Conference Presentations

Throw away the cookie cutter course models! Let's examine the ingredients for collaboratively designed, QM integrated, centrally developed courses that include spices of quality, consistency, scalability, academic freedom, and unique teaching styles. The link to the Jeopardy questions 

Before starting out on a new Quality Assurance program with faculty, be sure your online learning support team is trained! This session will cover how an institution new to Quality Matters started a new initiative for accelerated Master's Degree programs that incorporate a Quality Assurance check prior to going live. It is important online learning support staff (technology trainers, instructional technologists, and instructional designers) be well versed on the Quality Matters Rubric and Standards before starting this initiative.

Presenters will open with a discussion of the need for online learning support staff to have a common basis of knowledge as faculty who are designing to particular quality standards.
 
Open discussion of creating relationships based on achieving standards.

Attendees will leave with a customized approach and training structure to support the success of their instructional design support staff.

There are two main categories of quality in virtual education that have a profound effect on student outcomes - content and connection. The quality of relational connection between staff and students can make a huge impact on student outcomes. Join us as we bring some meaningful methods and tools for training and evaluating relational connection in a virtual educational environment.

The responsibility to create equitable spaces falls directly on faculty.  The talk will examine two projects where I am trying to equalize the equity gaps.  I will cover our methods for creating equitable spaces (whether online or in-person) and discuss the results from these projects.  I will also talk about future plans and share a link to my Zotero database that contains research on creating equitable courses. 

This Making a Difference for Students award recipient will share how her college went from the possibility of losing the ability to teach online to radical changes resulting in a strong program that ensures true quality in students’ online education. 

We are all looking for resources to transform the quality of our digital instruction in ways that are the most effective for learners. QM is definitely one of those ways! Join us as we discuss how the real transformers - teachers - can rely on their Transformer Traits (working for good of all, being flexible, and speaking the language) to grow their commitment to quality and fully invest in continuous improvement by serving as QM Course Representatives. 

Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) embarked on a transformative journey, transitioning its undergraduate and graduate programs to fully online, asynchronous formats. This session will explore the nuances of course development, faculty training, and student success strategies in the online realm. Participants will engage in a narrative of change, highlighting the challenges, strategic planning, and actionable steps MCNY took to ensure quality education and support for all stakeholders. 

A person's experiences, background, and culture all influence how a student learns. This session addresses three approaches implemented in online courses at a HSI regional university to develop sense of belonging and enhance student relatedness.

Quality matters, but where does it begin? For a mid-western university, it begins with the design document. Bring a copy of your design document. You will have time to share, examine, and explore methods to improve its alignment with QM Standards.

Join us as we unravel the challenges obstructing effective online learning and introduce a transformative solution. Discover integrated strategies that prioritize learner wellness. Engage with the foundations that inform our comprehensive design. Prepare to be enlightened by the compelling results, which reveal enhanced self-awareness, affective regulation, and coping mechanisms. It's an opportunity to participate in meaningful change that you won't want to miss!

Upgrade online courses by leveraging the three pillars of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) to create student-centered learning experiences that drive authentic motivation and meaningful engagement.  Drawing from research-backed practices and real-world examples, this session demonstrates how combining student choice in deliverables, ungrading practices, and collaborative tech tools can create a learning environment where students thrive.

An academic health science center in the southern United States adopted Quality Matters in 2014, representing the first institutional partnership with Quality Matters in higher education in the state. Within the same calendar year, administrators were presented with a new development from campus administrators: the campus' legacy learning management system would be replaced with a new system. Could the eLearning group blend training on QM with the training on the new system? Six months later, an online course with 26 QM Standards was integrated into the self-paced online course.

In this session, we will review a process for converting to an open educational resource for a core course.  We will highlight a timeline and tasks completed by a faculty committee to successfully implement the new course design.  The new design aligned with the chosen open education resource, state TAG requirements and other project parameters.   The faculty committee was awarded one of the University's Affordable Learning Grants for its work.

This presentation takes a trauma-informed approach to understanding and addressing student needs. Participants will identify how trauma may influence student behavior and  indicate best practices to work effectively with students experiencing trauma.

Participants will be enrolled in a middle school online introductory unit and participate in an online treasure hunt. They will work through adaptive scenarios to discover the tools needed to ultimately find the hidden treasure and unlock the key to online learning.

Failure is not an option right . . . well, actually it is!  Learning from my mistakes has been an integral part of my current success managing our system-wide Quality Matters program.  In this session I'll share the mistakes I've made so participants don't have to make them too.  I'll also offer some practical tips and solutions for managing a QM program that participants can apply today.  Participants will share their program management challenges, receive feedback from peers, and start writing an action plan.

This session takes you step by step through our quality assured design and development process, allow you to access our tools and templates, and explore our delivery platform and framework for inspiration.

Our virtual interactive poster tour will take you step by step through our quality assured design and development process, allow you to access our tools and templates, and explore our delivery platform and framework for inspiration.