CURRICULUM WORKSHOPChad O’Brien

OBJECTIVES?

Engage faculty to elicit ideas and understandings of curriculum

and curriculum quality.

Provide faculty with and experience of measuring quality of

technology by experiencing two methodologies.

Discuss the use of quality measurement tools and share resources.

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE

WHAT IS CURRICULUM?

WHAT IS CURRICULUM?

Curriculum is the totality of the student

experience during the educational

process.

WHAT ELEMENT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU?

A. Outcomes/Objectives/Goals

B. Content/Resources/Material

C. Methodology/Delivery/Learner Activity

D. Assessments/Evaluations/Feedback

Four main elements of curriculum.

WHAT ELEMENT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUR STUDENTS?

A. Outcomes/Objectives/Goals

B. Content/Resources/Material

C. Methodology/Delivery/Learner Activity

D. Assessments/Evaluations/Feedback

Four main elements of curriculum.

WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS?

WHAT STAKEHOLDERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT?

A. Management and Accrediting Agents

B. Students/Learners/Participants

C. Faculty/Instructors/Trainers

D. Leads/Coordinators/Designers/Consultants

There may be others depending on the program, but these are often the main groups involved.

WHAT STAKEHOLDERS HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF CURRICULUM?

A. Management and Accrediting Agents

B. Students/Learners/Participants

C. Faculty/Instructors/Trainers

D. Leads/Coordinators/Designers/Consultants

WHAT IS QUALITY CURRICULUM?

CAN WE MEASURE CURRICULUM QUALITY?

A.Yes

B.No

SOME EXISTING MEASURES AND POSSIBLE PD

A. Quality Matters

B. Online Learning Consortium Quality Scorecard

C. California State University Quality Online and

Teaching Rubric

D. iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online

Teaching, Courses and Programs.

Here are a few organizations that have worked on instruments that measure the quality of online curriculum.

LINKSA. Quality Matters - https://www.qualitymatters.org/

B. Online Learning Consortium Quality Scorecard -

http://onlinelearningconsortium.org/consult/quality-scorecard/

C. California State University Quality Online and Teaching Rubric -

http://courseredesign.csuprojects.org/wp/qolt/

D. iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching, Courses and

Programs. -

http://www.inacol.org/resources/publications/national-quality-standards/

SHOW AND TELL: RAT & QAF