Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 174: Get “All [Phil]’d Up” On LMS/Online Enrollment InsightsEpisode 173: Campus-Based Student Demand for Online Options (and More!) from CHLOE 9Episode 172: Online Education in GuatemalaEpisode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ NeedsEpisode 170: “Wise Use” of Rapidly Changing AI Tools View All Posted on June 6, 2016February 2, 2022 by cdladminEpisode 14: The Problem with Quality: Consensus vs. Connoisseurship About Episode 14: Perceptions of quality (high and low) are a perennial problem in online education. What is quality? Who decides? What if others disagree? Should majority rule? What about expert knowledge? Join Tom and Kelvin in wrestling with these questions and more in this on-location episode. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-214.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:25 — 18.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 14 Show Notes: Please find various show notes and resources below. Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Coffee Profile: Coffee Profile: Kenya Peaberry (featured in this episode) “Mojo Coffee House” Flickr Photos of Mojo Coffee House from Kelvin and Others Content Links Robert Pirsig on Quality in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” Quality Matters OPEN SUNY COTE Quality Rubric (OSCQR) CSU Chico (old and new) Rubrics OLC Quality Scorecard from Inside Higher Ed: “George Washington U Alumni Sue University over Quality of Online Program” Phil Hill (and Blackboard): Commentary on Findings from a Blackboard Report on Quality Findings from UCF’s Distributed Learning Impact Evaluation Essay: “What is Online Course Quality?” Dissertation: “Constructing Educational Criticism of Online Courses: A Model for Implementation by Practitioners”