Faculty (full/part time, visiting, adjunct) serving as instructors of record (current or past) in distance learning courses are eligible to apply for the program. Full time faculty currently teaching distance learning courses will be given preference over other appointments.
Background on the project...TWU Online QM Pilot Project: "The Quality Matters™ (QM) project, sponsored by MarylandOnline, Inc. (MOL) developed a rubric to guide the development and revision of online courses and a peer-based approach to quality assurance in online education. The QM rubric and process are based on national standards of best practice for distance learning, review of literature on online courses, and sound instructional design principles. Unique to the QM process is the faculty-driven, collegial review process and the emphasis on continuous quality improvement. The QM process is not an evaluation process; it is a collegial review process. As such, the course developer is a part of the review team and process.
Critical course components are reviewed according to the QM rubric by the review team. The QM rubric is comprised of 40 standards assigned different point values based upon relative importance. 14 of the standards are considered essential in a quality online course. This is reflected by the highest point value (3) in the rubric. For a course to attain recognition, it must meet all of these essential standards and meet a percentage of the remaining standards. The remaining standards are assigned one or two points in the rubric. Courses are reviewed by a team of three reviewers. Participants will also meet monthly with others in the project and staff from Lifelong Learning."
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Some additional resources:
Research Literature and Standards Sets Support for Quality Matters Review Standards
Underlying Principles of Quality Matters
Comparison of the Quality Matters Rubric to Accreditation Standards for Distance Learning
Quality Matters Peer Review Training
Quality Matters Rubric
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