Quality Matters Program

Organization

The Quality Matters Site

QM Rubric Information

Overview and Introduction to the QM Program

SoftChalk lesson on QM

Documents

QM Rubric

Why Evaluate Online Courses Differently Than Face-to-Face Courses?

Literature Review for 2011-2013 QM Rubric

What We're Learning From QM Focused Research

QM Accessibility Standards

WNMU Involvement

WNMU joined QM in Fall, 2012.

What that means is that we have access to the rubric as a model for online course quality.

Instructors at institutions which join Quality Matters are never directed or told to meet standards in their courses. It is a voluntary process. An institution which has participated actively with QM for three-five years will usually have about 15 percent of their courses QM approved.

QM is a peer-review model. Faculty at institutions volunteer to be trained in using the rubric when reviewing a course. As of now, WNMU doesn't have a certified reviewer or trainer, so we are simply using the rubric as a "target" for creating and offering quality courses as defined by this national standard.