The OSCQR is the Open SUNY Course Quality Review rubric and process; it is also a relative newcomer to the field. This rubric and website is the result of a collaboration of Open SUNY, campuses in the SUNY system, and a later partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) ("About OSCQR," n.d.). We included it because the OSCQR is an Open Source rubric (openly licensed), thus the website resources and rubric are available for use by anyone and can be adapted to fit the needs of each institution. The OSCQR Rubric and course review process are similar to the QM Rubric and course review in that both ("OSCQR is unique," n.d.; The Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric, 2018):

• address course accessibility and usability

• support continuous improvement and are not evaluative

• can be used to support the development of a new course or to evaluate new or mature courses

• provides specific steps by the end of the review that can be used to improve the course

• are collaborative, collegial processes

The OSCQR Rubric and process are different from QM in the following ways: The OSCQR is ("OSCQR is unique," n.d.; The Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric, 2018):

• free, thus there are no financial restraints pushing the reviews only to mature versions of the course

• framed in the Community of Inquiry Model (read more about the CoI model in Course Two in the module on discussions)

• provides an interactive course review rubric that generates an action plan, aggregated recommendations, and prioritization for course revisions

• is flexible and can be adapted to fit each institution's needs

The OSCQR process uses the OSCQR Rubric (described below) and is a collaborative process that can be completed by anyone involved in the course - from students, librarians, and instructional technologists to instructors and administrators ("Open SUNY," 2013). As with the QM review, it is based on continuous improvement and is driven by the needs of the institution. The rubric has 50 standards divided across 6 areas as can be seen in this OSCQR Course Design Review ("OLC OSCQR Self-Assessment," n.d.). Read the full details of the OSCQR Process. You can also access an interactive rubric and video help tutorials here.