The development of MapQFTool: A software tool for National Qualifications Frameworks

Philippos Pouyioutas; Harald Gjermundrod; Ioanna Dionysiou

The development of MapQFTool: A software tool for National Qualifications Frameworks

Philippos Pouyioutas, Harald Gjermundrod, Ioanna Dionysiou

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper presents the preliminary stages of the design of MapQFTool, a software tool that will provide support to the understanding and comparability of the National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) of the various European countries. The paper starts by providing background information on the Bologna Process and the Qualifications Frameworks. It then addresses the limitations of trying to map the various NQFs against the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), and through the EQF against each other. It then proceeds with explaining the advantages of automating this process with a software tool and provides examples of information that can be generated through the proposed tool. A relational database design that will underpin the development of the tool is described, accompanied with screenshots of the system prototype and its architecture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSEDU 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Pages	273-279
Number of pages	7
Volume	2
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2011 - Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands Duration: 6 May 2011 → 8 May 2011

Other

Other	3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2011
Country	Netherlands
City	Noordwijkerhout
Period	6/05/11 → 8/05/11

Keywords

European qualifications framework
National qualifications frameworks and software tools

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Pouyioutas, P., Gjermundrod, H., & Dionysiou, I. (2011). The development of MapQFTool: A software tool for National Qualifications Frameworks. In CSEDU 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education (Vol. 2, pp. 273-279)

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