Conference Presentations

Any QM expert knows alignment can be a bumpy road! Sometimes we come across potholes like unclear objectives and unaligned activities and assessments. In this presentation, the speaker will distill how the nouns (the what) of a standard and the verbs (the how) form a foundation for alignment. During this 50-minute road trip, we’ll make pit stops using tools like polls and small group activities to better understand how to reach our alignment destination.

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.

Developing an effective online course can be challenging and requires a more than average score on the instructional materials and resources Quality Matters Rubric.

Join us as we share our adventures as a faculty group of digital immigrants who collaboratively designed five core courses in an education Master’s program. Based on Best Practices in faculty development, our session will provide insight into working as a team to meet QM principles. We will outline tips  that can be used as you transition to online learning, you will reflect on how a collaborative program development process could work for you. 

Online faculty development programs have become critical for academic staff in higher education. The Pathway to Master Online Instructor Program was created to meet faculty's needs in course design, delivery, and course improvement. A study,based on Phase 1 of the program, examined the design of an online teaching certificate course developed according to QM standards. The presentation reports the results of the study and provides opportunities for participants to explore the relationship between QM essential Standards and faculty-perceived learning.

Do you have a theory of action?  What guiding principles and strategies do you find essential to plan and deliver synchronous instruction online?  Join us for this interactive and dynamic exploration of best practices in synchronous instruction, where you'll have the opportunity to learn from and collaborate with fellow leaders. Together, we'll uncover strategies that lead to highly effective synchronous sessions, transforming your online teaching game for the better!

Handouts

While a successful QM review is the ultimate goal, there are many ways to embed quality along the way and maximize "met" objectives. A multi-state panel representing several K-12 programs will discuss how QM principles can be included in all aspects of online education.

Improve learning by using visual elements strategically. The visual elements in a course play an important role in course design and affect course usability.  The poster will show tips on how to create a visually balanced course so that visual elements are not in the way of content (Quality Matters General Standard 8). 

Transitioning faculty to a new online environment can present many challenges. At UA Little Rock we leveraged this opportunity to ensure quality while enhancing student retention and success efforts. In this session, you’ll hear strategies the Office of eLearning utilized to help implement wide-spread change on campus as we transition to a new LMS. Participants will leave with fresh ideas for engaging faculty and have the opportunity to share what has worked at their institution.

For years, faculty have relied on simple voice over PowerPoint to deliver lecture content. However, this method has repeatedly fallen short on engagement and interaction, especially for today's online learner. How do we get learners to actually watch our lectures? Additionally, what strategies can we use to encourage learners to keep going and focus on key pieces of information? At the University of Akron, we'll share the innovative ways faculty have elevated their lectures with interactivity, thoughtful questions, and powerful visuals to get learners to actually watch and engage.

Join us for an insightful presentation focused on how to improve the quality of your online program to optimize student success. This session will explore an early warning intervention and monitoring system aimed at improving the process and procedures used when providing student support. Discover how to create the conditions for success to increase student achievement and elevate the quality of your online program simply by making changes in what you do!

There are always things on the wishlist- from central office down to the classroom. In this session you and your team will understand options so that all your wishes may be grant-ed! It has been a whirlwind few years of stimulus funds, but what does the future hold? It is hard without a grant team and can seem overwhelming to find the best fit for grants, but during this session I will help you to identify helpful opportunities and pass on any tips and tricks that I know from my experience. I promise, it can be easier than you think!

This paper investigated the differences between students' and QM peer reviewers’ perspectives of essential QM standards in three online courses. Rasch analysis is used to validate the instrument and nonparametric Mann-Whitney U test is used to evaluate a difference between the two. The primary goal of this study is to provide an explanation of the gaps between students’ perceptions and QM peer reviewers’ regarding the online courses reviewed by QM peer reviewers. 

This session explores a large university’s experience implementing a quality review process.  Student survey results noting their perceptions of courses will be discussed.  Presenters will engage participants in the study’s findings and share best practices for improving course design.

This session explores a large University’s experience implementing a quality review process.  Student survey results noting their perceptions of courses will be discussed.  Presenters will engage participants in the study’s findings and share best practices for improving course design.

Implementing a comprehensive model for continuous improvement in the K-12 online school can be an overwhelming task. Join us as we provide an overview of SiVaD-Success Indicators Validated Through Aligned Data, a continuous improvement model designed specifically for a K-12 online school. The SiVaD Model is a framework for measuring quality and provides an understandable, user-friendly system for continuous improvement and addresses quality using inputs, outputs and outcomes.