Through a University System of Maryland partnership with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), DoIT is pleased to offer an exceptional online training opportunity to UMBC full-time and part-time faculty.
The OLC workshop format utilizes proven teaching strategies and learning activities while modeling best practices for online and hybrid learning. Participants engage with experienced instructors and collaborate with peers via synchronous (live) and asynchronous environments. Normally these workshop cost about $300 each, but our partnership provides a limited number of seats at no cost to UMBC faculty.
These workshops require a time commitment of 3-7 days on average with some lasting up to 3 weeks. All workshops are delivered online with either a synchronous or asynchronous component. A full list of workshop titles is available through this year.
Below you will find a list of recommended workshops for the SU2016 semester. The workshop descriptions are linked in titles.
June 2016
Designing Gamified Learning Environments, 6/6-6/12
July 2016
August 2016
To register for a workshop, please open an RT ticket. Be sure to include the name of the workshop you would like to attend and the date(s). Instructional technology staff will assist with your registration, answer any questions you may have about the experience, etc. Sign up early -- some workshops fill up due to popular demand.
[Note: The Mastery Series workshops are not eligible for the coupon code.]
]]>Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered, peer review process designed to improve online and blended course quality to benefit online learners. The Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshop is QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and the process of using the QM Rubric to review online and hybrid courses. It is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors who wish to understand more about the QM Rubric and process of course review. The APPQMR is also the prerequisite for the Peer Reviewer Course, which is required to become a QM Peer Reviewer.
Both online and face-to-face training opportunities are available to UMBC faculty as in person or online workshops through our sister USM institutions.
Face-to-Face Option
Towson University has scheduled three hands-on Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshops:
All workshops are held in the Cook Library, Room 404B from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The cost of the workshop will be $30 and will include a continental breakfast and lunch along with a Quality Matters booklet and other course materials. Payment can be made by transfer of funds. Please request that your department send the funds to Academic Innovation (15470) at Towson via the R*Stars system, the interagency transfer program. In the description field, enter a notation for the APPQMR training, and send it to the attention of Jessica Loetz in Accounts Payable (jloetz@towson.edu).
Parking is available on campus in the Towsontown Garage (across from the Liberal Arts Visitor parking spots are available so please when parking go to the visitors kiosk and follow the directions to obtain a ticket for displaying clearly on the dashboard of your vehicle.
Registration is limited so please RSVP. Look USM-Applying Quality Matters Rubric Workshop and then choose the Session # that you wish to attend. Since there will be food available, please make sure you register for the session you wish to attend at least a week before the session.
Online Option
Salisbury University has scheduled two online Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) workshops:
The cost associated with the dedicated online APPQMR is $25.
To register for the workshop, open an RT ticket with the individual’s name and department.
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