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NOVEMBER 17 TRAINING

Quality Matters(TM) Overview

November 17, 2006

9:00 am to 12:30 pm

University of Maryland University College's Dorsey Station Center

6865 Deerpath Road, Elkridge, MD

Session I:  9:00 - 10:45 am

Quality Matters(TM): Inter-Institutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning

 
Institutions must address the issue of quality assurance of online courses and how it relates to student learning.  This orientation will discuss the activities of the Maryland-based, nationally-recognized, Quality Matters(TM) project, which is designed to address various issues in online course quality.   This session will provide an overview of various aspects of the Quality Matters(TM) project including inter-institutional peer course review, a rubric based on national standards and the research literature, faculty training, instructional design support.  This session will be of interest to faculty, staff, administrators, and instructional designers, with an interest in online teaching and learning.  Participants will leave with an understanding of the issues surrounding quality assurance in online courses, a set of tools and rubrics to adapt and use, and an invitation to participate in the Quality Matters(TM) project.

 

Session II: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Using Quality Matters(TM) to Develop Your Online Course

 
This hands-on workshop will focus on using the Quality Matters(TM) rubric in the initial design and development of an online course.  This session will be of interest to faculty, staff, and instructional designers who are very new to online teaching and learning.  Participants will leave with a roadmap for the design and development of their online course.  (Participants in this workshop should have first attended the 9:00-10:45 am Quality Matters(TM) orientation session.)

Using the Quality Matters(TM) Rubric to Improve Your Online Course
Date: January 4-17, 2007
Location: Online
Maximum: 40 People

The Quality Matters(TM) Project is designed to improve the quality of online courses by establishing a peer-review quality assurance process.  This training will explore the Quality Matters(TM) Project and rubric and will provide you with the framework to improve the quality of your online course.  Participants in this hands-on workshop will use the Quality Matters(TM) rubric to review their online course, and to identify strong areas of their course and generate ideas for improvements in other areas.  In addition, participants will develop a course improvement plan that includes an articulation the course modifications the faculty member wishes to make, the resources and support needed to make these modifications, and a timeline for making these modifications.  This session will be of interest to faculty, staff, and instructional designers, who have already developed an online course. ( As the basis for their work in this training session, participants will be asked to select and bring one of their previously-developed online courses to the training.)

Quality Matters(TM) Peer Reviewer Training


Date: January 12, 2007
Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm
Location: Towson University
Maximum: 30 People

The Quality Matters(TM) Project is designed to improve the quality of online courses by establishing a peer-review quality assurance process.  This training will explore the Quality Matters(TM) Project and processes and will train you to become a Quality Matters(TM) Peer Course Reviewer. You will become familiar with the Quality Matters(TM) toolset and participate in a peer course review of online courses using the review tools. Ideally, participants in this hands-on workshop should be experienced online instructors, instructional designers and/or faculty trainers. After successfully completing this training, you will be eligible to serve on a Quality Matters(TM) peer course review. In addition you will gain ideas to improve your own courses.  This session will be of interest to faculty, staff, administrators, and instructional designers, with some prior experience in online course development and teaching.

Using the Quality Matters(TM) Rubric to Improve Your Online Course
Date: March 2-15, 2007
Location: Online
Maximum: 40 People

The Quality Matters(TM) Project is designed to improve the quality of online courses by establishing a peer-review quality assurance process.  This training will explore the Quality Matters(TM) Project and rubric and will provide you with the framework to improve the quality of your online course.  Participants in this hands-on workshop will use the Quality Matters(TM) rubric to review their online course, and to identify strong areas of their course and generate ideas for improvements in other areas.  In addition, participants will develop a course improvement plan that includes an articulation the course modifications the faculty member wishes to make, the resources and support needed to make these modifications, and a timeline for making these modifications.  This session will be of interest to faculty, staff, and instructional designers, who have already developed an online course. ( As the basis for their work in this training session, participants will be asked to select and bring one of their previously-developed online courses to the training.)

Quality Matters(TM) Peer Reviewer Training


Date: March 30, 2007
Time: 9am - 3:30pm
Location: Salisbury University
Maximum: 30 People

The Quality Matters(TM) Project is designed to improve the quality of online courses by establishing a peer-review quality assurance process.  This training will explore the Quality Matters(TM) Project and processes and will train you to become a Quality Matters(TM) Peer Course Reviewer. You will become familiar with the Quality Matters(TM) toolset and participate in a peer course review of online courses using the review tools. Ideally, participants in this hands-on workshop should be experienced online instructors, instructional designers and/or faculty trainers. After successfully completing this training, you will be eligible to serve on a Quality Matters(TM) peer course review. In addition you will gain ideas to improve your own courses.  This session will be of interest to faculty, staff, administrators, and instructional designers, with some prior experience in online course development and teaching.


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