Ensuring Online Program Quality with the eQuality Model

Concerns about the quality of distance learning have been a hot topic, from media headlines to the legislative challenges of the Higher Education Opportunity Act.  

Now it’s time to provide some answers and improve your program in the process.

We introduce you to a proven eQuality system for measuring and delivering quality in distance learning.

Richard Schilke, Ed.D., Associate Dean for online Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Open Campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville, provides more than a theoretical model.

You’ll see real-world examples of how the eQuality program improves quality in a number of different ways in this 90-minute seminar.

Discover the Four Pillars of eQuality
We begin with an overview of the eQuality model, which draws upon quality standards such as Total Quality Management and ISO9000.

You’ll then be introduced to the four pillars of the eQuality approach:

1. Quality Courses: You’ll see how we use student end-of-course critiques, student complaints, and other quality measurement tools for assessment. A case study will demonstrate how eQuality dramatically improved student success in a college prep math course.
2. Quality Instruction: You’ll understand how to use observation tools and evaluations as a learning tool to improve quality. Case studies will focus on creative approaches we used for several vexing instructional issues.
3. Quality Support: Your efforts to achieve quality must extend beyond the courses and the instructors. Are you also providing your students with the support they need to succeed online? You’ll discover how quality support can enhance the online experience.
4. Quality Administration: The course will analyze how technology can impact your administrative approach, such as scheduling software for self-enrolling for proctored exams.

Tools to Help You Build Quality Online Courses
Formulated and refined through years of usage in the eQuality model, these tools will enable you to hit the ground running.

• Course quality checklist
• Syllabus review checklist
• Course readiness checklist
• Course observation guide
• Sample student end-of-course critique report and analysis
• Instructional quality data collection points matrix

Who will benefit from this seminar:

• All higher education institutions with online programs
• Distance learning administrators and course designers
• Program Managers
• Faculty
• Institutional Accreditation Staff

You’ll be equipped with the skills to:

• Design a quality online course: You’ll discover the key quality elements required in an online course, and how to ensure it continuously improves.
• Use feedback to achieve optimal results: From analyzing feedback to identifying data collection needs, you’ll learn how to establish an ongoing response system.
• Allocate resources to ensure quality: You’ll learn how to identify student, staff, and faculty support functions.

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