Month: July 2022

PhotoVoice: A Research and Instructional Strategy

Tiffany Moy, Heidi Schroeder, and Joy Wu are the George Washington University School of Nursing instructional designers and experienced faculty. They presented a session during the Quality in Action QM conference in April. The title of their session is “PhotoVoice – A Teaching and Learning Strategy for Promoting Empathy and Critical Thought.” The presenters began […]
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Partners and Mentors in QM

“Cultivating a Cross-Country Mentee-Mentor Partnership through Quality Matters Opportunities with I-Eesha Patterson, Ed.D. from Montreat College (in Charlotte, NC) and Robert Shields Ed. D. from California Baptist University (CBU). The presenters wanted to share what the partnership between these two Christian institutions uncovered. Patterson and Shields learned that they both went to UNC Charlotte for […]
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Student Survey to Start a Quality Challenge

Dr. George Railey is in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Success at Alamo Colleges District and along with Rudy Lopez and Amy Gates (instructional designers), presented at the Quality Matters (QM) conference in April. The topic was “Are you up for the Quality Challenge?” Lopez and Gates shared some information about their […]
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Understanding the Details of Plagiarism Checkers

I watched the Quality Matters (QM) Quality in Action recording “Plagiarism: The Devil is in the Details” with Rebecca Graetz, an instructional designer at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and Thomas More University. Graetz asked the audience what plagiarism checker they use with options like Quettext, Turnitin, Grammarly, and Ouriginal (now part of Turnitin). They […]
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Interactivity with H5P

Dr. Sacha Johnson from Idaho State University presented at the Quality in Action Quality Matters (QM) conference in April a session entitled “Don’t just click next! Increase instructional interactivity instead.” Johnson is a Senior Instructional Designer. The session outcomes were to define instructional interactivity and identify ways to add instructional interactivity with direct connections to […]
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Bulbs for Interaction and Engagement

“Catch-up If you Can | Preventing Learning Loss” is the title of the Quality Matters “Quality in Action” April 2022 conference session I watched tonight. Bill Krasner from PlayPosit spoke about using recorded content and making it more engaging. Krasner spoke about how PlayPosit started with K-12 as a product to increase engagement. They spoke […]
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Then Endless Game of Quality Assurance

Kevin Hulen from the University of North Florida is the Assistant Director of Quality and Assessment at UNF Online. They presented at the April Quality Matters (QM) conference on “The NeverEnding Story: Continuous Improvements to Online Programs.” The slides were shared at tinyurl.com/ynw8crtr They explained the neverending story is the need for quality assurance mechanisms. […]
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Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and the RED FLAGS Model

Heather Burke presented at the April Quality Matters (QM) conference on “Struggling in Silence: Students’ Mental Health and Social Emotional Learning (SEL).” Burke has been teaching since 2008 and is an Associate Professor of English and Hondros College of Nursing and is a QM Master Reviewer. Burke used Slido to poll attendees and shared that […]
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Is that Fair Use?

I started watching sessions from a QM event earlier this year that I didn’t have a chance to attend live. “More than Citation: Understanding Copyright and Fair Use” was the title of the session by Stephanie Korlsund and Ashley Seibert. They are both instructional designers. They started with a couple of scenarios and had the […]
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The Kind Instructor

“Kindness: It’s Not Just for Pushovers Anymore” is the title of the last Lilly Conference online session recording that I watched tonight. Julia Kregenow at Penn State University presented without slides! They teach astronomy and shared their website (https://sites.psu.edu/kregenow/teaching/kindness-in-teaching/). They taught a class in “the forum” that enrolled 600+ students! Kregenow teaches this large class […]
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