2019 QM Connect Conference

In this session, an Instructional Designer from Columbia University will lead discussion and activities on how designers and faculty might use visualization to make alignments more explicit within a course.

A unique course design evaluation instrument has been developed for students to provide their perspective on the design of an online course.  Students are asked how easy or challenging it is to find information within a course and are asked how they think the course design could be improved.

Accreditation hallmarks, QM Standards, and a DE gap analysis resulted in strategic enrollment action plans for institutional improvements. The process of self-study promotes DE growth that promotes student success when QA principles are followed.

Join us as we share our process for training and supporting new online faculty within the context of QM's Standards.

This session will detail the implementation of Standards 8.3 and 8.4 in the context of an internal custom review system at the community college level. How do you communicate the changes, provide accessibility training, and verify courses meet the Standards?

Physical Education is a particularly challenging course to design in a fully-online K-12 environment. Although several national and state-run programs offer the course, each has a unique take on how to ensure students engage with the course material and achieve a healthier lifestyle through exercise. The solution for one program, a statewide virtual school in the Midwest, is to use fitness trackers. The use of fitness trackers has allowed for increased student engagement and new opportunities for student/student and student/instructor interaction.

Use discussion boards, blogs or Twitter-like features to teach, gauge, monitor, and provide civil digital communication and instructional feedback in asynchronous online environments.

OUR MISSION: design an online, simulation-based, senior capstone business strategy course, GOT ANTACIDS? Witness
how the strategic use of interactions can make the online learning experience successful and extremely engaging for
learners and instructors.

We will highlight significant findings from four years of surveying online learning policies, practices and plans, and discuss with the audience the implications of these findings for longer-range development of the field.

Did you know universal design improves learner engagement? Hear how an urgent accessibility need resulted in more engaged students. Gain tangible resources and ideas to improve collaborations with instructors by reframing the benefits of universal design as a learner engagement strategy.