Growing from the Ground Up: Implementing QM While Changing a Campus Culture

In October 2017, Athens State University embarked on an effort to increase adoption of QM throughout our campus.  While doing so, one rule was required - QM adoption had to be voluntary, not required.  With that, the university set off in an attempt to change the campus culture and view of quality online courses.  Since that time, we have had over 30+ classes QM certified by multiple unique faculty members with many more waiting in line to go through the process.  Additionally, both faculty completing the process and students within their courses have shown greater satisfaction in the overall teaching and learning experience related to those courses.  This presentation examines our implementation process so that other organizations may benefit from using a similar model.