190 Faculty Up to Date on Quality Matters' 5th Edition Rubric

The Office of Distance Learning is proud of 190 online and hybrid faculty and staff who are currently up-to-date on their Quality Matters training. Through their participation, these individuals demonstrate their support of quality online course design.

In August, Quality Matters issued a revised rubric of standards: the Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric, 5th Edition (2014). Between August 1 and December 1, 2014, faculty completed one of the following options:

• Rubric Refresher online workshop (5th edition): Faculty or staff who had completed the online Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) 2011-2013 edition were eligible to complete the 5th edition refresher; 144 completed the refresher between August 1 and December 1, 2014. 
• Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) online workshop (5th edition): Faculty or staff who had not completed an earlier version of the online APPQMR were expected to complete the online 5th edition APPQMR workshop; 46 completed the online version between August 1 and December 1, 2014.

For additional information about how the Office of Distance Learning incorporates the Quality Matters standards, please click here. If you are interested in pursuing ULearn faculty certification, please contact the Office of Distance Learning.