2022 QM Connect

Setting the Bar: Why Faculty Buy-in and Quality Assurance are Important for Community Colleges

This session explores administrative processes executed to implement an institution wide, faculty and student-centered approach for boosting online success through quality course design metrics tied to state initiatives, faculty evaluation criteria, and the Quality Matters 23 essential standards.

Within and Across - Cultivating a Culture of Presence in an Asynchronous Online Program

Presence is a well-established construct individual instructors use to engage online students, but how do faculty and designers create a culture of presence across an entire program? This poster shares practical strategies to build and maintain an engaged, cohesive student experience from a program's start to finish.

Scaling Up Quality: A Five-Year-Plan for QM Professional Development at a Large Public University

Looking for ideas to expand quality assurance at your institution? In this session, we will reflect on a multi-faceted five-year plan to elevate online course quality at a large public university. You’ll come away with ideas for designing professional development to scale up your own QM plan.

QM & Faculty: Internal QM Partnership - Our Why, What and How

In a large unionized higher education setting, hear how this team has developed a process to educate and motivate faculty toward an appreciation and application of QM Standards.   The presenters will share several tools that support this partnership building, including an internal review tool.  Participants will be actively engaged in constructing their own internal partnership process that can be used at their institution.