Quality Matters (QM) is one of the most widely recognized professional development organizations promoting quality online instruction. Access free live and on-demand resources and discounted pricing on QM workshops and conferences through our institutional membership.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Register for an upcoming webinar (Free)
https://www.qualitymatters.org/professional-development/free-webinars
Fake SLO’s and Upside-Down Alignment - Noon-1 pm (CT) on June 22, 2022
Join this webinar to learn how to identify topics, assessments, activities, and instructional materials masquerading as learning objectives and evaluate upside-down alignment.
Workshops and Training (Fee-based)
*Select University of Iowa Division of Continuing Education when you create your QM account to access additional benefits and discounts on fee-based offerings.
Quality Matters Teaching Online Certificate - Instructors who take the seven-workshop series are provided with the background knowledge needed for effective online teaching. The workshops also provide both current and potential online instructors with the experience of learning online from the student's perspective.
TOC Certificate Includes:
- Gauging Your Technology Skills (one week)
- Evaluating Your Course Design (two weeks)
- Exploring Your Institution’s Policies (two weeks)
- Orienting Your Online Learners (one week)
- Connecting Learning Theories to Your Teaching Strategies (two weeks)
- Creating Presence in Your Online Course (two weeks)
- Assessing Your Learners (one week)
Resources
Scorecard Update
OLC and SUNY Online have announced the release of an update to the free OLC OSCQR Course Design Review Scorecard!
- This OSCQR 4.0 scorecard is the first online course quality rubric to account for recent U.S. Dept. of Education (DoE) regular and substantive interaction (RSI) regulatory requirements for online and distance education.