Online Quality Initiative Training

Thursday, February 20, 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Zoom

 

This professional development was developed as part of the larger Quality Online Initiative to enhance student learning in online space and comply with federal mandates on instructional practices.

Essentially, members of the development team want to enrich the student experience, improve online teaching effectiveness, close equity gaps, and increase student success and belonging in online courses offered at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

To create robust training, the following considerations were made:

• Choose evidence-based standards, tools, and strategies while adapting to local context (integrate use of local language and initiatives)
• Be clear about criteria and ensure understanding among involved groups; Online Course Quality Standards work together as the foundation of new course design and development
• Build in support and a culture of continuous improvement; show strategies, examples, etc.
• Provide opportunities for progression
• Integrate quality standards and rubrics into professional development
• Realize the standards and tools will change with time; don’t treat as one-and-done but as ongoing
• Recognize these quality standards have application beyond online courses

The training will be available beginning January 2025 and will feature two one-hour synchronous sessions that comprise module one. This will be followed by 5 asynchronous modules available on demand via D2L. Upon completion of the programming, faculty will be given a badge indicating they have successfully completed the training needed to teach online courses at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Thurs, Feb 20, 2025 11:00 am
Thurs, Feb 27, 2025 11:00 am

Mon, Mar 24, 2025 10:00 AM
Mon, Mar 31, 2025 10:00 AM