Whether you’re designing or reviewing online courses with QM Higher Education Rubric, Seventh Edition, do you find yourself getting confused between “activities” and “assessments?” Are you unsure about the purpose of each, how they differ from each other, and why both are important for quality online learning?

QM is here to help! In this special webinar just for our higher education members, we’ll take a deep dive into this topic, exploring the ins and outs, similarities, differences, and value of activities and assessments. You’ll come away with additional clarity and perspective to help you work with these important concepts in your quality course efforts. Come with your questions or, better yet, ask them in advance via the pre-webinar survey!

By the end of this webinar, you’ll be able to:

• Define activities and assessments and explain the unique purpose/role of each.

• Describe how activities and assessments are evaluated using the QM Higher Education Rubric, Seventh Edition – specifically with regard to General Standards 3 and 5.

• Evaluate course assignments to determine their type (activity or assessment), and correctly identify them on a Course Map.

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Have a question you’d like to ask on this topic? 
Fill out the survey and we’ll answer it in the webinar!

Presented by:

Dr. Bethany Simunich, has held faculty roles for both in-person and online teaching, as well as educational technology, instructional design, and faculty development for online learning for more than 20 years. As an online learning administrator, she has created and managed instructional design processes and teams; led faculty development for online teaching; and served in leadership and consulting roles for institutional, state, and national efforts for online quality assurance. Dr. Simunich is also co-director of the CHLOE Project(Changing Landscape of Online Education), which reports the unique perspective of senior leaders in online learning from U.S. higher education institutions, and co-author of High Impact Design for Online Courses (HIDOC), which presents an instructional design model purpose-built for the unique considerations of online learning modalities.

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