| Citation |
Year |
Overview |
Methods |
Sample |
| University of Guelph Ontario Agricultural College. (2016). OAC course earns Canada-first certification |
2016 |
The online degree-credit course “Tourism Planning in the Less Developed World”, which was offered by the University of Guelph’s Open Learning and Educational Support along with the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development is the first in Canada to achieve a QM certification mark |
N/A |
N/A |
| TeachOnline.ca (2017). OntarioLearn: 24 public colleges in Ontario collaborate to increase student access and choice of quality programs and courses |
2017 |
Since 2005, standards of quality developed by OntarioLearn were applied to each newly developed course, including criteria related to the provision of essential course information, structural integrity and navigational simplicity, content of lessons, configuration of assignments, and text and visual presentation. The QM standards have been customized to meet the requirements of the OntarioLearn model, then adopted and used for all courses currently under development |
N/A |
N/A |
| Legon, R., & Runyon, J. (2007). Research on the impact of the Quality Matters course review process. 23rd Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. Retrieved from http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference |
2007 |
This article provides an overview of research sponsored by QM to evaluate outcomes related to the implementation of the QM standards. According to QM, various difficulties like poor research design and lack of a control group affected the outcomes of these projects. |
Review |
n=3 studies |
| Legon, R. (2006). Comparison of the Quality Matters rubric to accreditation standards for distance learning. |
2006 |
This report compares the QM principles to the Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degree and Certification Programs principles. |
Review |
N/A |
| Ralston-Berg, P., & Nath, L. (2008). What makes a quality online course? The student perspective. 24th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. Retrieved from http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference |
2008 |
This study examined to what degree students value the recommended QM features and how their perspectives compare to the QM rubric |
Survey |
N/A |
| Crews, T., Bordonada, T., & Wilkinson, K. (2017). Student feedback on Quality Matters standards for online course design. Educause. Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/6/student-feedback-on-quality-matters-standards-for-online-course-design |
2017 |
This study focused on assessing a large online course based on the QM standards from the student perspective to more fully understand how to improve online course design and instruction. |
Survey and colour personality test which indicated learning needs |
N=109 students |
| Sener, J. (n.d.). Quality Matters: Inter-institutional quality improvement for online courses. |
n.d. |
This article focuses on QM as an approach to assess, assure, and improve the quality of online courses. It explores whether the project can build and maintain a sustainable long-term model. |
Commentary |
N/A |
| Shattuck, K. (2010). Quality Matters: A faculty-centred program to assure quality in online course design |
2010 |
This chapter provides an overview of the QM rubric and review process as a method of faculty involvement in course redesign |
N/A |
N/A |
| Shattuck, K. (n.d.). What we’re learning from Quality Matters-focused research: Research, practice, continuous improvement. |
n.d. |
This paper provides an overview of what is being learned from research commissioned by QM and provides recommendations for future research |
Review |
N/A |
