How do we help students reach their learning goals? In this presentation, attendees will examine strategies for beginning with the end in mind, creating measurable learning objectives, and adding effective content to their learning management system.
How do we help students reach their learning goals? In this presentation, attendees will examine strategies for beginning with the end in mind, creating measurable learning objectives, and adding effective content to their learning management system.
This presentation outlines the incentives, objectives, process, outcomes, and faculty reflections for rolling out QM on a campus of 20,000 students.
University's COLT course (Certificate for Online Learning and Teaching) and how the COLT course can be used as a model for training instructors to achieve quality in online programs at your institution.
University's COLT course (Certificate for Online Learning and Teaching) and how the COLT course can be used as a model for training instructors to achieve quality in online programs at your institution.
How do you deconstruct an existing course so that you can easily see what needs to be revised for it to meet established best practices in online course design? In this session you will learn to use a tool that makes it (almost) child's play to build or revise online courses that meet QM expectations.
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SARA is a voluntary state-level process agreement that allows institutions to offer distance education courses and programs to residents of other states/members of the Agreement. Along with many other states, Ohio is now a member of the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA).
This presentation will include both updates and discussion on how NC-SARA can better engage with SARA participating institutions. We will give an update on the status of SARA and resources available to institutions, and then spend time in discussion with the session participants on improvements and ideas for future engagement.
Learn what it takes to grow your own Certified Face-to-Face and Online Facilitator and how to train your entire faculty in Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR), at the same time saving a significant amount of money!
Demonstration of the Cidi Labs Design Tools in Canvas will be shown, both screenshots and a live demo, wireless connectivity permitting. We will also discuss the steps we took to create templates to help meet specific QM standards. Participants will also be shown how to request a sandbox with Cidi Labs to try out the tools themselves. A question/answer session will also be included at the end of the talk.
This session provides participants with tools to review their own objectives from the course level through to the activity level. Whether you are building up or building down, the components and process to create measureable objectives remain the same.
Looking for ideas to expand quality assurance at your institution? In this session, we will reflect on a multi-faceted five-year plan to elevate online course quality at a large public university. You’ll come away with ideas for designing professional development to scale up your own QM plan.
Find out about Salisbury University's COLT course (Certificate for Online Learning and Teaching) and how the COLT course can be used as a module for training instructors to achieve quality in online programs at your institution.
Find out about Salisbury University's COLT course (Certificate for Online Learning and Teaching) and how the COLT course can be used as a module for training instructors to achieve quality in online programs at your institution.
Do you have questions about “scaling up” from an internal QM course review process to National QM certification? This presentation will discuss how one multi-year grant project is working on meeting that objective. Pitfalls, tips, and takeaway example products included.
The popularity of online education continues to increase, with many institutions offering courses to students worldwide. With online student numbers rising year on year, learner profiles are more diverse than were previously possible, but this has brought with it unique challenges relating to accessing, interacting with, and generating course content. Course content creators, and Instructional Designers in particular, are uniquely positioned to work with Subject Matter Experts (SME) such as faculty to design accessible content for a variety of learner profiles.
Let's face it, course design with QM Standard 8 in mind can take time! We'll cover the basic challenges in video accessibility and options to make creating course videos easy...dare we say fun! If you have wondered about Screencast-o-matic and love YouTube, this session is a chance to plan a script and create a video. Bring your laptop, a presentation file, a previously recorded video, or just your curiosity. We will provide script templates that let you create content during the session or write a solid plan for your next project.
Mrs. Frizzle said, “If you keep asking questions, you’ll keep getting answers.” Both Mrs. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus exemplify concepts of open pedagogy and learner agency. Let’s take a page from her book and explore transitioning from the "Sage on the Stage" to the "Guide on the Ride."
Physics instructor has worked for a full year with Distance Education's Accessibility team, to make his NASA grant funded, online Astronomy courses (PHY 121, 122 and 123) accessible to students with disabilities. His biggest challenge was how to make his courses accessible to visually impaired students.
We have worked with the library to order books and tactile graphics; we have printed tactile graphics from NASA; we have looked into sonification, and added audio description to video.
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