Open teaching/learning – PIN code of the future/quality of higher education

Abstract

The environment, place, type and curriculum of higher education programmes are the essential factors encouraging the re-examination of the established quality assessment criteria for higher education programmes. Open learning concepts require a change in attitudes regarding the quality of higher education and the concept of teaching and learning. The article analyses the transformation experienced by the learner during the period of high-quality studies from traditional studies to the open learning culture. How can quality learning transformation be measured? The aim: to test the assessment methodology of open learning opportunities responding to the quality of higher education provided. Methods: analysis of scientific literature, case study, survey throughout the course. A case of one mixed course has been investigated. The target group is fifth year medical students of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences.