{"id":7417,"date":"2010-07-21T11:49:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T15:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=7417"},"modified":"2010-07-21T11:50:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T15:50:41","slug":"four-pillars-of-online-course-quality-from-faculty-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/07\/21\/four-pillars-of-online-course-quality-from-faculty-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Pillars of Online Course Quality &#8212; from Faculty Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/articles\/distance-learning\/four-pillars-of-online-course-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Four Pillars of Online Course Quality<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from Faculty Focus by Mary Bart<br \/>\nThe eQuality program looks at quality from four different perspectives, which  the Open Campus calls the four pillars of program quality, and has qualitative  and quantitative assessments for each.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Quality Courses <\/strong>\u2013 The quality checks in this area  ensure the courses provide a sound <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/tag\/learning-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">learning  environment<\/a>, implement best practices in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/tag\/online-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">online learning<\/a>,  meet college requirements for academic rigor, and reflect all official  curriculum requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality Instruction<\/strong> \u2013 The quality checks in this area  ensure sound instructional approaches and techniques for reducing the  transactional distance in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/tag\/online-course\/\" target=\"_blank\">online course<\/a>s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality Support<\/strong> \u2013 The quality checks in this area focus  on those elements outside the courses that make the teaching and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/tag\/learning-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\">learning  experience<\/a> easier and more fulfilling, including, technical support,  student advisement, faculty training, and staff training and  development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality Administration<\/strong> \u2013 The quality checks in this  area examine the policies, procedures, guidelines, and other  interactions between the institution and the staff, faculty, and  students. The goal is to minimize the organizational barriers to student  success, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facultyfocus.com\/tag\/student-satisfaction\/\" target=\"_blank\">student  satisfaction<\/a>, and faculty satisfaction. This pillar is by far the  most complicated to manage and improve, Schilke says.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Pillars of Online Course Quality &#8212; from Faculty Focus by Mary Bart The eQuality program looks at quality from four different perspectives, which the Open Campus calls the four pillars of program quality, and has qualitative and quantitative assessments for each. 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