Quality Matters Training for Faculty at RPCC

Training initiatives at River Parishes Community College (RPCC) aim to enhance online course quality through Quality Matters (QM) workshops. Faculty members undergo QM courses, Peer Reviewer training, and QM Reviews to ensure excellence in online pedagogy. The merger with South Central Louisiana Technical College spurred the need for additional training, especially for OER online courses. Dr. Dale Doty's Textbook Free by 2023 initiative aligns with prioritizing OER courses for QM review. Objectives include training new faculty, certifying Peer Reviewers, and conducting QM Reviews for course certification.

• - RPCC
• Quality Matters
• Online Pedagogy
• Faculty Training
• OER Courses

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1. Quality Matters Training for Faculty at RPCC River Parishes Community College

2. Fall 2015-Spring 2017: Faculty at RPCC wishing to teach online completed various Quality Matters courses (Board of Regents Grant Contract Number LEQSF(2015-16)-ENH-PEN-13) Spring 2017: LCTCS announced merger of RPCC and South Central Louisiana Technical College Reserve campus. Project Summary Merger created a training divide, so this grant sought, in part, to offer training in online course design to new RPCC faculty members Influx of online classes to be reviewed created a need for additional QM Peer Reviewers to serve on institutional service committee, Online Course Evaluation Committee Some of our mature online courses were put through a full QM review to earn a Quality Matters Certification Mark

3. Our chancellor, Dr. Dale Doty, announced a Textbook Free by 2023 initiative to reduce costs for students OER Priority was given to our OER online courses for full QM review

4. Goal 1: Continue training for new online faculty at RPCC in the best practices of online pedagogy using QM Professional Development workshops Goal 2: Expand the number of certified Peer Reviewers who serve on the Online Course Evaluation Committee Goals Goal 3: Complete Subscriber-Managed QM Reviews for online courses to receive the QM Certification Mark. Priority given to OER online courses

5. Objectives for Goal 1: At least 10, but no more than 40 of RPCCs new faculty members from the Gonzales and Reserve campuses will be trained in the QM Designing Your Online Course workshop and/or the QM Improving Your Online Course workshop. Currently, 23 faculty members have completed or are scheduled to complete these workshops Objectives for Goal 2: At least 1, but no more than 5 of RPCC s new faculty members from the Gonzales and Reserve campuses will be trained in a QM workshop to learn how to be reviewers of online courses. 3 faculty members completed in the QM Peer Reviewer Workshop Objectives Objectives for Goal 3: At least 1, but no more than 3 of RPCC s current online courses will undergo a complete QM Subscriber- Managed Review to earn a QM Certification Mar. 3 of RPCC s OER online courses have undergone the full QM review. 2 courses passed review without revision, and the third is currently under revision.