An Important Factor of Quality

An important factor that leads to quality online courses is faculty readiness.  

Here is a brief rundown of the informal readiness program at the University of Southern Maine.

Faculty Readiness

* Intake meeting for new online faculty with the online support and instructional development staff

* An Online Course for New Faculty

* Workshops and 1-1 meetings concerning online best practices, technology assistance, UDL, etc.

* Community of Practice

* Course Review Process

Quality Online Rubrics

These rubrics are good to use as development tools, self-checks, or peer reviews.

You can see the elements of the Quality Matters rubric here, but the full rubric and review process requires subscription.

http://www.qualitymatters.org/Rubric.htm

A good rubric from Chico State is here:

http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/