QualityCourseRecognition.com - The Premiere Distance Education Quality Recognition Process for Academic Insitutions

Help ensure everyone knows your distance education program meets rigid instructional design and delivery standards by obtaining Quality Course Recognition.

QCR IS Not a simple “yes or no” course review - The QCR is an iterative approach in which professional course reviewers conduct a complete review, present the schools with a list of deficiencies if any, provide suggestions of good practice to remedy the deficiencies, then conduct a second iteration of the review after the enhancements are made.  The QCR is about more than a seal of approval, it is an quality improvement process.

A strong, tried and true self study process - The QCR program is a detailed self study process in which the school provides documentation of the level of quality of a course.  Since this process is modeled after the self study process used by regional accrediting bodies, they are more accustomed to interpreting the results of this approach to course review.

QCR Provided an archive of course improvements for accreditation purposes - The QCR program not only provides a review of the course, but it also archives all activity which occurred during this course review through the QCR Course Review Management System.  This archive of activity is a valuable asset when a program is being considered for regional accreditation or renewal.  Through using the QCR Course Review Management System schools will be able to demonstrate and document the iterative process they underwent to ensure quality in the distance learning course.

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Certified Distance Education Instructor - The CDEI program is designed to be used by persons preparing to teach professional education courses via a variety of distance education delivery methods such as Internet, CBT, and video-conferencing.  Students becoming certified will have an excellent credential and knowledgebase by which to begin or continue their work facilitating distance education courses.

The CDEI program is also designed to present theory and good practice for facilitating a distance education course.  The program is divided into two courses: (1) How and why adults learn, and (2) Principles of good practice for teaching online.  Each course contains five major learning objectives.  Completion time for each module is approximately eight hours for a total of sixteen hours for the course. To earn the CDEI certification, the student must complete both courses.

The first course, How and why adults learn, will focus on educational theory.  Issues such as learning styles, motivation, and assessment will be explored.  The second course, Principles of good practice for teaching online, will practically apply these theories in an online professional education context.  In both courses the content will be regularly applied to the role of a professional distance educator.

MAJOR LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Course one: How and why adults learn

• Evaluate whether or not good teaching can be taught.
• Describe how adults learn.
• Interpret how adult students differ.
• Compare how approaches to teaching differ.
• Appraise strategies for assessing adult learners in distance education courses.
  

Course two: Principles of good practice for teaching online

• Identify distinct elements of distance education.
• Explore categories of distance education.
• Describe technology used in distance education.
• Interpret standards for distance education.