1. Sue Day-Perroots, Dean of Extended Learning & Summer, WVU Cindy Hart, Director of WVU Online

2.  Evolution of Internet & broadband  Land-grant mission of access  Growth & profit of online schools  Federal deficit  90/10 rule  Veteran’s benefits -  Student loan default  Recruiting & admissions violations

3. Live Chat: Supersizing the College Classroom The Campus Tsunami By DAVID BROOKSDAVID BROOKS Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses

4.  SREB, WCET, Sloan-C, Educause, all investigated & responded with pillars, guidelines, rubrics since the early 2000s.  New competition w/globalization of higher ed marketplace, cyber “U”s/ Corporate “U”s  Nothing is as likely to change the face of higher education over the next decade as the switch to more online learning.

5.  Identify models of quality assurance  Discuss ways colleges are implementing

6.  Quality Matters – Maryland Online, Inc.  FIPSE grant in 2003; 2006 QM self-fund  Generally acknowledged as one of national standards for online “certification”  Principles:  Continuous + Centered  Collegial + Collaborative  Faculty-centered, peer-review process  Rubric w/ 8 general standards  www.qmprogram.org

7.  2011 California State University  Rubric used across 23 CSU institutions  7 areas w/53 objectives  Licensed through Creative Commons  http://enact.sonoma.edu/content.php?pid=21 8878&sid=2552680

8.  International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)  Quality guidelines for online teaching based upon SREB Standards for Quality Online Teaching & Online Teaching Evaluation for State Virtual Schools  Rubric focused on the online Teacher  11 Standards  http://www.inacol.org/research/nationalstandards /iNACOL_TeachingStandardsv2.pdf

9.  Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Learning Programs, K. Shelton & Sloan-C  Measuring & quantifying elements of quality within online programs  9 sections, 70 quality indicators w/ 0 – 3 score range  Under adoption consideration by regional accrediting commissions for review of distance learning  http://sloanconsortium.org/quality_scoreboard_o nline_program

10.  Internally at WVU - Instructional Technology Resource Center Checklist,  Preliminary Design Document  Memorandum of Understanding  Implementing Quality Scorecard (2014 accreditation visit)  Also implementing Quality Matters for Faculty Development and Peer Review  Applying the QM Rubric = 47 faculty & staff  Peer Reviewer = 26

11.  What models are you using?  What unit is responsible?  Describe the implementation strategy.  Who funds?  Who cares?