The CSU Office of the Chancellor offers Quality Assurance workshop courses for CSU faculty specific to Quality Matters (QM) and the Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) rubrics. The CSUF Faculty Development Center also offers campus-level professional development in online course design.
Because CSUF is a QM campus, we recommend the following courses:
Provides an overview of Quality Matters (QM) organization, the QM rubric and annotations, the research underlying the QM rubric, and the peer-review process for evaluating the quality of the design of an online course. Participants will engage in hands-on experiences applying the QM standards to a sample course, writing helpful recommendations, and ensuring alignment between course-level objectives, module-level objectives, assessments, materials, activities, and tools.
Note: This course is intended for faculty wanting to complete the QM peer reviewer certification.
Explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online and hybrid courses. Participants complete a QM self-review (Essential 23 standards) and develop a course improvement plan. The modules include activities with participants sharing how they are meeting the 23 QM essential standards. Participants come away with a plan for course improvement, so a predeveloped online or hybrid course is required for enrolling in this workshop.
Note: Having a partially or fully developed online/hybrid course is required prior to registration.
Please visit CSU Online Course Services for more information on the courses, the schedule of offerings, and registration.
Explores 10 best practices for designing and delivering high-quality, engaging, asynchronous online courses. Participants complete weekly asynchronous modules with self-assessment activities and two hands-on application assignments. They also receive individualized live feedback from experienced instructional designers during two 1-hour Zoom sessions. Participants come away with a plan for directly improving their own online courses.
Note: This certificate serves as an optional choice of required professional development for faculty teaching in the Course Match program.
Please visit the CSUF Faculty Development Center for more information on the course, the schedule of offerings, and registration.