Conference Presentations

Let's join the presenters to enrich your online technology toolbox for inclusive instructional design. You can explore the features and affordances of emerging digital tools. You can work with the presenters to create a UDL-based online environment!

Digital badging is all the rage. But what exactly is a digital badge and how do they work? This presentation will explore the definition of a digital badge, how digital badges work. It will share our experience piloting digital badges for a certificate of completion and attainment of a competency.

Join us in a reflection on the learning and sharing at QM Connect, demonstrating how we can all expand possibilities by focusing on innovation that is learning-centered, data-informed and continuously improving. Keynote speaker Dr. MJ Bishop, Vice President for Integrative Learning Design, University of Maryland Global Campus, and QM Board Chair, will discuss the transformation of teaching and learning and how it needs to be anchored in these attributes and centered on a definition of quality that considers quality and equity as two sides of the same coin.

Learn how to use an LMS to virtually engage on campus and online students. This can be achieved by creating inclusive and supportive learning environments that allow students to access academic and support services, complete University requirements, and conduct virtual presentations from anywhere.

We will share the lessons learned while using our institutionalized Emergency Academic Plan (EAP) to successfully transition and retain academic quality in face-to-face courses that were moved to a virtual modality due to the constraints faced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Is collecting direct evidence of student learning for accreditors/annual reports difficult? Is getting instructors to submit data for program assessments maddening? Join us as we demonstrate how the Canvas LMS can be leveraged to excite your faculty about collecting this data for you in real time!

By designing courses with the Inclusive Pedagogy (IP) framework, we can create courses that support and provide equity for all learners and fulfill QM standards. Through three short activities, participants will see the "research in action" and how the IP framework impacts student success.

Is storytelling an artform that can enhance an instructional designer’s toolbox? Or is storytelling a competency that can inform course design? We’ll look at elements and applications of storytelling in education and discuss ways that it can improve our ability to build quality courses.

Ringmasters share their backyard training practices for preparing your stars (course representatives) and their acts (courses) for the haul toward a successful QM Review.

Increased online course enrollment has led to the incorporation of academic coaches as members of an instructional support team. This presentation will disseminate research findings related to this team approach. The session will conclude with group discussions using result-based case studies.

In a large unionized higher education setting, hear how this team has developed a process to educate and motivate faculty toward an appreciation and application of QM Standards.   The presenters will share several tools that support this partnership building, including an internal review tool.  Participants will be actively engaged in constructing their own internal partnership process that can be used at their institution. 

QM dreams can become reality! I will share how my initiative at a small Catholic university created a positive impact for students. It included a strategy that made a university-wide impact. We will explore my strategy and how it could drive student success and quality assurance at your institution.

How can we maintain quality after the QM review is over? That was the issue a small CC had to overcome. Hear about a plan that ensures this quality that includes leadership, continuous improvement, maintained quality, integrity of master courses, updates to common pages, scheduling of reviews, etc.

After careful analysis of thousands of text threads, we identified a clear pattern of communication which resulted in high student outcomes. We will be sharing our communications rubric which summarizes these findings.

Are you looking for evidence-based hands-on approaches to quality assurance in online higher education programs? Then this presentation is for you as three institutions will discuss their innovative approaches to seeking quality assurance in online programs.

Join us on a visual journey to expand possibilities in creative thinking, overcoming functional fixedness, and managing change to support self-efficacy in innovating the tools we use, tasks we assign, and ways we interact to prepare our students and ourselves for the inevitable gift that is change.

Looking for ideas to expand quality assurance at your institution? In this session, we will reflect on a multi-faceted five-year plan to elevate online course quality at a large public university. You’ll come away with ideas for designing professional development to scale up your own QM plan.

Do you have questions about “scaling up” from an internal QM course review process to National QM certification? This presentation will discuss how one multi-year grant project is working on meeting that objective. Pitfalls, tips, and takeaway example products included.

Mrs. Frizzle said, “If you keep asking questions, you’ll keep getting answers.” Both Mrs. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus exemplify concepts of open pedagogy and learner agency. Let’s take a page from her book and explore transitioning from the "Sage on the Stage" to the "Guide on the Ride."

We will examine how self-determination theory applies to elements of course design and student-centered teaching approaches that support autonomy and competence in the online, virtual, and hybrid classroom. Participants will determine how they could include student-centered approaches into their educational repertoire.