THE USE OF QUALITY MATTERS™ AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PROCESS Presented by Meridith Bergeron, M.Ed. Director of Educational Technology Our Lady of the Lake College Student, University of Florida

ABOUT THE PRESENTER Professional Practice: 6 years of Instructional Design experience Responsible for evaluating blended and online courses according to quality assurance standards Interested in quality assurance in online and blended programs Certified Peer Reviewer for Quality Matters

ABOUT QUALITY MATTERS™ Not-for-profit subscription service o Courses offered completely online Initiated in 2003 by MarylandOnline with funding from FIPSE o Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Adopted by a broad user base o Higher Education, K12, Publishers, Corporations, Government Entities

WHAT IS QUALITY MATTERS™? A set of standards (rubric) for the design of online and blended courses Peer review process (faculty to faculty) for reviewing and improving online and blended courses A faculty support tool used by instructional development staff Professional Development

HIGHER EDUCATION RUBRIC: 5 TH EDITION

HOW DO WE USE QUALITY MATTERS™ FOR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN? Course Design Course Redesign Evaluation Process Ensure Quality of Online and Blended Programs

COURSE DESIGN Doctor of Nurse Practice- Nurse Anesthesia o Inaugural cohort started January 2015 o Initial fifteen credit-hours taught 100% online  Research, Evidence-Based Practice  Health Care Policy and Advancement  Decision Sciences and Informatics  Emerging Sciences  Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology

COURSE DESIGN Initial Planning and Design o Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Workshop  All those involved in planning and design were required to complete course o Bi-weekly Planning/Design meetings  Six month timeframe  Participants included Instructional Technologists Subject Matter Experts Faculty teaching in the DNP-NA Program

COURSE FORMAT Standard “Welcome” Information Course Information and “Start Here” Example Module

COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS Course Design QM Peer Review (Onsite) Implement Feedback from Peer Review Second QM Peer Review Curriculum Committee Courses Published in LMS Revisions made after course is taught based on student and instructor feedback

FACULTY PERCEPTIONS Consistency Participants felt teaching a DNP-NA course according to the Quality Matters Framework provided consistency throughout the curriculum. Predictability Participants felt comfortable in knowing where to find certain elements of the course Opportunity for Improvement Participants indicated room for improvement Multimedia use Diversity for course “look and feel” Making resources more accessible and easier to find

COURSE FORMAT AND REDESIGN Researched different course formats for our Learning Management System o Installed “OneTopic” Plugin for Moodle 2.4 Provided new format for more course design options o Example: M.H.A. Health Administration Courses

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? Meridith Z. Bergeron, M.Ed. Director of Educational Technology Our Lady of the Lake College Ed.D. Student in Educational Technology University of Florida

REFERENCES Quality Matters Consortium. (2014). Quality matters rubric, fifth edition. Retrieved from Our Lady of the Lake College. (2015). M.H.A health administration. Retrieved from Our Lady of the Lake College. (2015). Doctor of nursing practice, nurse anesthesia. Retrieved from