2018 QM Connect Conference

The amount of research on online learning and quality assurance accumulates faster than anyone can keep up with it. In this session, attendees will get a summary of recent research findings on some of today's hot topics related to online learning and quality assurance to see beyond the buzz.

Orientation is a quintessential moment for residential students heading off to college. But what about online learners? Join us for a lively discussion-focused presentation and test drive some of our flexible, scaffolded orientation experiences. (Bring your own device!)

QM certification requires considerable faculty time and effort. To help faculty with the continuous improvement of their hybrid and online courses through the integration of QM concepts, the QM template is developed at a large, public, comprehensive, unionized university. The Canvas open-source QM template version 4 that supports the 6th edition of QM Rubric will be posted on Canvas Commons. The template consists of three modules: Start-Here, Example Module and Module 1.

Objective videos introduce concepts and demonstrate alignment of material to course- and module-level learning objectives.  In addition, objective videos advance the level of personalization in an online course and may impact issues such as retention at the course and program level.

Is your institution ready to launch a quality online program?  Do you need ideas to “break through” faculty disinterest or inertia with respect to QM?   Then this session is for you!  Come along on a “tour” of one institution’s journey to quality, what we are learning along to way, and how we are embracing the challenges we know are yet to come. 

Join us for a café conversation about baking in accessibility into your fresh course ideas. (Thursday, Nov. 1 10:10am) 

These ideas are informed by disability laws, access guidelines, and the strategies used to develop an accessible MOOC with the lessons AMAC Accessibility has learned.

A truly accessible course for the widest range of learners is created by baking-in accessibility for people with disabilities.

With HED’s expectation that all online courses include “regular and substantive interaction,” one college designed delivery standards to ensure that presence in the classroom meets that requirement.  See the delivery standards that are in place.

"You be the Reviewer: Quality Matters at NCCU," the new text-based mobile game reinforces participants' understanding of the APPQMR best practices. Learn about the creation and implementation of our mobile application and extend the fun of the APPQMR throughout the course design process!

"You be the Reviewer: Quality Matters at NCCU," the new text-based mobile game reinforces participants' understanding of the APPQMR best practices. Learn about the creation and implementation of our mobile application and extend the fun of the APPQMR throughout the course design process!

Institutions must create high-quality closed captions for videos delivered online. A large public university has created a three-tiered approach to developing captions on budget and at scale. Join us to see if our processes could be useful for your institution.