Solid research is the foundation — and catalyst for improvement — of the QM Quality Assurance process.
QM Conferences and resources give you access to the QM community — roughly 80,000 strong, with over 1,200 member institutions in the US and internationally.
From general to specific, QM provides a pathway for benchmarking quality. Objectively. Repeatedly. Predictably.
With 8,000 certified reviewers, our exclusive system puts you on track to reach quality assurance goals and improve student achievement.
Strengthen your expertise with workshops and resources focused on improving quality. Broaden your skill set with courses for QM Roles.
**NEWLY RELEASED** Written pre-COVID-19 crisis, the report CHLOE 4: Navigating the Mainstream offers important perspective on everyday online learning — even as schools search for good-enough answers to head-spinning conundrums. Indeed, online learning has suddenly gone mainstream to an extent unimaginable just weeks ago. While CHLOE is not a primer for emergency online instruction, it is an account of online learning as it really is. Market hype and product pitches are put aside to reveal how little online has moved forward, as well as how far it has come.
Get your nominations in for the Ron Legon Leadership for Quality Assurance in Online Education and Making A Difference for Students Awards. Higher Education and K-12 institutions and individuals can be nominated through May 8, 2020. Winners will be announced at the QM Connect Conference in October.
"Bringing Quality Into Focus" is the theme for the QM conference on online quality assurance in St. Louis, Missouri this fall. Share your ideas for implementing what works to create clear paths to success in the online classroom. Review the concentrations, format options and evaluation criteria — then prepare your proposal for submission. Early deadline is March 30. Final deadline is May 4, 2020.
A QM-Certified Course is an online or blended course that has met QM Standards for a QM Rubric in an Official Course Review. Once certified, organizations can display the QM Certification Mark to demonstrate their commitment to quality and continuous improvement.
If you’ve been looking for solutions to help ensure that learners are engaging with high quality courses, QM has them. Through course improvement, professional development and robust review processes, QM empowers you to deliver on the promise of online learning.
Whether you are part of an organizational membership or have signed up individually, make sure you are maximizing what QM has to offer. If you're not a member yet, see the options and start saving on professional development, Official Course Reviews and more.
QM’s five Rubrics are comprised of General and Specific Review Standards, allowing for complete course review. The Standards are research-supported and based on published best practices. QM Rubrics are an essential part of creating, certifying and maintaining quality course design.