Learn Together in a Virtual Setting
QM Live! Workshops Span a Range of Topics
Work with your peers in a facilitated, hands-on workshop to improve courses and support student success. The 2-Hour options are particularly helpful for targeting specific course design challenges. These interactive, virtual workshops are primarily available as dedicated sessions for your group — appropriate for both higher ed and K-12 educators. A limited number of open registration sessions are also available throughout the year. See the Virtual/Synchronous tab on the Professional Development Schedule.
See options by session length below. QM Live! Collections are suggested groupings for focusing on specific course design skills. Select the title for description and more information link.
- Measurable, Precise, Consistent & Clear Objectives
Create objectives that are measurable, precise, and clear at both the course and module/unit level.Learn More - Introductions and Overviews: Helping Learners Get Started
- Setting Expectations & Learner Support: Helping Learners be Successful
- Aligning Assessments with Objectives
- Aligning Instructional Materials, Activities & Tools with Objectives
Align the instructional materials, activities and tools with the objectives used in your course.Learn More - Developing Activities to Engage Your Learners
Get learners vested in their learning experience with group activities that are aligned with your objectives.Learn More - Active Learning Strategies
Get an overview of learning preferences and types of interaction, then put active learning activities to work in your online or hybrid course.Learn More - Providing Accessible Web Content
Get hands-on experience with utilizing techniques and basic HTML to ensure accessibility of your course content.Learn More - Communicating New Policies for Online Courses
Get tips and hands-on experience for communicating attendance, netiquette and other course or institutional polices to your learners.Learn More - Helping Learners Track Their Progress
Get hands-on experience with techniques for delivering feedback that communicates progress to your learners.Learn More - Creating Discussion Board Rubrics
Get the most out of discussion board posts by developing a rubric for learners so they know what's expected of them.Learn More - Rethinking Assessments for Application & Engagement
This two-hour synchronous session is delivered online to help you get up and running right away with ideas for using assessments in online courses.Learn More - Using the Flipped Approach for Synchronous Online Learning
This two-hour synchronous session is delivered online to help you create a plan to use meeting times effectively.Learn More - Rethinking Content for the Online Classroom
This two-hour synchronous session is delivered online to help you get up and running right away with ideas for transforming, sourcing or creating content that is appropriate for online learning.Learn More
- Synchronous Online Teaching
Explore best practices for synchronous online delivery during the Synchronous Online Teaching workshop. During the workshop, you will investigate ways to teach online effectively and discover how to incorporate proven practices into your courses to help both you and your students have a better online experience.Learn More - Improve Your SRS 8.3 and 8.4 Review Skills
Dive into Specific Review Standards (SRS) 8.3 and 8.4 with the Improve Your SRS 8.3 and 8.4 Review Skills workshop. During the workshop, participants will discover what reviewers should look for when determining whether or not a course meets these Standards. Ways to find that evidence will also be covered. Examples will be provided to help you hone your review skills and gain the technical expertise needed to accurately apply SRS 8.3 and 8.4 during the review process.Learn More
- K-12 Instructional Materials: Investigating What Works
Dive into instructional materials in a small group, interactive setting to see what really works.Learn More - Learning is Not a Spectator Sport: Make It Active!
Get hands-on, interactive experience with identifying and incorporating active learning in your courses.Learn More - Enhancing the Learning Experience: Course Tools and Media
Get help finding, evaluating and employing new instructional materials that align with your course objectives.Learn More
- QM Live! Winter Series 2023: Build Engagement
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Dec. 12 - 15: Dig into strategies for engaging your learners and fostering feelings of connection to course content. Interact with your peers in these hands-on workshops to incorporate active learning and match content with goals. Choose between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. start times.
- Assessing Learning Remotely QM Live! Series
These four, 2-hour synchronous online workshops provide faculty and staff with actionable tactics that can be used right away in a remote instructional situation. If your team is ready to move beyond pass/fail assessments or needs fresh ideas for matching assessments to course objectives, these sessions are for you. Institutions can schedule dedicated sessions for up to 20 participants for one or all sessions at a time that works for their team.Learn More
- Fast Track to Remote Teaching and Learning QM Live! Series
These six, 2-hour synchronous online workshops provide faculty and staff with concrete preparation for teaching online. If your team is moving to remote instruction or looking to form a more solid base to help learners succeed online, these sessions are for you. Institutions can schedule dedicated sessions for up to 20 participants for one or all sessions at a time that works for their team.Learn More
- Instructional Materials for Online Teaching QM Live! Series
These five, 2-hour synchronous online workshops provide faculty and staff with what they need to know when deciding what content will be used in an online course. If your team is ready to address the unique opportunities and challenges with instructional material from various perspectives, these sessions are for you. Institutions can schedule dedicated sessions for up to 20 participants for one or all sessions at a time that works for their team.Learn More
- K-12 Get Active QM Live! Series
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This series of three web conferencing workshops focuses on strategies for increasing learner engagement by examining instructional materials, course content and types of interactions. The series is offered through a dedicated session for your group, school or district. To set up dedicated sessions for one or more of these workshops, please contact QM's Professional Development Registrar or complete the form on this page.
- K-12 Assessing Learning Remotely QM Live! Series
These four, 2-hour synchronous online workshops provide faculty and staff with actionable tactics that can be used right away in a remote instructional situation. If your team is ready to move beyond pass/fail assessments or needs fresh ideas for matching assessments to course objectives, these sessions are for you. Institutions can schedule dedicated sessions for 10+ participants for one or all sessions at a time that works for their team. Volume discounts are available.Learn More
- K-12 Fast Track to Remote Teaching and Learning QM Live! Series
These six, 2-hour synchronous online workshops provide faculty and staff with concrete preparation for teaching online. If your team is moving to remote instruction or looking to form a more solid base to help learners succeed online, these sessions are for you. Schools and districts can schedule dedicated sessions for 10+ participants for one or all sessions at a time that works for their team. Volume discounts are available.Learn More
- K-12 Instructional Materials for Online Teaching QM Live! Series
These five, 2-hour synchronous online workshops provide faculty and staff with what they need to know when deciding what content will be used in an online course. If your team is ready to address the unique opportunities and challenges with instructional material from various perspectives, these sessions are for you. Schools and districts can schedule dedicated sessions for 10+ participants for one or all sessions at a time that works for their team. Volume discounts are available.Learn More
- K-12 New Normal QM Live! Series
This special series of web conferencing workshops focuses on strategies for solidifying your base to deliver fully or partially online courses. Workshops in this series can be offered through a dedicated session for your group, school or district. To set up dedicated sessions for one or more of these workshops, please contact QM's Professional Development Registrar or complete the form on this page.Learn More
