Implementing quality assurance practices in teaching machine learning in higher education

The development of machine learning and deep learning (ML/DL) change the skills expected by society and the form of ML/DL teaching in higher education.  This article proposes a formal system to improve ML/DL teaching and, subsequently, the graduates' skills.  Our proposed system is based on the quality assurance (QA) system adapted to teaching and learning ML/DL and implemented on the model suggested by Deming to continuously improve the QA processes.

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