Course Quality Review Certificate/Webinar Series
SUNY Online Teaching OSCQR workshop series
SUNY Online Teaching developed an online course design rubric and process that addresses both the instructional design and accessibility of an online course that is openly licensed for anyone to use and adapt. The aim of the SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR) and Process is to support continuous improvements to the quality and accessibility of online courses, and can be used formatively with new online faculty to help guide, inform, and influence the design of new online courses, or to support the review and refresh of existing and mature online courses. The award winning OSCQR rubric is non-evaluative, flexible, customizable, and designed to be used in a variety of online course quality assurance approaches, from an informal online faculty self-assessment, to more formal program-level larger-scale online faculty development activities and initiatives.
This series of workshops prepares online faculty, online instructional designers, and online administrators with the information, tools, and resources necessary to design and tailor an approach to address the quality of the design and accessibility of online courses systematically and consistently.
Webinar 1: Introduction to OSCQR (Self-Assessment)
Date: October 29, 2024
Time: 12:00pm -1:30pm EST
Audience: All audiences
This webinar will provide an overview and introduction to the OSCQR rubric and process. Participants will gain a basic understanding of how to access/use the OSCQR self-assessment rubric, and related tools and resources appropriately. Participants will:
- Receive an overview of the OSCQR self-assessment rubric and discuss how to apply the standards.
- See how the OSCQR rubric can be used to create an online course action plan for the continuous improvement of an online course, and how the OSCQR website can be used as a resource in that process.
- Leave the session prepared to conduct an online course review with the OSCQR rubric.
With a basic understanding of the OSCQR standards, and practice applying them, participants will have the necessary tools, skills, and information to complete an OSCQR online course quality self-assessment to review and improve the quality and accessibility of their own online course. Participants will earn the Intro to OSCQR badge.
This webinar is a prerequisite to the SUNY Online OSCQR Self-Assessment/Refresh badge and certification as an SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Reviewer and/or SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Trainer.
Webinar 2: Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer
Date: November 14, 2024
Time: 12:00pm -1:30pm EST
Audience: Faculty & Instructional Designers
Participants will earn the Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer badge. This webinar is a prerequisite to certification as an SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Reviewer, and/or SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Trainer.
This webinar will provide an overview and introduction to
the SUNY OSCQR rubric and process, including the features and
functionality of the PDF self-assessment rubric and the online interactive
OSCQR rubric and dashboard. The scope and intent of the OSCQR online course
quality review process using the online OSCQR tools and resources (including
features and limitations) will be discussed. Participants will gain a basic
understanding of how to access and use the OSCQR rubric, and related tools and resources appropriately for the purposes of conducting online course
reviews.
Participants will:
- Receive
an overview of the OSCQR rubric and discuss how to apply the standards.
- See
how the OSCQR rubric can be used to provide suggestions and feedback in
the form of an action plan for the continuous improvement of an online
course, and how the OSCQR website can be used as a resource in that
process.
- Gain
access to create an online interactive rubric and/or dashboard that can be
used to conduct course reviews.
- Leave
the session prepared to conduct an online course review with the OSCQR
rubric.
With a basic understanding of OSCQR, the online interactive OSCQR tools and resources, participants will have what is necessary to generate their own interactive OSCQR rubric online and use it to conduct online course reviews and craft constructive feedback and actions plans that can be used to improve the quality and accessibility of online courses.
This webinar is intended for anyone interested in becoming an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer or in earning OSCQR Reviewer Certification. Participants will earn the Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer badge.
Webinar 3: Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) Deep Dive: Understanding, Planning, Documenting, and Ensuring RSI Compliance with OSCQR
Date: December 3, 2024
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm EST
Audience: Distance Learning Leaders, Online Directors, Online Managers, Instructional Designers, Experienced Online Faculty
This webinar will 1) Provide an overview of the US DoE regulation requiring Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in distance education courses, to clarify definitions, scope, and purpose, and establish a common understanding, as well as implications for accountability at the campus, course design, and instructional levels. 2) Illustrate how OSCQR can be leveraged to build awareness about the RSI at institutional, instructional designer, and faculty levels, first by providing an overview of the OSCQR tools and related resources, and then by digging into the RSI-focused OSCQR standards. 3) Provide planning and documentation templates to support participants in creating a plan of action for their future RSI work.
Participants will leave this webinar with greater understanding and practical knowledge for how to:
- Identify the essential elements of Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)
- Apply the OSCQR Rubric to assess and improve RSI within online and blended courses
- Evaluate use cases for practical, easy-to-use tools to assist in cultivating engagement
- Develop a plan of action to drive higher quality interactions and experiences
Webinar participants will also receive the RSI OSCQR badge.
Webinar 4: Designing an OSCQR Implementation Plan
Date: December 12, 2024
Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm EST
Audience: Distance Learning Leaders, Online Directors, Online Managers, DL Advisory Teams
In this webinar participants will be guided in the creation of an implementation plan to systematically review and refresh the instructional design and accessibility of online courses and programs. Participants will leave with an implementation plan template and all the information, and resources and understanding necessary to tailor it to their individual context, and the scope and scale of their online quality initiative. Access to the tools and resources needed to implement their project are provided, and best practices in implementing a larger scale online course quality review and refresh initiative will be reviewed and discussed.
This webinar is designed to address 3 key objectives:
- Provide an overview and orientation to an implementation planning framework that they can customize and use to develop a comprehensive online quality assurance implementation plan.
- Provide an opportunity to think about and discuss individual institutional contexts. Key questions will include: What model of course review will work best for the scope, scale, and context of your initiative? What is your timeline? Who are your stakeholders? What policies and institutional organizational structures or procedures have to be taken into account for any aspect of your initiative?
- Provide access to and overview of the OSCQR tools and resources that can be used to implement and track larger-scale online course quality initiatives. These include the OSCQR dashboard, the OSCQR rubric, and the OSCQR resource site.
Participants will:
- Receive an implementation plan template to create their own individualized plan.
- Gain access to OSCQR online interactive rubric for use in team reviews.
- Gain access to OSCQR online dashboard to manage larger scale online course quality review initiatives.
- Receive an overview and orientation to the tools, resources, process, and best practices for creating a larger scale online quality review and refresh initiative.
Participants will earn the Designing an OSCQR Implementation Plan badge. The Intro to OSCQR webinar is recommended as a prerequisite for this workshop, which assumes a familiarity and some experience with OSCQR.
Certificate Options
Certifications are offered at no cost to SUNY participants. For non-SUNY participants, a fee of $50 will be charged.
Participants can earn the following certifications. Please see the Webinar section above for pre-requisites.
Certification Option #1: SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Review & Refresh (self-assessment)
- Must complete Webinar 1: Introduction to OSCQR (Self-Assessment)
- Complete the full OSCQR process of online course quality review and refresh using the OSCQR rubric to improve your own online course.
- Submit as evidence: (1) A completed self-assessment, and the constructive action plan used to refresh your own course. (2) A one-page (250-500 word) reflection on the OSCQR review and refresh process, including what was improved in the course as part of the process, and what you learned from conducting the OSCQR online course review and refresh process. The process can be completed independently, using the http://oscqr.suny.edu companion resources , or with the assistance of your campus online instructional designer, or other campus resources.
Certification Option #2: SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Reviewer
- Must complete Webinar 1: Introduction to OSCQR (Self-Assessment) or Webinar 2: Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer
- Complete one (1) full OSCQR online course quality review and refresh using the OSCQR rubric, to improve at least one online, or blended course (other than your own).
- Submit as evidence: (1) The completed course review (peer, ID, etc.), and the constructive action plan used to refresh the online course improved (other than your own), and (2) A completed self-assessment, and the constructive action plan used to refresh your own online course (if the course improved was your own course). (3) a one-page (250-500 word) reflection on the OSCQR review and refresh process, including what was improved in the online course as part of the process, and what you learned from conducting the OSCQR online course review and refresh process.
Certification Option #3: SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Trainer
- Must complete Webinar 1: Introduction to OSCQR (Self-Assessment) or Webinar 2: Become an OSCQR Online Course Reviewer
- Complete five (5) full online course quality review and refreshes using the OSCQR rubric that result in improvements to at least five (5) online or blended courses (other than your own).
- Submit as evidence: (1) The completed course reviews (peer, ID, etc.), and the constructive action plans used to refresh the five online courses. (2) a two-page (500 -1000 word) reflection on the five (5) OSCQR review and refresh processes conducted, including what was improved in the five online courses as part of the process, and what you learned from conducting the OSCQR online course review and refresh process.