Evaluating Online Course Quality: A Study on Implementation of Course Quality Standards
Evaluating Online Course Quality: A Study on Implementation of Course Quality Standards
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在线课程质量评价：课程质量标准实施研究
作者：
W. Zimmerman;B. Altman;Bethany Simunich;K. Shattuck;Barbra Burch
本研究探讨了教师专业发展意向、在线课程设计意向和非正式课程评价与高等教育机构间正式同行评议结果的关系。在自愿实施质量管理在线学习质量保证工具和过程的机构中，质量管理（QM）为探索课程水平上三个自变量的关系提供了环境。本研究的数据来自QM定期开展的一个更大的统计项目，其中包括360所院校在2014年9月至2020年5月期间完成的5436个在线课程评论的结果。这些课程在结构化的、跨机构的评审中是否符合质量标准，由三位教员同行评审进行评估。QM为本研究提供了环境和数据；然而，这项研究并不是关于质量管理的。相反，它是关于在一个机构的控制范围内探索变量之间的关系，以寻求基准和改善在线学习。拥有和传播在线课程质量标准并不能确保这些标准和质量保证过程的实施。这项观察性研究提供了对这些标准和质量保证过程的实施如何影响结果的更好理解。
This study examined the relationship of intentional faculty professional development, intentional online course design, and informal course reviews to the results of official interinstitutional peer review within higher education institutions. Quality MattersTM (QM) provided the setting for this exploration of the relationship of three independent variables at the course level at institutions that have voluntarily implemented QM online learning quality assurance tools and processes. Data for this study were extracted from a larger statistical project conducted regularly by QM, which included the results of 5,436 online course reviews completed between September 2014 and May 2020 at 360 institutions. These courses were assessed for meeting quality standards in structured, interinstitutional, reviews, conducted by three faculty peer reviewers. QM provided the setting and data for this study; however, the study was not about QM. Instead, it was about exploring the relationships of variables within an institution’s control in the quest for benchmarking and improving online learning. Having and disseminating online course quality standards does not ensure implementation of those standards and quality assurance processes. This observational study provides a better understanding of how the implementation of those standards and quality assurance processes might impact outcomes.