Summer 2014 Edition
Quality Matters at Santa Fe
By Olysha Magruder
Instructional Designer
In Fall 2013, Santa Fe College became an
institutional member of the national nonprofit organization, Quality Matters (QM).
What is QM?
Quality Matters is “a leader in quality
assurance for online education and has
received national recognition for its peerbased approach to continuous improvement
in online education and student learning.
online learning professionals
Rubrics for applying quality standards to
course design”
(Source: https://www.qualitymatters.org/ )
At Santa Fe, we started the process of course
review and professional development by
offering two QM courses: Applying the Quality
Matters Rubric (APPQMR) and the Peer
Reviewer Course (PRC14).
Over the past couple of semesters, there has
been a great response to the QM training – 22
The program features:
people have taken the first training course and
Faculty-centered, continuous improvement six people are officially internal (Santa Fe
College) peer reviewers!
models for assuring the quality of online
courses through peer review
14
Professional development workshops and
certification courses for instructors and