PROGRAMME
26-28 May 2004
WEDNESDAY, 26 May 2004
09.00 – 09.30 Registration
09.30 – 10.00 Introduction
Prof. Vlasta Vizek Vidović: Change management and institutional development of quality assurance system
10.00 – 11.00 Invited speaker:
Dr. P. Sahlberg, World Bank : Role of higher education in educational reform
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Workshop 1:
Dr. E. Simpson, IHE: Institute of Higher Education (IHE) at the Unicersity of Georgia (UGA): Short intorduction and overview of UGA role
Ms. Th. Wright, IHE doctoral student: Six Models for Change
Questions and discussion
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 Invited speaker:
Prof. E. Thoni, University of Innsbruck: Approaches to institutional change with the emphasis on QA issues
15.30 – 15.45 Coffee break
15.45 – 17.00 Workshop 2:
Prof. E. Thoni, University of Innsbruck: Perception of change and its impact on change process (exercise/discussion: Perception of change and reactions to change)
17.00 – 17.30 Plenary discussion
THURSDAY, 27 May 2004
9.30 -10.30 Invited speaker:
Prof. M. Frankowicz (Tempus Expert): Future trends in QA in Higher Education
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
Dr. E. Simpson, IHE: Planning and Dynamics of Change (environmental assessment, S.W.O.T. analysis, development of an action plan);
Mr. R. Anderson, IHE doctoral
student:
Recent Literature on Change and Future Trends
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Prof. M. Frankowicz (Tempus Expert): Introduction and Management of Innovations
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
15.15 –16.45 Workshop 4:
Dr. E. Simpson, IHE: U.S. Accreditation Systems for the Implementation of QA Change
Ms. A. Bell, IHE doctoral student: Strategies for Change
Questions and discussion
16.45 – 17.30 Plenary discussion
FRIDAY, 28 May 2004
9.30 – 11.00 Workshop 5:
Dr. D. Toma, IHE: Sustaining and Institutionalizing Change
Mr. Ch. Mathies, IHE doctoral student: Leadership Roles in the Change Process
Questions and discussion
11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.00 Prof. Vlasta Vizek Vidović, Vice-rector of University of Zagreb: Summary presentation and closing session