2014 Annual Conference

Getting buy-in for innovative teaching and learning techniques can be difficult since there are so many different ways, methods and approaches. Creating a QM culture on your campus is no different. Not all campuses work the same way.  In this session participants will be introduced to three different approaches to implementing QM on their campus.

Discuss the merits of conducting  QM research  that addresses the research questions as a part of a larger national QM framework (QM Impact Infrastructure: Changing the Culture of Teaching a Learning Through Continuous Improvement).

While our students may be mobile, faculty are often not sure how to ensure our courses are usable on mobile devices. There is a common misconception that in order to make our courses mobile, we need to invest in developing a mobile app. In this session we will investigate what it means to make your course as "mobile-ready" as possible. We will explore how students are accessing our courses and how our choices regarding the course design can impact a student's ability to use their devices.

The term 'diversity' encompasses differences of culture, background, and experience among individuals and groups. Such differences are evident in race, ethnicity, disabiities, national origin, languages, color, gender, social orieintation, age, veteran status, socioeconomic status, political, spiritual and philosophical faith or affiliation. Using this definition of diversity, we look within the context of an online course and ask the following questions: How does one begin to understand differences with the absence of social cues familiar to traditional classroom experience?

Three faculty from diverse institutions, Doña Anna Community College, New Mexico State University, and the University of New Mexico, take you through their courses and experiences as their fully online courses were reviewed by Quality Matters. Examples of best practices and strategies used successfully will be highlighted as well as common areas that were missed.

Presenters are Krista MacDonald, Sharon Lalla, Rebecca Adams

Survey participants were asked to align the Quality Matters (QM) higher education rubric standards with the seven (7) principles for good practice in undergraduate education developed by Chickering and Gamson (1987).  Participants reviewed the QM higher education rubric standards and categorized them into the seven (7) principles based on their perception and experience.  The participants were faculty, instructional designers, online program coordinators, directors of centers for teaching and learning and other educational professionals.

We applied two different approaches to the design and development of MOOCs and delivered them in the open source LMS Sakai using the QMContinuing and Professional Education Standards as guidelines.

Instructional design staff and faculty presenters will examine the highlights and pitfalls of the MOOC course design and development experience.

My presentation will be in prezi.

Ensuring online courses meet eligibility requirements has become of paramount importance in higher education. Knowledge of what these criteria are and the formation of strategies to meet them are essential to delivering online instruction. These strategies must extend to the design of instruction at the course level. This presentation will cover these criteria and explore options for meeting them. Attendees should expect to be engaged and eager to tackle this hot topic.

The presenters will discuss a study of the relationship between online course content developed implementing/not implementing Quality Matters Standard 5, the students’ level of interaction with the instructor, and academic performance as measured by students’ grade, online engagement, sense of community, and quality of online posts when considering students’ age, ethnicity, gender, number of on-campus courses enrolled, number of online courses enrolled, and number of online courses taken in the past.

We will examine schematics on QM impact and determine how they can be applied.

We will provide tools (handouts) on various ways to examine QM impact