Our small institution is working to certify 50+ courses by Fall 2026. Due to early challenges of course consistency, we implemented a collaborative development process, faculty training, & templates, that improved online courses. This presentation will showcase scalability with strategies for achieving online course consistency in resource-limited institutions. Attendees will identify cooperative approaches & processes and view useful tools & templates to achieve QM course reviews.
Discover how the College of Interdisciplinary and Continuing Studies uses the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric to revamp core courses through collaborative feedback, comprehensive student support, and course design. Learn actionable strategies for integrating support systems, aligning course content, and enhancing engagement to foster holistic learner success across academic and personal development.
While accessibility is core to quality course reviews, providing solutions to address digital accessibility issues is a challenge for many institutions. We will share successes and challenges experienced while strategically aligning digital accessibility, faculty development, and quality course reviews. Attendees will explore strategies and resources we implemented and will be invited to share their challenges and successes.
How can teacher professional development drive student success in virtual schools? This session shares how North Carolina Virtual Public School embedded SEL into educator learning, centering self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Discover how empowering teachers with these competencies builds more connected, supportive, and effective virtual classrooms.
This presentation reports on a research-based, piloted program to connect students internationally and support social development, cultural understanding and communication for pre adolescents co identified as gifted and ASD.
Explore how one health-science specific institution turned the challenge of an LMS transition into an opportunity to build a collaborative, student-centered course design blueprint. Learn how faculty and instructional designers created a scalable model for consistent, high-quality course experiences for students.
This presentation showcases three courses designed to meet QM Standard 5 on Learning Activities and Learner Interaction, using engaged learning principles to address content complexity, low motivation, and knowledge transfer. Participants will apply these principles to their own courses, reflect individually, and share insights in small and large groups, followed by a Q&A session.
Writing a research paper requires solid information literacy skills. This session will guide faculty to design a dedicated library focus into online courses to strengthen students' information literacy. Lesson ideas for embedding essential information literacy components into a course will be explored. Activities and assessments — Reference Building Challenge and Reference Scavenger Hunt, to name a couple — will help learners format sources, craft citations, and use advanced search techniques.
In this interactive session, participants will explore how AI can support the ethical creation of Open Educational Resources. Through live demonstrations, small-group collaboration, and guided prompting, participants will begin drafting their own OER content and walk away with practical strategies for using AI to generate high-quality, QM-aligned learning materials.
With standards and technology updates, maintaining the perfect union between an expansive catalog of fully online courses and educator sanity may be a daunting challenge. However, establishing processes for new design and course maintenance that leverages OER and partner resources can help your program sustain a catalog you can love, honor, and cherish for years to come. Don’t be a Bridezilla. Walk down the aisle of NCVPS’ course update and development process and catch a bouquet of new ideas.
