Quality Matters

"I think Quality Matters standards help faculty determine what they want their students to be able to achieve by the end of the semester by establishing clear and measurable course and lesson objectives that the student can understand."

Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally recognized peer review and certification process in which online course design is evaluated by a panel of external reviewers against eight specific standards of quality outlined in the QM Rubric. These standards emphasize: the course overview and introduction; learning goals and objectives; assessment of student learning; instructional materials; course...

A member created this overview of a QM Course Review.

Quality Matters is "a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach to continuous improvement in online education and student learning." The program features: Faculty-centered, continuous improvement models for assuring the quality of online courses through peer review.

Here is an article about the APPQMR http://www.sfcollege.edu/ct3/faculty-recognition/success-stories/steve-grosteffon-a-new-way-of-looking-at-online-courses

Quality Matters (QM) is an international organization representing broad inter-institutional collaboration and a shared understanding of online course quality. QM is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach and continuous improvement in online education and student learning.

The site has moved. Here is the new URL http://qmohio.org/

Resources and information about the CSU system's implementation of QM, including upcoming trainings, certified reviewers and certified courses.

Since 2010 the Distance Education Office and the Center for Teaching and Learning have been working together to provide faculty developers with a voluntary process for designing/developing their courses using this nationally recognized program.

Offers faculty explanations about each resource from QM with links to where they exist on the QM website. They offer clear statements about the benefits of each resource for the faculty and institution and offer different ways to participate.

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Contact listed for more info - Goals of using QM at Institution - Faculty showcase/recognition - List of certified reviewers

- What is QM - Goals of using QM at Institution Good description of QM and statement of institutions intent but few resources for faculty

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Registration form for training and/or course review - Contact listed for more info

- What is QM - Goals of using QM at Institution - Presentation/Video 

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Registration form for training and/or course review - Contact listed for more info - Goals of using QM at Institution

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Goals of using QM at Institution - List of certified reviewers and/or courses -       How a course gets QM certified

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Registration form for training and/or course review - Contact listed for more info - Goals of using QM at Institution - Faculty showcase/recognition - List of certified reviewers and/or courses -       Instructions for using QM

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Registration form for training and/or course review - Contact listed for more info - Goals of using QM at Institution - Faculty showcase/recognition - Videos  - QM-related news/calendar - List of certified reviewers and/or courses -       Detailed Instructions/examples of how to use the rubric

- What is QM - Link(s) to QM website - Contact listed for more info

Not a separate website for QM but has a good instructor guide (see below) - Link(s) to QM website -       Instructor ReferenceGuide (https://fits.depaul.edu/Documents/QMforReviewers.pdf) - Contact listed for more info