[NMLN] FW: Quality Matters in online education

[Ormand, Brian]

NMLN Subscribers,

      Note the event at SFCC on the Quality Matters (QM) process to evaluate online courses.  Contact Aimee Colmery at SFCC for more information (contact info below).  Evaluating the quality of online courses is important.   IDEAL-NM has implemented the NACOL standards for the high school courses being rolled out, and Quality Matters (QM) can be a very useful peer review process.

Brian Ormand, Ed.D.
Director, NM Learning Network Progam
(575) 642-0325 / bormand at nmsu.edu



From: Aimee Colmery [mailto:acolmery at sfccnm.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 2:27 PM
Subject: Quality Matters in online education


An Overview of Quality Matters
with Dr. Ron Legon, Executive Director of Quality Matters

Do you teach online or plan to in the near future? If so, you'll find the Quality Matters Program (http://qualitymatters.org/) very insightful for your online course design and delivery.

In this FREE presentation at Santa Fe Community College, Dr. Ron Legon will present an overview of the underlying principles of Quality Matters, the Quality Matters rubric, and alignment of critical course elements: course learning objectives; learner interactions and activities; resources, materials and technology; and assessment and measurement. Dr. Legon will also be discussing the formation of peer course review teams. We will also be sharing information on SFCC's upcoming 2008-2009 Quality Matters Pilot.

When: Weds. Nov. 19, 2008
11:30 am to 1:00 pm - room 570
Or
5:00 to 7:00 pm - Boardroom
Ronald Legon is Executive Director of The Quality Matters Program and Provost Emeritus of the University of Baltimore (UB).  Dr. Legon makes frequent presentations regarding the Quality Matters Rubric and process and the accumulating research findings regarding the impact of QM. In the past year he has presented at the Maricopa Community Colleges, the University of Pittsburgh, DePaul University, Northern Illinois University, Capella University, the University of Wisconsin System's Learning Technologies Development Council, the Midwest Blackboard Users Group, the Sloan Consortium, the Instructional Technology Council, and Massachusetts Colleges Online.  Dr. Legon received the 2008 award for Individual Leadership in the Field of Distance Learning from the U. S. Distance Learning Association.


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Aimee Colmery
Director, Distance Learning & Professional Development
Santa Fe Community College
6401 Richards Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87508
acolmery at sfccnm.edu<mailto:acolmery at sfccnm.edu> | 505.231.8614-cell | 505.428.1771-office
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