Online Course Design

Faculty Focus on Quality

Excellence in eLearning Course Design

Faculty may submit their course for a QM peer review for an opportunity to be recognized both internally among their peers at UWF, as well as externally recognized and featured on Quality Matters Website.

For courses at UWF to be eligible to apply for external QM-recognized certification, they must first go through and meet expectations in an internal review at UWF. To meet quality expectations, a course must meet all of the Essential Standards (3-point standards) in the QM Rubric AND achieve a score of at least 81 out of 95 possible points.

This site features faculty whose online courses that have achieved internal certification, external certification or both! Congratulations to our featured faculty for their achievements of excellence and quality in online course design! We are proud of you! If you are interested in submitting your online or blended course for a QM peer review, contact Cindy Mersereau at cmersereau@uwf.edu.

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Recognized Courses (2012-2013)
	Richard Faessel Instructor, School of Education, COPS EDF1005 - Introduction to Education Internal certification date: 1/28/13 External certification date: 3/7/13 Dr. Faessel's fully online course, EDF1005, has been recognized as a quality online course by an internal team of trained QM faculty peer reviewers and is currently under review by an external review team. Read more.


	June Watkins Instructor, Philosophy Department, CAS REL3213 - Hebrew Scriptures Internal certification date: 11/29/12 External certification date: 1/23/13 June's fully online course, REL3213, has been QM- certified as a quality online course, by internal and external teams of trained QM faculty peer reviewers and listed in the QM database of quality online courses. Read more.


	Chasidy Fisher Hobbs Instructor, Environmental Studies, CAS GEO2330- Environmental Science Internal certification date: 11/14/12 External certification date: 1/8/13 Chasidy has developed GEO2330 as a fully online course. Her course has been QM certified, both internally and externally, as a quality online course and is listed in the national database of quality courses on the QM website. Read more.


	Melissa Stewart Faculty Associate, Government, CAS POS2041 - American Politics Internal certification date: 10/26/12 External certification date: 1/24/13 Dr. Stewart has developed POS2041 as a fully online course, which has been awarded Quality Matters certification through first an internal review, then an external peer review. Her course is listed in the national database of quality courses on the QM website.Read more.


	Wilbur Hugli Faculty Associate, Environmental Science, CAS GEA2000 - Nations and Regions of the World Internal certification date: 3/14/12 External certification date: 5/29/12 GEO3471 - World Affairs (Blended) Internal certification date: 9/4/12 External certification date: 11/19/12 Dr. Hulgi has developed GEA2000 as a fully online course and GEO3471 as a blended course. Both courses have been internally certified as UWF quality online courses, as well as externally certified and nationally recognized on the Quality Matters website. Read more.


Recognized Courses (2011-2012)

	Stacie Whinnery Professor, School of Education, CoPS EEX4255 - Curriculum for Teaching Students with Exceptionalities Internal certification date: 12/9/10 External certification date: 1/4/12 Dr. Whinnery has developed EEX4255 as a fully online course, which has been both internally certified as a UWF quality online course (2011), as well as externally certified and nationally recognized on the Quality Matters website in 2012. Read more.


	Enid Sisskin Lecturer, Master of Public Health, SAHLS, CAS PHC6300 - Survey of Environmental Problems Internal certification date: 7/9/11 External certification date: 9/12/11 PHC6310 - Environmental Toxicology Internal certification date: 7/24/11 External certification date: 8/14/11 Dr. Sisskin has developed PHC6300 and PHC6310 as fully online courses, which have been internally certified as UWF quality online courses, as well as externally certified and nationally recognized on the Quality Matters website in 2011. Read more.


	Gregory Tomso Associate Professor, English and Foreign Languages, CAS AML2072 - Sex, Money and Power in American Literature Internal certification date: 6/30/11 External certification date: 9/2/11 Dr. Tomso has developed AML2072 as a fully online course, which has been both internally certified as a UWF quality online course, as well as externally certified and nationally recognized on the Quality Matters website in 2011. Read more.


Recognized Courses (2010-2011)

	Besty Botts Adjunct Instructor, School of Education, CoPS Bill Evans Director & Professor, School of Education, CoPS EEX4221C - Evaluation and Prescriptive Instruction for the Exceptional Child Internal certification date: 2/7/11 Dr. Botts and Dr. Evans co-developed EEX4221C as a fully online course, which has been internally certified as a UWF quality online course. Read more.

	Anita Solarski Instructor, School of Education, CoPS TSL4080 - ESOL Principles and Practices Internal certification date: 3/3/10 External certification date: 9/10/10 Dr. Anita Solarski has developed TSL4080 as a fully online course, which has been both internally certified as a UWF quality online course and nationally QM recognized in 2010. Read more.

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Recognized Courses (2012-2013)

Recognized Courses (2011-2012)

Recognized Courses (2010-2011)