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Executive Director Ph: 866-851-4984, x302 Fax: 301-576-8661
Deborah Adair, Ph.D. Director Ph: 866-851-4984, x303 Fax: 301-576-5508
Teri Kepner Training Manager Ph: 866-851-4984, x304 Fax: 301-560-6683
Chandra Robinson Course Review Manager Ph: 866-851-4984, x301 Fax: 301-560-6684
Kristen Nunez Communications Manager Ph: 866-851-4984, x305
Michaele Angulo Office Manager Fax: 301-560-6693 |
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Policy And Standards RefresherAs a reminder to all our trainers and new subscribers, we are re-enforcing QM policies and standards to ensure we are meeting our own standards of quality. The following is a list of criteria for QM roles:
Peer Reviewers Peer Training in Online Teaching: You should have formal training within the institution or other formal training. Online Teaching Experience: You should have taught online for more than two semesters and have taught within the last eighteen months. Instructional Designers will be approved on an individual basis. Current QM Peer Review Training: You should have received official QM Peer Review Training (F2F or online) between July ‘06 and the present. Master Reviewer You must have already completed a minimum of two Quality Matters Peer Reviews before you are eligible for this training.
Course Review Chair To serve as a Course Review Chair, you must be a QM Master Reviewer.
Independent Course Review Manager (to run Independent QM Course Reviews) You must have course review experience (minimum of two reviews) and have successfully completed Institution Representative Training. |
A Matter of Course ReviewsQ: How do I get selected to serve on a Quality Matters Course Review? A: Ask to be placed on the review team for one of your own institution’s courses. A: Become a Quality Matters Master Reviewer QM is pleased to have an expansive pool of Quality Matters trained Peer Reviewers but is in need of Master Reviewers to chair course reviews. As a means to ensure the continuing high standards of a QM course review, the chair of every QM-managed review team will be a Master Reviewer. Your best opportunity to sit on a course review is to obtain additional Quality Matters training to become a Master Reviewer. As a prerequisite, you must have the experience of a minimum of two QM course reviews. The quickest route to gain peer reviewer experience is to have your institution submit courses for a QM course review and to request you as one of the reviewers. As long as Quality Matters is able to meet the other requirements for the composition of the review team (i.e. a subject matter expert, a Master Reviewer, and a reviewer external to the institution), the request will be accommodated. This will enable you to obtain the training you need while also helping to set the benchmark for quality within your distance learning program. Please contact Teri Kepner at tkepner@qualitymatters.org for information on QM training programs. For information on Course Reviews, please contact Chandra Robinson at crobinson@qualitymatters.org. |
Meet New QM StaffWe are pleased to announce the newest members of the Quality Matters Team. Chandra Robinson comes to us with a background in federal government contract management and administration and will serve as our new Course Review Manager. She will negotiate and manage all arrangements for Quality Matters course reviews. She will also oversee all course faculty issues, monitor and intervene in the course review process to ensure timely completion, and provide all necessary access and tools for completion of the reviews.
With a background in marketing and program planning for continuing education, Kristen Nunez joins us as Communications Manager and will supervise all activities related to external communications, conferences and presentations, and will work directly with the subscriber community. |
QM On the RoadMaryland Distance Learning Association Fall Event Anne Arundel CC (Arundel Mills Campus) October 30, 8:30-12:00 Deborah Adair, Director of Quality Matters, will present “Quality Matters in Distance Education: How schools are using the Quality Matters program in online quality enhancements and evaluation.”
Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning Caribe Royale, Orlando FL November 7-9, 2007 QM is a sponsor for this event which brings together a wide spectrum of experienced professionals and others who participate in online learning. For more information, please visit www.ce.ucf.edu.
WCET 19th Annual Conference Omni Hotel, Atlanta GA November 7-10, 2007 As a 2005 WOW Award recipient, QM will participate in the WOW Award Roundtable discussion. To register, please visit http://conference.wcet.info/2007.
ITC The Institutional Technology Council Presents e-Learning 2008 St. Petersburg FL February 16-19, 2008 Ron Legon, Executive Director of QM, and Jean Runyon, Dean, Virtual Campus, Anne Arundel CC, will present a Pre-Conference Workshop “Incorporating Quality Matters into Comprehensive Quality Assurance”, Saturday, February 16.
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QMAAC UpdateThe Quality Matters Academic Advisory Council (QMAAC) is a standing committee of Quality Matters, charged with oversight of academic policy issues. The committee is comprised of distinguished distance learning experts. Among the committee’s accomplishments in the past year is the development of Guidelines for Multi Section Policy. Ron Legon, Executive Director of QM, chairs the QMACC. Current membership includes:· Rick Aman, Portland Community College · Bruce Chaloux, Southern Regional Electronic Board · Julie Porosky-Hamlin, Executive Director, MarylandOnline · Jurgen Hilke, Frederick Community College · Sally Johnstone, Winona State University · Janet Moore, Sloan Consortium · Deborah Proctor, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities · Larry Ragan, Penn State University · John Sener, Sener Learning Services · Kay Shattuck, Carroll Community College |
QM Research CornerKay Shattuck, Carroll Community College, recently published an article “Quality Matters: Collaborative Program Planning at a State Level”Publication Information: Online Distance Learning Administration, Volume X, Number III, Fall 2007. University of West Georgia, Distance Learning Centerhttp://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/fall103/shattuck103.htmRick Aman, Portland Community College, is conducting research on “Improving Student Satisfaction and Retention with Online Instruction through Systematic Faculty Peer Review of Courses.” This study will show that online instruction can be improved through systematic application of a peer review process administered by trained faculty to insert factors of best practice into online courses.Julie Porosky-Hamlin of MarylandOnline and Kay Shattuck of Carroll Community College will serve as co-moderators for a WCET e-topics page on quality. This will be appearing soon on the WCET website at http://www.wcet.info/etopics/ |
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