A Framework for Curriculum Management - The Use of Outcome-based Approach in Practice

Martin Komenda, Daniel Schwarz, Jiří Hřebíček, Jiří Holčík, Ladislav Dušek

2014

Abstract

The need for guaranteed and high-quality education involving predefined curricula covering a corresponding scope of input knowledge and skills required in subsequent practice has been gaining momentum. Universities compile their curricula so as to ensure that they cover all steps essential for the students to obtain employment later on. In the paper a brand new and original curriculum harmonization approach within tertiary education is described by adopting an outcome-based approach and applying modern information and communication technologies. We propose a model for curriculum management and show how the model was implemented into practice in a particular field of study by using complex web-oriented platform. Its primary objective is to make all efforts expended by users more efficient, as regards to the creation, editing and control mechanisms in the form of deep content inspection.

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Komenda M., Schwarz D., Hřebíček J., Holčík J. and Dušek L. (2014). A Framework for Curriculum Management - The Use of Outcome-based Approach in Practice . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-020-8, pages 473-478. DOI: 10.5220/0004948104730478


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu14,
author={Martin Komenda and Daniel Schwarz and Jiří Hřebíček and Jiří Holčík and Ladislav Dušek},
title={A Framework for Curriculum Management - The Use of Outcome-based Approach in Practice},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={473-478},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004948104730478},
isbn={978-989-758-020-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - A Framework for Curriculum Management - The Use of Outcome-based Approach in Practice
SN - 978-989-758-020-8
AU - Komenda M.
AU - Schwarz D.
AU - Hřebíček J.
AU - Holčík J.
AU - Dušek L.
PY - 2014
SP - 473
EP - 478
DO - 10.5220/0004948104730478