Message-ID: <4699073.1182489399876.JavaMail.joeescobar@joe-escobars-computer.local> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:09:08 -0800 (PST) From: keene-wilsonm Reply-To: Online.MC_PO3.LCC-Mail@lanecc.edu Subject: Quality for Online Courses - 1 day training seminar, seats available, no cost Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_1634_777899.1182489399875" GWItemID: 45B0FB34.LCC-Mail.MC_PO3.100.1346735.1.3027.1 ------=_Part_1634_777899.1182489399875 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=MacRoman Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear Faculty: We apologize if you have already received this invitation. If you are currently teaching an online course or thinking about teaching one, please read the following. You are invited you to attend an upcoming training opportunity on Quality Matters, a toolset and process based in national standards of best practice designed to promote student learning and continuous quality improvement for online courses. Please read the invitation below and contact Cynde Leathers (leathersc@lanecc.eduor call X5260) by Monday, January 22nd at 3 PM if you would like to attend the Tuesday, January 23rd session. Hope to see you there, Meredith Keene-Wilson and CyndeLeathers LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTANCE LEARNING DEPARTMENT Project Background Lane Community College was awarded an incentive grant from the Oregon Community College and Workforce Development Agency (CCWD) to engage in a pilot project focused around continuous improvement of online classes. The project is based on grant awarded from the U.S. Department Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to Maryland Online (MOL), a statewide consortium of 19 community colleges and senior institutions. The model is designed to improve the quality of online courses by establishing a peer-reviewed quality assurance certification process. The goal of our pilot project is to implement this faculty-centered peer review process using the tools developed by MOL and determine how it may be used or adapted for our online courses. The scope of the project involves training up to 50 Lane faculty who are currently teaching or have taught online courses, certifying 20 Lane faculty members as peer course reviewers, and reviewing five Lane online classes. The pilot project will be complete June 30, 2007. You are invited to attend QM Training session here at Lane. Tuesday, January 23rd session.The Friday session is currently full. Each session is limited to 25 participants and will run from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm with a 30-minute lunch break. Lunch will be provided. Please contact Cynde leathersc@lanecc.edu or by phone at 463.5260 by Monday, January 22, 3pm, to register for your training session. During the QM Training Session The QM toolset consisting of 40 elements distributed across eight broad standards will be presented. These elements were then incorporated into a web-based rubric and weighted from 1 (important) to 3 (essential). Annotations and multiple examples from real online courses will be provided for each essential element. The QM toolset and process are based in national standards of best practice, the research literature, instructional design principles designed to promote student learning and continuous quality improvement for online courses. This QM Toolset has been shown to positively impact student learning. Once you have attended a QM Training Session you will qualify to apply to be a peer reviewer and/or may apply to have your online course QM certified. As mentioned above we hope to fund 20 peer reviewers and have 5 of Lane?s online courses QM certified. If you know now that you are interested in either of these options, please let me know and I?ll send you the details and required application forms. Benefits for Becoming a Peer Reviewer As a peer course reviewer you will: develop your own critical assessment skills, especially when examining exemplary online courses and materials work with and help faculty colleagues who have developed online courses earn a small stipend for your participation as a reviewer receive comprehensive training to use the Quality Matters instrument and rubric for the review process; be recognized as a certified peer course reviewer and you will have the opportunity to conduct other reviews for courses outside Lane receive recognition from Quality Matters when your course is reviewed and meets the standards gain new insights to apply to your own online course. Benefits for QM Certifying Your Online Course QM provides a structure by which online faculty conduct peer reviews of online courses in order to assure that these courses meet standards of best practices. The QM toolset and process are: Based in national standards of best practice , the research literature and instructional design principles Designed to promote student learning Integral to continuous quality improvement Part of a faculty-driven , collegial peer review process Quality Matters Peer Course Review Rubric I. Course Overview and Introduction II. Learning Objectives (Competencies) III. Assessment and Measurement IV. Resources and Materials V. Learner Interaction VI. Course Technology VII. Learner Support VIII. Accessibility Principles of Quality Matters For more information about the Maryland Online Quality Matters project and rubric, please see http://www.qualitymatters.org. Thank you for considering participation in Quality Matters training. Please let us know if you have any questions. Hope to hear from you soon! Best wishes, Meredith and Cynde ------=_Part_1634_777899.1182489399875--