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Quality Matters: Your Friend for Accreditation and Compliance

Quality Matters provides a framework to address accreditation and compliance issues in online learning environments. This presentation extends the scope of QM from course level instructional design rigor to that of an organizational construct to support institutional and state-level compliance and accreditation needs. The presentation concludes with a look into emerging technologies that will impact online course development, delivery, and even accreditation.

Quality on Demand: Innovative Resources for Training and Course Design

This poster session displays the innovative resources developed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing that has helped faculty and staff become more familiar with the Quality Matters rubric and standards. These initiatives support the overall goal of the institution that is to certify all of the online and blended courses offered. Two main aspects can be highlighted in the session: the use of templates that contain several of the Quality Matters standards and the development of an online tutorial for faculty and staff involved in online course design. 

Quality Online Education: What's Rigor Got to Do with It? Part 1 & 2

Part 1:  What does "Academic Rigor" mean to you and your institution? Explore the definition of academic rigor and its role in education during Part 1 of "What's Rigor Got to do with It?". Through panel and small group discussions, you'll come away with an understanding of various interpretations of academic rigor, how institutions address the topic, and what role academic rigor plays in a quality education.

Quality Review and the Impact on Course Quality for Accelerated Programs

As part of a well-developed process of course design, Quality Reviews are integral to ensuring courses are designed & developed in a way that empowers learners & faculty to thrive while meeting new & existing criteria and standards of the institution. QM provides a great framework to use in a localized quality assurance process: the Quality Review. Accelerated online programs are growing at rapid rates; it’s important we identify ways to enhance the learner experience and ensure high levels of quality are in all our courses: Quality Reviews help us get there.

Quality Talk - Cornerstones of Quality: A Departmental Initiative to Improve Online Course Quality

The "Cornerstones of Quality" initiative addresses a lack of formal standards for our online courses, while also establishing standards to evaluate online faculty performance. Our four "Cornerstones" include Quality in Design, Course Management, Course Content, and Online Preparedness.

Quality Talk: To Know Where You Are, It Helps to Know Where You Were: Why Maps Are Vital for Sound Assessment

Cartographers can't have all the fun! Learn and better understand how alignment starts and stops with the clarity of curriculum maps and the assessment tools to measure accuracy and drive continuous curricular improvement.

After this session, participants will be able to . . .

Describe the relationship between assessment and curriculum mapping.

Co-presenters: Dr. Melissa Burton-Williams and Dr. Peggy Simpson

Quality Talk: Creating Readable, Accessible Visual Design That Meets Standard 8.4

This introduction to easily implemented, accessible design strategies will help you meet the needs of students with disabilities and improve the user experience for all students by making smart decisions about headings, font style and size, white space, and contrast.

After this session, participants will be able to . . .

Identify accessible visual design strategies.

Quality Talk: Get a Twitter Account, Join the #QMConnect Conversation

Twitter is the largest Professional Learning Network in existence, and we need to get QM attendees plugged in. What does #QMConnect mean??? Come find out and learn how to keep up to date with @QMProgram all year long. We will also discuss whom to follow, Twitter tips, and more. Join the #QMConnect discussion.

After this session, participants will be able to . . .

Quality Talk: Standardizing the Standards! A One-Stop-Shop for General Standard 7

The journey from a "No Template LMS Template" to a "One-Stop-Shop": the trials, errors, and progress in continuous improvement for meeting General Standard 7 Learner Support - plus a few others - in all courses in a multi-campus institution.

After this session, participants will be able to . . .

Identify strengths and weaknesses of a one-stop-shop approach to General Standard 7 Learner Support.

Quality Talk: The Hidden Power of Alignment in Quality Matters Standards

This five-minute presentation will help you visualize how alignment has the power to make visible the interconnection between outcomes, materials, assignments, and assessments, providing fluidity to the design process and structural integrity to the final product.

After this session, participants will be able to . . .

  1. Identify the QM Standards that require alignment.
  2. Visualize alignment as an organizational structure that lends to coherent course design.
  3. Describe the benefits of alignment.

Quality Talks: Standard 5.3

Description In this series of Quality Talks, presenters will demonstrate how they design courses to meet QM Specific Standard 5.3. The presenters will have only five minutes to explain their approach; therefore session participants will get to see four different ways to approach this Standard.

Quality Talks: Standard 5.3

In this series of Quality Talks, presenters will demonstrate how they design courses to meet QM Specific Standard 5.3. The presenters will have only five minutes to explain their approach; therefore session participants will get to see four different ways to approach this Standard. Participants in this session will be able to vote on the best Quality Talk of the session.

Eddie Andreo

Lisa Clark

Belle Cowden

Steven Crawford

JJ Johnson

Lisa Kidder