LEARNING OBJECTIVES

“Recognizing quality is much like recognizing art; everybody sees something different. With regard to online courses, your students, faculty, administrators, peers, and accrediting bodies may not know what to look for in assessing quality. Defining quality standards proves crucial to successful course design and implementation. “Quality Matters is a nationally recognized organization that promotes quality design of online and blended courses with a peer-review process.

After completing the workshop, participants will have a better understanding of the current standards for designing an effective online course. They will be able to

• Describe underlying principles of Quality Matters (QM)

• Use QM Rubric and explain scoring system

• Apply the QM Rubric to Online Course and scenarios

WORKSHOP FACILITATORS                                       

Dr. Moustapha Diack is affiliated with the doctoral program in Science/Mathematics Education (SMED) at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Diack is recipient of the International MERLOT Innovation Award 2009 -and- the 2009 Southern University Teacher of the Year Award. He is a Past-President (2006/2009) of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences and also Director of the MERLOT Africa Network (MAN). His current research is in the areas of Open Education Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA) as well as the integration and assessment of virtual learning environments (VLE).

Diack is Quality Matters/MarylandOnline certified train the trainer  (TTT).
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Mary Wells has been a dedicated distance learning professional for many years and has extensive experience in telecourse, videoconference and online delivery.  For more than 25 years, she served as the director of distance learning at Anne Arundel Community College and Prince George's Community College in Maryland.  She also spent one year as the Executive Director of MarylandOnline, our statewide consortium. Mary began teaching online in ’94 and has taught online using First Class, WebCT and Blackboard – and now WebTycho.  Currently, she serves as a consultant to Quality Matters. 

Mary was the principal writer of the original Quality Matters FIPSE proposal and the co-director of the QM project, which officially ended on August 31, 2006.  During this three year project, she worked with many other professionals to develop the QM rubric and the process.  She now serves as a trainer and consultant on the rubric and training content.

Ms. Wells served as the elected Northeast representative to the Instructional Technology Council Board for a two-year term and was recognized by that group with a lifetime achievement award in 2006.  She was the recipient of the 1998 Northeast Regional Award of the Instructional Telecommunications Council and the 2001 Distance Education Administrator of the Year Award of the College of the Air Distance Education Consortium (COADEC).

During this year, Mary has done many online QM workshops and f2f training in Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Wyoming and Maryland.  Mary and her husband Paul have been full time RVers, so training all over the country fits neatly into their lifestyle. They feel fortunate to live a life that allows us to move on a whim and to explore our amazing country.

Mary recently moved into a “summer” home in Reno NV, chosen because of its beautiful view, wonderful weather, and proximity to Sacramento CA (where her daughter, son-in-law, and two small grandkids live)

9:00 – 9:30

 Introductions and Overview

Getting to know the Quality Matters Rubric:

Hands-on review of essential standards  (Standards 1 and 2)

12:30 – 12:45

Ms. Cher Crockett is current President of the SUBR Graduate Students Association and a doctoral student in the Ph.D. program in Science/Math Education at Southern University A& M College. Her research interests include online professional development & virtual learning environments. 

Phone: 225-771-2085

Email: FDL.southernuniversity@gmail.com