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Title: Quality Matters: InterInstitutional Quality Assurance in Online Learning


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Quality Matters Inter-Institutional Quality
Assurance in Online Learning
  • A Grant Initiative of MarylandOnline
  • Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. Education Fund for
    the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
    (FIPSE)

NUTN Panel Presentation June 1, 2006
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Quality Matters Inter-Institutional Quality
Assurance in Online Learning
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Scope of QM Project (June 2006)
  • gt130 institutions in 27 states involved
  • 111 Courses Reviewed from 28 HEIs
  • 18 in MD
  • 10 outside of MD
  • 570 Peer Reviewers trained 128 HEIs/orgs.
  • 40 QM Trainers from 27 HEIs
  • 12 research projects to assess impact

4
QM Peer Review Process as an Input
  • Purpose quality improvement, not judgment
  • Focus course design
  • QM rubric is key element of process
  • QM rubric is being adapted in variety of ways
  • Course review, design, development
  • Faculty training and development
  • Quality benchmarking (institutionally
    identifying areas of needed improvement)
  • Strategic planning tool
  • Awareness/interest/support raising)
  • QM process is more important than the rubric
  • Peer review faculty-centered process

5
Quality Matters Course Peer Review Process
  • Institutions
  • CAOs
  • ARs

Faculty Course Developers
National Standards Research Literature
Course
Rubric
Faculty Reviewers
Training
Peer Course Review
Feedback
Instructional Designers
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The Importance of a Faculty-Centered Process
  • PRT decisionmaking is more important than more
    detailed idiotproof rubric
  • Faculty (PRT, instructors, instructional
    designers) see this as excellent faculty
    development opportunity
  • PRTs firm and fair
  • Reduces potential for abuse

7
QM Research Projects Measuring the Impact of
Inputs
  • Student Impact
  • Applying rubric elements to hybrids (AACC)
  • Impact on student learning outcomes (SUNY-Canton)
  • Action research redesign (Frederick CC)
  • Design issues student achievement (CSM)
  • Learning activities course completion (NVCC)
  • Effect of course review on student evals (PGCC)
  • Other research projects
  • QM Model adoption (MN Online)
  • Reliability studies (MOL)
  • Faculty survey (UMUC)
  • VENDRIC (Harford CC/PGCC)

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Other Examples of QA Efforts
  • Michigan Community College Virtual Learning
    Collaboratives Online Course Development
    Guidelines and Rubric
  • CSU-Chicos Committee for Evaluation of Exemplary
    Online Courses, Rubric for Online Instruction
    (ROI)
  • The Monterey Institute for Technology and
    Education Online Course Evaluation Project
  • SUNY Learning Network
  • eArmyU

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Contact Information
  • Presenter/QM Project Evaluator
  • John Sener -- jsener_at_sloan-c.org
  • QM Project Coordinator
  • Kay Kane kkane_at_pgcc.edu
  • QM Project Co-DirectorsChris Sax
    csax_at_umuc.eduMary Wells mwells_at_pgcc.edu
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