2018 QM Connect Conference

While a successful QM review is the ultimate goal, there are many ways to embed quality along the way and maximize "met" objectives. A multi-state panel representing several K-12 programs will discuss how QM principles can be included in all aspects of online education.

The 3 C's online strategic planning framework is comprised of course quality, capacity, and culture. This framework touches all of the areas necessary to create a strategic plan for online programming at any level. A fully-realized plan will be presented using strategic planning software.

In this interactive session, you’ll engage with 7 Quality Indicators for including accessibility in your institution’s procurement of educational materials and technologies. You’ll also practice using a self-assessment tool for monitoring continuous improvement.

Embrace the power of storytelling to increase engagement and information retention. Making that story interactive can be even more powerful. Join us for a hand-on session in which we create interactive stories using a free tool called Twine.

Learn how results of a study at two mid-size community colleges can inform institutional efforts to support faculty development through scaffolded resources and peer mentoring. In the study, faculty were surveyed about their QM perceptions then interviewed about the influence of APPQMR.

This session will address the issue that faculty struggle in writing well-formed learning objectives. Learning Objectives are a key element in the Quality Matters rubric, forming the basis for determinations of alignment. Yet in my experience as a faculty member and instructional designer few instructors have formal training in organizing a course, especially when it comes to stating the learning objectives of the course in observable and measurable terms.

How does one lead a collaborative team? The practice of yoga provides a compelling image through which to explore the presence and work of those who lead design teams in a collaborative process of building quality online courses. This talk is not really about yoga, but you may learn some!

Why create a course that is ‘meh’ when it’s so easy to create a course that is definitely “NOT MEH”!  See how easy it is to create engaging, interactive, professional-looking, online lessons that meet accessibility requirements, using SoftChalk.

Providing your online students with engaging video lectures is great. Yet, figuring out how to create engaging video lectures can be daunting, especially when you are not tech savvy. Come see some examples and learn about what simple tips you can do to make your online lectures interactive.

Learning Management Systems (LMS) serve to accommodate the growing load of student enrollment in higher education programs: as a way to increase instructor and student connectivity, by providing a hub for learning resources, allowing a stream of data and analysis for systems learning, and increasing student engagement. Dependency on LMS for virtual delivery of learning content and use continues to increase (Allen and Seaman, 2016).