational researchers in the field of vocational training; software developers in the OpenQAsS.org community
• Partner countries (and institutions): Hungary (iTStudy Hungary Számítástechnikai Oktató- és Kutatóközpont Kft. – coordinator; SZÁMALK-Szalézi Szakgimnázium; TREBAG Szellemi tulajdon- és Projektmenedzser Kft.), Italy (Associazione Italiana per l’Informatica ed il Calcolo Automatico; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Spain (Universidad de Alcalá), United Kingdom (CAPDM Limited), Írország (ICS-SKILLS Certification Body Of The Irish Computer Society)
• Duration: 1 September 2014 – 31 August 2017