Quality by Design: Strategies for Effective Teaching and Quality Course Design. An online faculty development course and Open Educational Resource (OER)

Awarded Grant: $19,850

Principal Investigator:

Anne Reed, University at Buffalo

Quality by Design: Strategies for Effective Teaching and Quality Course Design (QbD) is a faculty development course and OER that will serve the vision of Open SUNY, including open content, cross- collaboration, asset-sharing, and the development of high quality courses. Participants of QbD will learn about quality course design, strategies to increase student engagement, improved assessment techniques, and how to provide students with the support they need to be successful learners.This asynchronous online course will be offered through Creative Commons and will be widely available for on-demand learning or re- purposing at individual campuses.

QbD will serve the goals of Open SUNY by incorporating the Open SUNY COTE Quality Review (OSCQR) rubric, as well as content and participation by COTE Fellows, and additional SUNY-branded elements.

The assessments of this project will contribute research and scholarship to the SUNY community and to the larger fields of faculty development and instructional design.

Co-PI’s and Key Partners:

Jeremiah Grabowski, Online Programs Coordinator, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo
Roberta (Robin) Sullivan, Online Learning & Innovative Instruction Specialist for the Center for Educational Innovation, University at Buffalo
Cherie van Putten, Instructional Designer for the Center for Learning and Teaching, Binghamton University
Nathan Whitley-Grassi, Faculty Instructional Technologist, Empire State College
Martha Greatrix, Instructional Support Specialist for the Center for Educational Innovation, University at Buffalo
Caryn Sobieski-VanDelinder, Senior Education Specialist, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo
Steven Sturman, Instructional Designer for the School of Social Work, University at Buffalo
Christopher Price, Academic Programs Manager, SUNY Center for Professional Development
Lisa Dubuc, Coordinator of Electronic Learning and Instructional Designer, Niagara County Community College
Dan Feinberg, Senior Instructional Designer, Open SUNY, Center for Online Teaching Excellence

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