Ensuring Quality in Online Learning

A Primer for Administrators

Barry DahlHanna Erpestad

Both of Lake Superior College

Link to wiki with many additional resources

http://innovations-e-education.wetpaint.com

Through the use of rubrics and standards related to the quality of online courses

(i.e. Quality Matters™), we are sufficiently addressing the questions

about e-learning quality

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60% 1.Reality2.Myth

QualityMatters is Sufficient

• QualityMatters looks at the quality of course design.

• That’s good, but it’s only one leg holding up the stool.

• Um, no, it isn’t!!

QualityMatters is Sufficient

• QualityMatters looks at the quality of course design.

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• That’s good, but it’s only one leg holding up the stool.

• Um, no, it isn’t!!

Learning LevelIs High

Teaching LevelIs High

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Course DesignBelow Standard

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Ensuring Quality in Online Learning

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Quality Standards of Online Course Design