The Academic Technology Center is dedicated to supporting faculty with the design, development and implementation of quality online courses at UWF. Many organizations promote research and best practices for online courses including Quality Matters and Sloan Consortium.
ATC subscribes to the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric Standards as guidelines for designing new online courses and as a strategy for improving existing courses. To learn more about QM at UWF, follow the link to the left.
See the QM Rubric Standards at-a-glance on this one-page PDF document. Our subscription with QM allows faculty at UWF to have access to the 22-page fully annotated version of the Quality Matters rubric, complete with strategies and examples for meeting each standard. Contact Cindy Mersereau at cmersereau@uwf.edu to request a full version copy of the rubric.
The ATC Design Template was created to assist faculty in developing online courses that contain key elements of the Quality Matters standards. It is a great place to start for faculty new to online learning or if you need a logical, consistent and efficient structure for your online course(s).
The template is available in a variety of background styles and colors. Visit the following link to explore the template styles and for instructions on loading a template into your eLearning course shells.
The template also works well for blended courses!
The ATC course design template was recently recognized
by the Sloan Consortium as an
Effective Practice.
The Academic Technology Center offers a five-week fully online course to faculty who will be developing an online course. This purpose of this course is to facilitate your course design and development process. The course facilitators will work collaboratively with you to help you transform your course to an online format based on the Quality Matters Rubric Standards, as well as the Principles for Universal Design for Learning. Visit the Training Section of this website to learn more about this professional development opportunity.
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Upon completion of your coursework and development of your course, you are encouraged to submit your course for a Quality Matters course review. To learn more, explore the links in the left navigation bar.