Online Course Peer Review

When we first launched the peer review process at LSC back in the fall of 2005, the five faculty membersoriginally chosen by their peers to adapt the Quality Matters rubric toLSC’s needs were the only reviewers. To involve more faculty members in this role, the coordinator (Susan Brashaw–me!) sent out an email looking for volunteers. [...]

Last May’s two-day peer review workshop went so well that we’ve decided to do it again! This year’s workshop will once again be held Thursday, May 24 and Friday, May 25 in Duluth’s Inn on Lake Superior in Canal Park. It will be a repeat of last year’s information, so is not intended for individuals [...]

Rubric Standard V.1 reads: The course design provides learning activities to foster instructor-student, content-student, and if appropriate, student-student interaction.
As someone who teaches online, takes courses online, and reviews the online courses of others, it’s safe to say that interaction requirements of different instructors vary WIDELY! Some instructors build regular group discussions into the weekly course [...]