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A Professor’s Perspective on the Quality Matters (QM) Process: A Continuous Improvement Model to Assure the Quality of Online Course(s) || Dr. Christine Patti, California University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvana, United States, patti@cup.edu Dr. John Kallis, California University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States, kallis@cup.edu || Description: The QM process will be reviewed including the 8-standard QM rubric used to provide the faculty member feedback on course design. Dr. Patti, associate professor at California University of Pennsylvania, had six of her online courses in Educational Leadership reviewed and approved for QM recognition. Both Dr. Kallis, Professor at California University of PA, and Dr. Patti have been trained as peer reviewers in the QM process.
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Problem Statement: How does the QM process have an effect on the quality of online courses and ultimately affect student learning?

Questions for discussion, Part I: 1. What steps are used in the design of your course that help students have a clear understanding of your course expectations? 2. How do you help the novice to online courses to easily navigate through your course? 3. How are the course learning objectives defined and explained so that the student learning is maximized? 4. Are your learning objectives connected to your assessment instruments correlated, and is the grading policy is clearly stated? 5. In what ways do you engage your learners in an online environment? 6. Is your course accessible to all students and in what ways?

Questions for discussion, Part II: 1. What questions do you have about following the QM process? 2. The QM rubric is designed to focus on course design, not delivery. How do you see your role in the process to assist the review team in providing you with specific feedback on your course design? 3. What advantages do you see to using the standards identified in the QM rubric for the design of your online course? 4. The ultimate benefit to QM is to promote student learning. Reflecting on your own online course(s), what areas would be helpful to describe in more detail in order to promote student learning? || General Session Forum All ||
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