Quality Matters; Master Course Reviewer

For those of you interested, Dr. Gibson and myself are participating in the Quality Matters Master Master Reviewer Course the past two weeks. If you are not familiar with Quality Matters, it's an assessment tool used to evaluate quality of online courses. QM uses a rubric designed to be both a self-assessment tool and a support for QM Professional Development workshops. Faculty, course designers and course developers can use the rubric to design and build online and blended courses to meet the specific course standards provided.

The first workshop we would recommend taking is the Applying the Quality Matters Workshop which you can receive certification through our Jumpstart Design and Delivery workshop that is offered each quarter at Emporia State University. The second workshop is becoming a Peer Reviewer, where you can review other colleagues courses across the nation. The third workshop is the Master Course Reviewer whereas you can lead the collegial review process for teams across the nation.

I had the opportunity, as part of the Master Course Reviewer course, to develop a video that outlines the QM Review process:

As you can see, there are several phases to the QM process but having a QM review is an excellent way to ensure you are offering the highest quality of instruction for our students. Are you interested in learning more? Let's visit!

~Anna
acatters@emporia.edu

New to Learning Technologies

Makers Lab - 3D Printer

Good Morning, my name is Selayoa Lovett and I started my first day in Learning Technologies on August 27^th, 2018 as an Instructional Designer. My first month in Learning Technologies has been everything but slow and boring.  Within the first week, I assisted with training material for Jumpstart Design and Delivery, met with numerous faculty, and started my training on making documents accessible per Section 508 refresh.  By the next week, I had embarked on my journey in becoming Quality Matters Certified; within two weeks, I had completed the Applying the QM Rubric class and was enrolled in the next part starting October 9^th, Becoming a Peer Reviewer. On top of completing the first part of Quality Matters, I also met with 6 new faculty, assisted with 3 class tours, started my Makerbot Certification, made my first 3D printed Corky, assisted a faculty with Kahoots (free online game quiz), discussed possibilities with a graduate student on a research project, attended a few embedded session with co-worker Anna Catterson, recorded Dr. Joyce Thierer performing at Constitution Day with 3D cameras, took on my first huge project with one of our new faculty, Melissa Gerleman, to make her classes interactive and engaging, helped another faculty with a video for a nonprofit organization they volunteer with, held a breakout box activities for the McNair Grant, attended my first conference, met with numerous other faculty on topics like Canvas, Panapto, Kaltura, and Zoom, and advised our Information Technology administrative team with their budgeting tool (which is the fields I came from before I moved to Learning Technologies) just to name a few things I did this month.  So on a whole, I think this first month could not have gone any better. But I would say, it is a good thing I love being busy! I look forward to the next month and what it has in store!