Online Course Peer Review

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The May 24-25, 2006 Online Course Peer Review workshop in Duluth went over so well and was attended by employees from so many different MnSCU schools, that we decided to continue the dialogue…right here! Every Monday, I (Susan Brashaw) will post something new about the online course peer review process at LSC. You are encouraged to post your thoughts and ideas in an effort to make this an inter-institutional activity. Have you implemented any of the ideas learned at the workshop? Please let us know by commenting below!

For those of you who did not attend the workshop, let me catch you up a bit. In a nutshell, about 3 years ago LSC adapted online course peer review documents from MarylandOnline’s Quality Matters program to fit the needs of our college. Last year we conducted over 20 peer reviews on courses volunteered by LSC faculty. This year our goal is to complete at least 15 reviews, although we’re running a bit low on faculty volunteers this time around. Just a new challenge/stage of the process!

Check out the documents we use during the peer review process by clicking on the links on the above navigation bar.

Please be sure to check in by posting a comment before you sign-off (did I mention that already?). When you comment, you’ll see a button labeled “abschicken”. This is German for “post”—somake sure toclick on it after you type in your comment. It’s a default language setting I can’t seem to change—and a rather humorous one at that, I think!

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Posted: October 7th, 2006 under Peer Review.
Comments: 4

Comments

Comment from Mary Olson
Time: October 10, 2006, 10:26 am

I plan to send my coworkers in my department the online good practices document. Good reminders indeed for everyone. Mary

Comment from Mike Mutschelknaus
Time: October 10, 2006, 9:36 pm

I think this is a great idea. We’re trying to get our own peer review circle started here at RCTC. There are a few of us brave souls here who are doing it.

Comment from Mike Mutschelknaus
Time: October 10, 2006, 9:37 pm

Any suggestions out there on how to train home-grown peer reviewers?

Comment from Susan Brashaw
Time: October 10, 2006, 10:21 pm

At LSC, we’ve had good luck with asking for faculty volunteers to serve as peer reviewers. Part of my role as the coordinator of peer review is to do the training. Training involves introducing the volunteers to all peer review documents and taking them through an actual review of a course (one of mine). The process takes about an hour total. At that point the volunteer is assigned to a review team and learns a lot more “on the job” with two other reviewers, one of whom is a team leader. I should mention that an additional requirement is the reviewer must have had one of his/her own courses reviewed before serving on a review team.

Thanks for the post! Let me know if you would like more detail. Does anyone else do anything differently?