The University System of Maryland (USM) is sponsoring a Nov. 17 half-day "Overview" workshop at Towson Univ. on the "QualityMatters" rubric (or "checklist") of best practices for evaluating online or hybrid course design. The deadline for online registration is 11/16, and will be followed by "hands-on" workshops in January and March. Seating is limited, but many participating USM schools (including UMBC) plan to host on-campus, video conference "viewing sites" for most, if not all of workshop activities. For more information about QualityMatters or the related USM sessions, please visit: http://www.usmd.edu/usm/onlinelearning.
FYI: UMBC will be using a "self review" version of the "QualityMatters" rubric for the Summer 2007 Alternate Delivery Program (RFP deadline: 12/8/06). Specifically, the QM rubric will be a required final deliverable for the $1,500 "course redesign" award OR as the proposal form for the new $1,000 "peer mentor" award. For more information, see http://www.umbc.edu/oit/hybrid.