Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 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 ToolsEpisode 169: You Know Your Institution is Doing Online Ed Strategically When… View All Posted on August 1, 2016February 2, 2022 by cdladminEpisode 16: Operationalizing Online Course Quality About Episode 16: How do we see to it that the design and teaching of online courses are of the highest quality possible? In this episode join hosts Kelvin Thompson and Thomas Cavanagh as they dig deeper into the practicalities of ensuring high quality online courses. https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-216.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:53 — 28.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript [PDF, RTF] Episode 16 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: Colombia Santa Cruz (featured in this episode) Lineage Coffee Roasting Content Links Quality Matters Rubric (and Standards) CSU Chico’s “Exemplary Online Instruction” site OPEN SUNY COTE Quality Rubric (OSCQR) Kelvin’s “Non-Reductionist” Dissertation: “Constructing Educational Criticism of Online Courses: A Model for Implementation by Practitioners” “Tune Up Your Course with the Online Course Quick Check” (draft doc listed in resource links) Info on UCF’s UDOIT accessibility checker tool “Blended Course Self Assessment/Peer Review Form” (from the BlendKit Course) “Quality Assurance in Blended Learning” (Chapter 5 of the BlendKit Reader)
Thanks for the great discussion guys. I could ideas came up while listening to this episode. I think more could be explored in the area of the distinction between quality course design and quality teaching. I think the online environment really throws more contrast to that issue than traditional classroom teaching. I would like to know more about the design process at UCF and maybe an episode on the role of instructional designers and how they typically interact with faculty. Certainly the interaction between instructional designers at the Higher Ed level is very different than the interaction of instructional designers and SMEs at the corporate level, ie many faculty want to have much more control in the design process. Thanks! I always look forward to each new episode. Log in to Reply
Thanks for your thoughtful response to episode 16, Tim! 🙂 Yes, the relationship between design and teaching is worth exploring in much greater depth than the focus of this episode allowed. You’ve listed several helpful possible topics for future episodes. We’ll certainly keep those in mind! Keep listening/thinking/sharing! Kelvin Log in to Reply
