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The Competitive Potential of Local and Regional Online Programs

How can local and regional online programs thrive in an increasingly competitive environment led by nationally focused enterprise-level programs? This session goes beyond describing various sectors’ current online learning practices and articulated future plans. Based on CHLOE (Changing Landscape of Online Education) findings, the facilitators will identify strengths and opportunities of which local and regional institutions may not be not taking full advantage and vulnerabilities they need to address.

The Competitive Potential of Local and Regional Online Programs: Clues from the CHLOE Survey

How can local and regional online programs thrive in an increasingly competitive environment led by nationally focused enterprise-level programs? This session goes beyond describing various sectors' current online learning practices and articulated future plans. Based on findings from the CHLOE (Changing Landscape of Online Education) surveys, the facilitator will identify strengths and opportunities that local and regional institutions may not be not taking full advantage of and vulnerabilities they need to address.

The Course Map on the Road to QM!

Often, faculty are unfamiliar with instructional design principles and at the same time instructional designers are unfamiliar with course subject matter. As for the students, their question is, "Why am I doing this?" This session will discuss using course maps to help faculty and designers work together to conceptualize goals for instruction, to help students understand the purpose of course goals and instructional materials, and to design instruction that satisfies QM alignment standards (2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, and 6.1).

The Course Map on the Road to QM!

Often, faculty are unfamiliar with instructional design principles and at the same time instructional designers are unfamiliar with course subject matter. As for the students, their question is, "Why am I doing this?" This session will discuss using course maps to help faculty and designers work together to conceptualize goals for instruction, to help students understand the purpose of course goals and instructional materials, and to design instruction that satisfies QM alignment standards (2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, and 6.1).  

The Crooked Alignment: Ensuring Learning Objectives and Assessments Align

Have participants encountered challenges making sure assessments align with the stated learning objectives? Or have they been part of a review and didn't quite know how to provide a helpful recommendation about misalignment? Then let's "hang out" during this interactive session to discuss tips on ensuring alignment between learning objectives and assessments, share with the group recommendations and experiences in addressing misalignment, and leave with several new ideas and answers to take back to the workplace!

The Cycle of Course Design-interactive poster session

Our hope is that, by the end of the session, participants will be able to reflect on the effect an integrated designed course blueprint has on their ability to improve teaching and significant student learning by:

Analyzing current course design and redesign practices.
Examining how integrated course design improves their teaching and student learning.
Considering a model to integrate alignment, student and program assessment, and professional growth.

The Effect of Student Readiness on Student Success in Online Courses

Our team conducted a QM-funded research study exploring the effects of student readiness on student success in the online environment.  We executed quantitative research measures (Chi-Square test) aggregating sub-scores of the Smarter Measure Learning Readiness Indicator with final course grades while controlling for course and instructor quality using QM certification for both. 

The Goldilocks Principle of Course Navigation: How Quality Matters Is Just Right

Learning Management Systems (LMS) serve to accommodate the growing load of student enrollment in higher education programs: as a way to increase instructor and student connectivity, by providing a hub for learning resources, allowing a stream of data and analysis for systems learning, and increasing student engagement. Dependency on LMS for virtual delivery of learning content and use continues to increase (Allen and Seaman, 2016).