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Quality Commitment

FIU Online is dedicated to remaining a leader in distance education by ensuring the highest quality experiences and services in online learning. Our Commitment to Quality includes world-class instructional design support, comprehensive curriculum consulting, state-of-the-art learning technology administration, and online education support for colleges and departments.

Quality Matters Course Design

Quality Matters Participation

Instructors wishing to enhance a fully online course to meet the Quality Matters standards or significantly update their course design, can opt into a one-to-one instructional design consultation.

Faculty Incentives

Quality Matters (QM) Certified Course: Faculty whose course meets the quality standards requirements and who engage in an external review of their course through the formal Quality Matters process will be awarded a financial incentive of $1,500.

For more information regarding monetary incentives, please contact your departmental liaisons.

Support

Should you need assistance in evaluating the material or would like to schedule a one-on-one consultation meeting, please feel free to contact the FIU Online Quality Assurance team at fiuqm@fiu.edu

Your Instructional Designer is also available to assist you with the process, evaluating content and offering recommendations for improvement.

Quality Matters Initiative

FIU Online adopted Quality Matters (QM) as our quality assessment program in Fall 2011. QM is a nationally recognized, faculty-centered peer-review process dedicated to ensuring and continually improving the quality of online course design. As a leader in quality assurance for online educationl, QM has earned national recognition for its peer-based approach and its commitment to enhancing online learning and student success.

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Online Course Enhancements Opt-In

Instructors wishing to enhance an existing course to meet the Quality Matters standards or significantly update their course design can opt in to a one-to-one instructional design consultation.

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Faculty Choice Awards

The Faculty Choice Awards are part of FIU Online's commitment to quality. Faculty are able to self-nominate one of their fully online courses for a Faculty Choice Award in one of 5 categories.

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Affordability Counts

FIU Online began Affordability Counts to recognize faculty who were actively making changes to the courses they teach to reduce the cost of course materials to students.

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