Faculty Testimonial on the QM Official Course Review Process
Lauren Grimes
Professor, Community College
Teaching and instructing students is a great passion of mine. As an academic, it’s essential to continue to improve and develop my expertise by completing training and certifications. I had a wonderful experience with the Quality Matters (QM) official course review process. My advisors and support staff from the University of the District of Columbia—Dr. Dorothy Phaire, Dr. Julian King, Director Fatma Elshobokshy, Mr. David Serna—and the QM reviewers provided great insight along the way.
Yolandra Plummer, Ph.D.
Professor, SBPA
As I reflect on my experience with the Quality Matters official course review process, the revisions improved my course alignment and helped me to improve communication with students. The greatest enhancement for my course was ensuring that the assessments, learning activities and rubrics were clearly aligned with the module learning objectives. The Seventh edition of the Quality Matters rubric places greater emphasis on courses being warm and welcoming.
Brandon Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Accounting
UDC Community College
“Participating in the QM rubric workshop course has significantly impacted my approach to course design within the realm of accounting. The workshop provided invaluable insights into the Quality Matters (QM) rubric, fostering a deeper understanding of the essential elements contributing to a high-quality online learning experience.
Annette Miles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
The Quality Matters Rubric Update and the Seventh Edition workshop influenced the course design of HMDV 410 Adaptive Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education. Although the QM official course review process is rigorous, the suggestions from peer reviewers were helpful in ensuring measurable course goals and objectives aligned with activities, assessments, and instructional materials. I provided a video course tour demonstrating student navigation, an instructor’s introduction, and an overview of the course.
Ahmad Wright, M.A.
Assistant Professor of English
UDC Community College
The Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) compressed online class that I took in November 2022 was very instrumental in preparing me for the task of restructuring our IGED 110 online classes for the 2023 QM peer review process. The APPQMR becomes much clearer when one is actively engaged in prepping a course for peer review!
Christian Aguiar, M.A.
Assistant Professor of English
UDC Community College
Going through the QM course review process was very much like a kinder, gentler peer review process. Our coach from CAL, Julian King, worked with my colleague and me over the summer to apply some of the core QM requirements to our courses. While our teaching practices already aligned with QM, Julian helped us ensure that we were applying these practices effectively to building an online shell.
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