In spring 2023, Houston Community Colleges made a major investment in QM professional development, allowing the network to focus deeply on learner success — fortifying its enrollment and retention efforts in the process.

Accessibility is one of the most important elements in quality online education. Looking for ways to get started or get better with accessibility? Learn more about the Guide to Digital Accessibility, the book that provides a roadmap for policies, practices and professional development to help you ensure that your courses are working for all of the learners you serve.

Given the ever-growing footprint of digital learning in education, how can we as educators ensure that we are ready to meet the moment? Executive Director Deb Adair explores these questions in this letter to the QM Community.

Video might be the perfect medium for demonstrating a process in your course content. In this article, Dr. Steven Crawford explores a host of styles for creating and presenting video demonstrations, as well as the advantages, disadvantages, and effectiveness of each.

Dedicated educators lead the way to ensure QM principles and policies are represented during the review process. QM-Certified Master Reviewers are the key to consistency and rigor in course reviews.

QM’s Executive Director, Dr. Deb Adair, reflects on her experience from the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC). The global event is held once every ten years and focused on the transformation of higher education in 2022.

The seventh installment of the Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report, produced by Quality MattersTM and Eduventures®, offers an overview of the current state of online learning in higher education as well as insights into its future development.

Hawai'i Pacific University returned as a QM member in November, 2021 with ambitious goals for supporting continuous improvement. Their story illustrates how grant money, support from institutional leadership and a focus on quality can combine to provide quality learning experiences for students.

Looking to create social presence in your course? Incorporating single presenter videos — where instructors record themselves delivering course content — can be instrumental for establishing interpersonal connection. But how long should they be? Can you make them yourself? Learn about the research and best practices from Dr. Steven Crawford.

This paper offers a foundational exploration of inclusive online education, an examination of various course design models that normalize inclusive design practices in online learning, and practical recommendations for applying theoretical and research-based best practices for inclusive and representative course design.