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Quality in Action Recap

The closing session of the Quality in Action conference of Quality Matters wrapped up the sessions and shared key takeaways. Several speakers shared their most memorable ideas from the day. One person talked about the changing definitions of “face-to-face” and the importance of learning about what works and pedagogy. They also talked about staggering the […]
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QM Gravy?

The Quality in Action QM session I watched tonight was “Pass the #QMgravy: How to Promote QM on Your Campus and the World.” Carles Piscitello was the presenter and started the hashtag. Dr. Charles Piscitello is a senior instructional designer and online quality assurance manager at Ashland University. Piscitello shared information about how they facilitate […]
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Identifying “Fake” SLOs

Drs. Lisa Kidder and Sacha Johnson from Idaho State University presented at the Quality in Action April 2022 QM conference on “Fake SLOs and Upside Down Alignment.” Their presentation had the learning objectives of recognize fake learning outcomes, identify strategies for revising fake learning outcomes, and apply Bloom’s Taxonomy to locate upside down alignment. Johnson […]
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Welcome to the course… who are you?

What a cool title: “You had me at “Hello” – Maximizing the Power of QM Introductions”! This was the title of the session by Vicki Mason and Mary Amick for a 40-minute presentation at the April 2022 Quality in Action QM conference. Their goals were to define social presence and social capital to envision the […]
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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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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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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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An Affordable, Accessible, and Open BIO 132

Dorothy Salinas is an Assistant Professor at County College of Morris in New Jersey. They presented “Biology Course Development: Increasing Affordability and Accessibility for Non-Science Majors” at Open Ed 2021. Salinas spoke about common barriers students may face including academic/institutional (financial aid, advising, guidance, preparedness, learning obstacles) and non-academic (school/work/life balance, time management, childcare, location, […]
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Promoting Independence and Access

Chris Smith from NC Virtual education was the October 20, 2021, Quality Matters (QM) Success Stories session. Smith shared their background and work. Prompting us to define accessibility in the chat, Smith mentioned that we often look at accessibility from the legal or accommodations perspectives. Chris had a slide with a title that stuck with me: promoting […]
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