The Provost's Office instituted a Distributed Learning Quality Review process (DLQR) in 2013 as part of its commitment to ensuring high-quality distributed learning courses at the university. To successfully complete the review, each course must meet basic standards for design quality and ADA accessibility, which are spelled out in a review checklist approved by the Provost's Committee on Distributed Learning. The checklist is based on the Quality Matters™ Rubric, a nationally recognized quality benchmark.
Each year, the Provost's office contacts departments whose distributed-learning courses are slated for review, and the department chair designates a faculty member to prepare each course for the review. The review is conducted by instructional designers from the Center for Teaching Excellence and approved by the Provost's Distributed Learning Committee. Faculty preparing courses for review have access to assistance from CTE instructional designers and are eligible to receive a small course revision grant.
Grant Recipients 2018
John Abdalla, Instructor of History, Extended University, Palmetto CollegeHIST 111 United States History to 1865 and HIST 112 United States History since 1865 |
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Sanda Avinger, Instructor, Instruction and Teacher Education, College of Education, Palmetto CollegeEDEL 305 Nature and Management of Elementary Classrooms |
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Daniela Friedman, Professor and Department Chair, Co-Director, Office for the Study of Aging, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public HealthHPEB 711 Applied Health Communication |
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Tom Hughes, Senior Lecturer, School of Accounting, Darla Moore School of BusinessACCT 324 Commercial Law |
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Jin Liu, Instructor, Educational Psychology and Research, Educational Studies, College of EducationEDRM 801 Principles and Applications of Educational Research and EDRM 700 Introduction to Research in Education |
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Helene Maire-Afeli, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, USC UnionCHEM 105 Chemistry and Modern Society I and CHEM 107 Forensic Chemistry |
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Patti Marinelli, Senior Instructor, Spanish, Languages, Literature and CulturesSPAN 109 Beginning Spanish I and SPAN 110 Beginning Spanish II |
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Robert Ogilvie, Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor, Biological SciencesBIOL 530 Histology |
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Yvette Sands, Curriculum And Instruction, College Of EducationSPTE Computer Applications in Sport and Entertainment Management |