2017 QM Connect Conference

This presentation focuses on a strategic plan for piloting a focused Faculty Learning Community built around courses with mandated program or course objectives which are not measurable (Standards 2.1 and 2.2).

Evaluate the impact of Quality Matters on student engagement in online nursing courses. Student engagement will be compared in traditionally designed online nursing courses versus Quality Matters-designed online nursing courses. This research study is a retrospective data analysis.

Take a five-minute break from the serious! Enjoy this whimsical reflection about how QM Standards taught an "old" ID a few new tricks. A lyrical, light-hearted recap from an experienced instructional designer after completing the APPQMR workshop, this session is guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

Have you ever felt powerless or creatively paralyzed when it comes to incorporating the QM Standards in your course design? In this dynamic, practical, and powerful session, you will learn how to develop a functional Master Course Template that will address 26 of the 43 Quality Matters Standards.

In universities with a large focus on research, it can be difficult to get faculty to concentrate on the teaching that occurs in their classrooms, and it is even more difficult to get them to look at the quality of their online courses.  This session will focus on ideas that need your time, meeting spaces, online communities, and, hopefully, a Quality Matters subscription, but very little financial investment on the part of your department.

Does your intuition have challenges with faculty buy-in? Are course developers offered professional development? Are design elements embedded into your LMS? This interactive discussion presents a case study addressing these issues and offers solutions for different institutions.

When in doubt, check if your actions are aligned with your purpose.

― Azim Jamal & Brian Tracy

This session shares the far-reaching impact a QM Consortium relationship can have on a large university campus. With more than 300 online courses offered in any given semester, finding a way to manage quality assurance is a daunting task. Faculty collective bargaining agreements can restrict what access an institution has to review faculty courses, so the university worked collaboratively with the faculty union to reach an agreement of minimally invasive online course review.

The purposes of this study were to examine students’ perceptions of online learning and identify attributes that contributes to a sense of a community. A total of 228 students participated in the study, which attempted to determine whether students perceived a social presence in the online course as a result of using VoiceThread. Findings revealed students’ perceptions of a high-quality course were dependent upon continual communication with the instructor, a predetermined method of connecting students with one another and students’ ability to express their opinions.