Seminar: Using Quality Standards to Improve Your Online Course
Tue, 2012-02-21 11:27 — gforger
What:Using Quality Standards to Improve Your Online Course
Who: Facilitated by Melody Buckner, Outreach College
When: Thursday March 29 at 10am or Friday March 30 at 2pm
Where: ILC Room 136
This workshop will discuss how design can make or break an online or hybrid course. The pitfalls of a poorly designed course can stymie interaction, impede learning and ruin the experience for students and faculty. And with their increasing popularity, getting courses right the first time is more important than ever. Come and join us and discover some tricks and tips for making your course top of the class!
Quality Matters Standards are a nationally recognized tool that faculty and course designers can use as a guide during course development as well as an evaluation tool for existing courses. It encompasses best practices for design and delivery of online and hybrid teaching and learning.
An example of the Quality Matters Rubric is available here (pdf)
For more information on Quality Matters (QM), go to their website: