Academic processes to foster improvement and innovation in teaching. The case of Universidad de Deusto (País Vasco, España)

The University of Deusto (UD) has implemented a Quality Assurance System to ensure improvement and innovation in their degree programmes and faculties.Innovation in degree programmes and their teaching methods requires the development of a number of academic processes, which may result in inputs for...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Author: Pérez, Gloria Zaballa
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2020
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:UTN
Repository:Portal de Revistas UTN
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/225
Online Access:https://revistas.utn.ac.cr/index.php/yulok/article/view/225
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Innovación
Docencia
Procesos de mejora
Sistemas de Garantía de Calidad
Universidad de Deusto, España
Innovation
Teaching-Learning
Improvement processes
Quality Assurance System
University of Deusto, Spain
Description
Summary:The University of Deusto (UD) has implemented a Quality Assurance System to ensure improvement and innovation in their degree programmes and faculties.Innovation in degree programmes and their teaching methods requires the development of a number of academic processes, which may result in inputs for the ongoing improvement of the teaching/learning process. This university uses a computer-based process manager to ensure effective management of the implementation of the academic processes involved in the Quality Assurance System. This helps the parties involved in this improvement to take an active part in the activities being developed whenever necessary. This descriptive case study shows the academicexperience developed by the University of Deusto in the Basque Country (Spain), in its commitment to excellence.