Member Success Stories, Research and More
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QM Success Stories
There is no substitute for experience! Your colleagues who have experience meeting QM's rigorous course design Standards and implementing QM on their campuses can provide you with valuable insights and experience. "QM Success Stories" webinars are presented by your colleagues and fellow members. They will share their experiences on topics like these and more:
Extreme Makeover: Course Design Edition—Rebuilding with QM Standards
Presented by Diana McCurtain-Talbert, Northwest Vista College
Using QM Standards can help create online courses that are aligned, accessible, and engaging. In this interactive virtual session, participants will explore the Three A’s—Alignment, Accessibility, and Active Learning—through practical examples, guided discussion, and breakout-room activities. Participants will examine key QM Standards, compare non-QM and QM-aligned course content, and create a Quick-Start Plan for applying QM principles to their own course design. Participants will leave with practical, learner-centered strategies they can begin using right away.
Webinar begins at 1 PM ET, 12 PM CT, 11 AM MT, 10 AM PT
Lego-Style Faculty Micro-Development: An Agile, Multi-College Approach
Presented by Carla Ghanem & Steven Crawford, Maricopa Community Colleges
Discover how you can use Agile project management to build “Lego-style” faculty micro-developments. This session addresses the urgent need for scalable, high-quality professional growth by showcasing how modular, just-in-time microdevelopments can stand alone or stack into programs. You will learn to apply Agile to cross-functional design teams, leverage system-wide collaboration, and deploy flexible, high-impact professional development. Join us to transform your approach to faculty development!
Webinar begins at 1 PM ET, 12 PM CT, 11 AM MT, 10 AM PT
QM Future Fridays Webinars
QM members lead these special discussions on AI and new tools, featuring techniques and insights you can apply right away in your course design and delivery efforts. The webinars are free and open to QM Members as well as non-members.
From Interview to Outline: Rapid Prototyping as the New Instructional Design Standard
Presented by Patrick Dempsey, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
What if the first step in instructional design wasn't writing a design document, but having a conversation? Generative AI creates new opportunities to rethink how instructional designers work with subject matter experts, moving from lengthy planning processes to rapid, collaborative prototyping. In this session, we'll explore a practical workflow that begins with a simple interview. Using AI, we'll transform that conversation into a structured course outline, filtering ideas through instructional design principles, learner needs, and quality standards. What traditionally might take several meetings and rounds of documentation can become a tangible prototype that faculty and designers can react to, critique, and refine together. Drawing on an emerging approach being developed at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, we'll examine how AI can accelerate the design process without replacing the human expertise, judgment, and collaboration that make instructional design valuable.
Webinar begins at 2 PM ET, 1 PM CT, 12 PM MT, 11 AM PT
Online Learning Webinars
Join QM and special guests for periodic webinars on a variety of topics related to building success with QM, online learning and professional growth.
The webinars are free and open to QM Members as well as non-members.
Bridging Quality & Accessibility: Lessons from 2026 Quality Matters Award Winners Virtual Arkansas and Indiana Tech
Presented by Paula McDougal (Virtual Arkansas), Mary Beth Graham (Indiana Technical Institute), Jessica Gagnon (Indiana Technical Institute), Colleen Sandquist (ReadSpeaker), and Erin Martin (Readspeaker)
The ability to design engaging, accessible, and high-quality digital learning environments is growing in importance every day in today’s higher education and K12 landscape. Join us for a conversation with representatives from Virtual Arkansas and Indiana Institute of Technology, recipients of 2026 Quality Matters (QM) Awards, and learn how they successfully align course design with accessibility and engagement best practices using ReadSpeaker.
Discover how embedding text-to-speech and universal design tools directly into online courses empowers diverse learners, elevates student engagement, and aligns with key Quality Matters guidelines. Presenters will share practical instructional design strategies, real-world implementation stories, and actionable insights to help you build a bridge to a more inclusive and engaging learning environment.Webinar begins at 2 PM ET, 1 PM CT, 12 PM MT, 11 AM PT
Looking for a recording or miss a session?
See a list of all archived recordings.
Have an idea for a Research Webinar? Contact the Research team.
Research Webinars
Join the QM Research Colleagues and other researchers from the QM Community for presentations of research on the impact of quality assurance in online learning and other related topics.
The webinars are free and open to QM Members as well as non-members.
Recordings from recent presentations:
- Building Quality from the Ground Up: A Systemic Approach to Online Degree Programs
- CHLOE 10 | Meeting the Moment: Navigating Growth, Competition, and the AI Revolution in Online Higher Education
- From Automation to Transformation: AI Strategies for Personalized, Engaging and Inclusive Online Course Design
- Curated sessions from the 2025 Online Research Conference
- Leveraging LMS Templates for Faculty Support and Enhanced Student Success
- The Role of Chief Online Learning Officers: The profile, perspectives, and competencies of today’s senior online leaders
- D2L and QM: Integrating Quality from the Start
