Managing the Process of International Collaboration in Online Course Development : A Case-Example Involving Higher Education Institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom

Ryan, Cathal and Bergin, Michael and Titze, Sylvia and Ruf, Wolfgang and Kunz, Stefan and Mazza, Riccardo and Chalder, Trudie and Windgassen, Sula and Miner, Dianne Cooney and Wells, John S.G. (2017) Managing the Process of International Collaboration in Online Course Development : A Case-Example Involving Higher Education Institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Innovative Higher Education, 42 (5-6). pp. 451-462. ISSN 0742-5627

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Abstract

There has been significant growth recently in online learning and joint programmes of education involving collaborative partnerships between and among higher education institutions in different jurisdictions. Utilising an interdisciplinary team model (Care and Scanlan 2001), we describe in this article the process of collaboration among four European institutions in Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom in order to develop and deliver an accredited online course on the management of work-related stress for health and social care workers. This course was also one of the first to pilot a system of equivalency between two European vocational and higher education credit schemes to promote learner mobility and recognition of a new international qualification. Although this process of collaboration occurred within a pan-European context, important lessons may be drawn from this explanation that are of potential interest to the wider international audience.

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Additional Information:	Funding Information: The “DELAROSE” project (Delivering E-Learning Accreditation to Reduce Occupational Stress in Employment), which was funded by the European Union, is an example of a successful joint collaboration among four European higher education institutions to develop an online course – a Certificate in the Management of Work-Related Stress. This course is accredited and delivered by three of the four institutions involved in its development, namely the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, and the University of Graz in Austria; and the course is offered in English, Italian, and German respectively. Funding Information: Trudie Chalder acknowledges financial support from the Department of Health via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health award to South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) and the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. Publisher Copyright: © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
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Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2022 23:06
Last Modified:	12 Jul 2023 16:05
URI:	http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/4123

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