Sue Day-Perroots, Dean of Extended Learning & Summer, WVU Cindy Hart, Director of WVU Online
Evolution of Internet & broadband Land-grant mission of access Growth & profit of online schools Federal deficit 90/10 rule Veteran’s benefits - Student loan default Recruiting & admissions violations
Live Chat: Supersizing the College Classroom The Campus Tsunami By DAVID BROOKSDAVID BROOKS Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses
SREB, WCET, Sloan-C, Educause, all investigated & responded with pillars, guidelines, rubrics since the early 2000s. New competition w/globalization of higher ed marketplace, cyber “U”s/ Corporate “U”s Nothing is as likely to change the face of higher education over the next decade as the switch to more online learning.
Identify models of quality assurance Discuss ways colleges are implementing
Quality Matters – Maryland Online, Inc. FIPSE grant in 2003; 2006 QM self-fund Generally acknowledged as one of national standards for online “certification” Principles: Continuous + Centered Collegial + Collaborative Faculty-centered, peer-review process Rubric w/ 8 general standards
2011 California State University Rubric used across 23 CSU institutions 7 areas w/53 objectives Licensed through Creative Commons &sid=
International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) Quality guidelines for online teaching based upon SREB Standards for Quality Online Teaching & Online Teaching Evaluation for State Virtual Schools Rubric focused on the online Teacher 11 Standards /iNACOL_TeachingStandardsv2.pdf
Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Learning Programs, K. Shelton & Sloan-C Measuring & quantifying elements of quality within online programs 9 sections, 70 quality indicators w/ 0 – 3 score range Under adoption consideration by regional accrediting commissions for review of distance learning nline_program
Internally at WVU - Instructional Technology Resource Center Checklist, Preliminary Design Document Memorandum of Understanding Implementing Quality Scorecard (2014 accreditation visit) Also implementing Quality Matters for Faculty Development and Peer Review Applying the QM Rubric = 47 faculty & staff Peer Reviewer = 26
What models are you using? What unit is responsible? Describe the implementation strategy. Who funds? Who cares?