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Quality Matters at ECU

Overview

CETL manages and sponsors East Central's campus quality assurance (QA) program through Quality Matters (QM) as members of the Oklahoma Quality Matters (OKQM) and The Online Consortium of Oklahoma (OCO). QM is a nationally-recognized, quality assurance program developed to improve the online and blended course experience for students.

As an Institutional-level subscriber of QM, ECU assists faculty in receiving training in improving the online portion of their course.

Contact the Quality Matters manager listed on our home page to get started on your journey to excellence with CETL. 

More information regarding Quality Matters, QM Membership, the QM Rubric, and the Course Review Management System can be found at www.qualitymatters.org.

ECU's campus QA program follows the following criteria:

  1. QM online workshop depending on faculty need/level:
  2. An official Subscriber-Managed Course Review using the 7th Edition of the Quality Matters Rubric
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CETL Congratulates Our QM Certified Courses by Skye Norman

QM Workshop Descriptions and Prerequisites

QM Workshops and Prerequisites

(DYOC)

Designing Your Online Course

Audience: Participants who need to design a course from scratch.

 

Prerequisite(s): Participants must have access to a course they intend to put online OR need to create from scratch to work with throughout the session.

 

Outcomes: Participants walk away with a course development plan they can immediately use to develop their online course.

(IYOC)

Improving Your Online Course

Audience: Participants who already teach online and want to improve their course design.

 

Prerequisite(s): Participants must have a current online course that they have taught once or twice to work with throughout the session.

 

Outcomes: Participants walk away with a course improvement plan they can immediately use to apply improvements to their online course.

CETL Resources to Help with QM Standard Alignment

More to come as resources are made and updated by Skye

Quality Matters FAQs

  • Why does ECU participate in Quality Matters reviews?

    ECU's State Authorization Statement

  • Is it true that there will be people from other universities looking at my course?
    • Yes. A QM internal review requires that there be at least one external reviewer on the review team. There will be one Master Reviewer, one Subject Matter Expert, and one Peer Reviewer for each course review.
  • How often do I have to put my course through a review? 
    • Once your course is QM certified, you have 5 years before it must go through the course recertification process. However, if you make substantial changes to the course, you may be required to re-certify the course at an earlier date.
  • Does that mean that I can't change anything in the course for 5 years?
    • No, you can still make changes and improve the course as long as you do not make substantial changes that change the integrity of the course. "Substantial" would be if you changed 20% or more of the course. See Course Recertification on the QM Website for more details.
  • Are the reviewers going to make me change what I teach? 
    • No! The reviewers are looking at your design, not how you teach the course. Occasionally there will be "overlap" between the two, especially when reviewers are evaluating your learning objectives, but the main focus of a QM review is to make sure your course is designed to meet QM standards. 
  • What does the research say regarding Quality Matters?
  • Where do I start? 
    • Talk to CETL! We are here to help you through the entire process: training, developing your course map, the review process, and getting your course MET!