Conference Presentations

The instructional designer and faculty member have the same goal in mind - a quality course. Yet, we often follow different paths to reach the destination. What we need is a good road map. QM4Design is the ultimate, all-in-one GPS for course design.

This presentaiton outlines how to access and use the Quality Matters Research Library. The article submission and approval process will be explained as well as the roles of Quality Matters Research Colleagues as well as the research databases and journals queried for inclusion in the Quality Matters Research Library. 

This session will introduce easy-to-implement discussion strategies to increase engagement. It will explore online debate, effective ice breakers, scenario-based learning, and multimedia discussions. Templates and examples will be provided.

Jillian Jevack, Instructional Designer for Quality Matters, presents a process and worksheet for conducting a Self Review of a course. With an eye to continuous improvement and a focus on the QM Rubric Standards, this presentation at the Annual QM Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning shows participants how to access tools for a self-review process.

The webcasted video of this presentation can be seen on our YouTube channel.

Our teams use the QM Rubric as a valuable tool to build and review online courses. Now, we want to advance our faculty development initiatives to include a tool to review online teaching. This session will share an instrument, based on the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, faculty can use to review their online teaching and will describe the study that was conducted to refine this instrument for further use.

QM Standards, high-impact practices, and mental health challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic prompted undergraduate research dedicated to improving support for students. The session will share how student engagement in quality learning experiences is supporting department & university initiatives.

This presentation will share results from a survey-based study to examine  103 instructional designer perceptions on assessment types, assessment strategies, feedback, and the role of AI in online assessments. Instructional designers at several universities were invited to participate in the study.  The findings have implications for designers, instructors, administrators and students.

This case study highlights the efforts of three distinct schools and colleges within Drexel to develop a sustainable and scalable comprehensive process to establish evidence based assessment practices. The process establishes rigorous and measurable cycles of learning through by using Quality Matters standards to align institutional, program and course level objectives to student learning outcomes. In addition, the paper illustrates the application of direct and indirect assessment towards developing interventions leading to quality student learning outcomes.

Facilitating a QM program at a large college district can be very challenging. It is often difficult to achieve consensus among campus leaders regarding direction and procedure. Through trial and error and in cooperation with the seven colleges of the Dallas County Community College District, we have identified effective steps to facilitating the QM review process on a large scale. This presentation will address a variety of issues encountered when managing a QM program at a multi-campus institution.

Want to stand out at your institution?  Practical tips on how to have your accrediting body single your program out for praise and a significant accomplishment during your site visit.  Analyze the current state of your policies for Quality Matters reviews and generate a plan to position your institution for success.  Proven methods will be presented and the audience will participate by critiquing their current policies and procedures. 

Join us to discuss how a course without QM can become a viral infection and how such an infection can spread across multiple courses.  Diagnose and treat the virus as an antiviral QM agent.

In this session, information will be presented and discussed on the current trends of AI in the classroom and the impacts on measurable learning outcomes. The focus will be on using higher-order thinking skills to ensure students are interacting with curriculum and AI in authentic ways and presenting learning in verifiable forms. This will include both ways to use AI to support students for richer learning and key steps to guide the use of AI in accordance with current trends of academic integrity.

As AI-generated images become more prevalent, online education requires a focus on avoiding the perpetuation of stereotypes and further entrenching biases. This session will show how AI platforms often rely on non-diverse data, resulting in stereotypical media. Participants will learn to identify these biases, use a DEI rubric to evaluate media inclusively, refine AI prompts, and ensure diverse representation in online course imagery.

An online program sought continuity amid courses through Rogers' (2003) diffusion of innovation theory to develop a QM-based rubric, template, and matrix laced with humor to invigorate, inspire adoption, and uphold faculty autonomy.

Lawsuits have quadrupled against higher ed institutions in the last decade because their courses are not accessible for all. Assistive Technology is here to construct a more egalitarian system in a context where inclusion plays an important role.

The Pathway to Master Online Instructor Program (Pathway) was created to help faculty learn the fundamentals of course development and delivery, and current trends in the field of online learning. The Pathway program includes five unique courses that address online teaching, online course design, ADA compliance, and Quality Matters.

In universities with a large focus on research, it can be difficult to get faculty to concentrate on the teaching that occurs in their classrooms, and it is even more difficult to get them to look at the quality of their online courses.  This session will focus on ideas that need your time, meeting spaces, online communities, and, hopefully, a Quality Matters subscription, but very little financial investment on the part of your department.

What do a 12-week seminar on course design and development and a 6-week seminar on online teaching have in common? Both point faculty toward creating courses that meet QM standards with flying colors. This presentation is about a professional development program that's making QM peer reviews a breeze.

Gamification is popular in higher ed. What it boils down to is motivating students to keep trying, reach new levels of accomplishment, and be successful. (All of these are things we do naturally when playing games because we love challenges, regardless of the number of attempts it takes to attain mastery.) One way to foster achievement is to offer rewards for each level of skill attained or accomplishment completed.

Gamification is popular in higher education and what it boils down to is motivating students to keep trying, reach new levels of accomplishment and be successful. (All things we do naturally when playing games because we love the challenge, regardless of the number of attempts it takes to attain mastery.) One way to foster those achievements is to offer rewards or "currency" for each level of skill attained or accomplishment completed.