Quality Matters or Homegrown Peer Review: Do we have a choice?

LSC

* First online 1996
* Currently about 30% of credits are online (471 FYE in 2013) 4190 students unduplicated
* Began LSC online Peer Review in 2004 (based on FIPSE Maryland Onnine project)
* over 20 peer reiverws and 70 + course reviewerd, did statewide workshops/trainings
* Joined QM in 2012
* Had first LSC course reviewed evaluted in 2013
* Have two QM peer reviewers on our faculty
* Decided to revise our current peer reivew process in 2013

Lake Superior wants to revert back to focus being on homegrown peer review process

Quality Tied to Instructors
History of training for onine insturcutros has varied (comprehensive summer boot camp)
Did fully online training
Did one-on-one training with IT
Began comprehensive nine training sumer 2012
Started AQUIP project on Comprehensive Teacher Training Fall 2012
Recommending new model of training for onine instructors both new and experienced
Much research suggests student success is affected by both course design and the qulaity of instruction

Program for online excellence in teaching

Part one: adminstrative tool for evaluating Online Courses

* Developed by faculty and dean in 2010

* Implemented in 2011

Part two: Comprehensive Online Instructor Training

* Inludes online teaching pedagogy and specific LMS training

* Eventuarlly will be modular training, both hybrid and online

Part Three: Online Peer Review

* For continuous quality control and impreovement

* To have instructors learn from each other while improving courses

******Have to ask Amy Jo about her role and how it is supported (credit release?)

Research Baed: Sloan Consortium: Sharing Efective Practies

Five Pillars of Quality Online Education adapted from Sloan C http://sloanconsortium.org/effective

Learning effectiveness, Access, Facuty satisfaction, STudent Satisfaction

Bottom-up more buy-in and more faculty satisfaction

How can we be best online learning program we can be?

Alliance for Higher ed competivenss

Executive leadership and Faculty Leadership (Online development Coordinator next year LSC will also have Peer Reviewer Coordinator too)

Took out point system to met/not met essential standards and other best practices

Lowered stipend for lead reviewer from $300 to $150 (5 reviews will be lead by Peer Rview Coordinator/semester