Conference Presentations

A Guide to Writing Unambiguous Objectives

Human Capability Verbs.  A frame work/rubric for writing effective objectives that address the universal five categories of learning:

• Intellectual Skill
• Cognitive Strategy
• Verbal Information
• Motor skill
• Attitude

We will be discussing different ways to collaborate using technology and describing how faculty community building helps with the implementation of the QM rubric.

We are a large public University that offers over 1,000 individual online courses. We are in the early phases of implementing QM as an institution-wide quality assurance program. Our poster will address how to prepare an instructional design team for QM implementation as well as the strategies and tools we developed to streamline the course design process. As instructional designers complete APPQMR, they will be able to guide faculty using the QM HE Rubric while developing courses. In addition, instructional designers garner buy-in from faculty throughout QM implementation.

Join us as we discuss methods an instructor can use to make their presence known in the course through design and delivery. We will also look at creative assignments that help instructors make better connections with learners.  Bring your ideas!

The Quality Matter Standards have been used at our institution to support its efforts regarding designing quality online courses. In this research study, we particularly focus on the QM Standard 5 regarding designing course activities. We examined instructors' perceptions of various course activities fostering active learning in online classes. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and documentation. Findings and implications will be discussed during the QM presentation.

Instructors who are planning to teach online for the first time are invited to participate in a series of foundational online course design workshops. The workshops integrate different taxonomies and course design models with Quality Matters standards. The goal is to help instructors deliver high quality online learning experiences by developing their own skills and designing their courses to meet or exceed an accepted quality standard. Our model also follows the philosophy of pedagogy first, technology second.

Are students actively engaged in your online course? Does your course encourage organic conversations driven by the students? This session is grounded in research that will include open discussion of strategies to integrate experiential learning communities into the course design.

Join us to see how we developed a holistic, all-encompassing program that integrates QM Standards. We would like to introduce our Online Course Development Program. This poster displays the professional development cycle from course blueprint to program evaluation.

Join faculty and an instructional designer from University of Alaska Anchorage as we share ideas for improving learner/content interaction (i.e., OER, e-portfolios, simulation labs) followed by practical solutions to modify and adapt these approaches for use within other programs.

This quality talk closely examines a private faith-based institution's experience with implementing internal course reviews while partnering with an OPM. During the exchange, the plan, the challenges, the process, and the results will be discussed.

Internationalizing QM

The discussion examines the intersection of exemplar accreditation standards from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education of the American Occupational Therapy Association and Quality Matters Rubric Standards for best practice in distance education for occupational therapy practitioners. The comparison suggests opportunities for dialog between the organizations. The author recommends research and collaboration between accreditation agencies and institutes of higher education to modify standards related to distance education.

Digital badging is all the rage. But what exactly is a digital badge and how do they work? This presentation will explore the definition of a digital badge, how digital badges work. It will share our experience piloting digital badges for a certificate of completion and attainment of a competency.

The trajectory of QM-focused research has been from describing experience and observations (such as impact on satisfaction), to exploring narrowing foci (such as interaction), to applying established educational frameworks (such as TPACK and CoI), to correlating data (such as grades).  The result is a rich foundational body of research, along with actionable information on the complexities of educational research.   To encourage researchers to benefit from these foundations, a framework for finding and using evidence on QM impact will be introduced during this poster session.

This session elaborates the eight steps of the  HIDOC model created  specifically for online course design. The steps are:  Learner Analysis,  Learning Objectives, Course Structure, Assessments &  Activities,  Instructional Materials, Technology & Tools, Online Learner  Support, and Continuous Improvement. The HIDOC  design model is built for online modalities and offers free Design  Documents and Course Blueprints that are publicly available. 

Join this interactive session to brainstorm and learn how organizing strategies can help to create a faculty-led culture of QM reviews.

Join the Google Document to share resistances you encounter and provide solutions. MOre information will be added to the document after the presentation.

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As a new subscriber to Quality Matters, we were interested in helping faculty and instructors who teach online use the QM rubrics in course development and revision in nonthreatening
ways. Pilots occurred in the Graduate Program in Nursing, Graduate Program in Education, and in a selection of online summer offerings in the Undergraduate program. This presentation will demonstrate the many ways that institutions might introduce the QM rubrics to their faculty in supportive and non-threatening ways.