The eLearning Team continues to assist faculty through the QM course development process for courses being taught online. For an overview of the course development process, visit our Development Process of Distance Education Courses page.
Approval of Proposed Changes to QM Certification Process
The proposed changes were approved by the DEITC members as presented below:
- As soon as an alignment document is finalized, it will be sent to a faculty liaison (to be determined by each program/department) for their approval. If a faculty liaison has not been appointed, the alignment document will be sent to the program director or department chair.
- Every QM review report will be reviewed by the assigned faculty developer and assigned ID and make any recommended changes even if the standard has been met. Payment will not be processed until these changes have been made.
- Faculty assigned to teach a QM course, will receive a "Request for Feedback" form during the last week of the semester /term to give faculty ample time to complete it. Our team will review information provided and inform faculty developer and faculty liaison and assist on any revisions that need to be made to the master course. Depending on the number of revisions needed, a recertification of the course may be triggered.
- Alternate version reviews will require three reviewers instead of just one to ensure a comprehensive review.
Dr. Abrego will send email to College Deans requesting the name of the faculty liaison this week.
QM Courses Certified
The following fifteen courses have been QM certified since May of 2022.
Top Hat Grant
Dr. Alfredo Ramirez, Jr. secured a Title V grant which includes a one-year, campus-wide subscription for Top Hat, an in-class polling and response system, that will take effect Spring of 2023. The eLearning group will be conducting informational sessions in the upcoming weeks.
There will be a session at Learning Technologies Week about the use of Top Hat for larger classes and as an effective test taking solution. The presenters are Dr. Jenel Cavazos, an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma and our own Dr. Donovan Weight, Associate Professional of History. We encourage you to attend these sessions to see what Top Hat has to offer and how it can help you impact student success from day one.
Learning Technologies Week (LTW) 2022
The 13th annual LTW will take place during the week of October 31st - November 4th, 2022. Thanks to all the faculty that submitted their presentation proposals. We will be showcasing 16 sessions from all five tracks that week. TAMIU faculty have prepared sessions on any of the following tracks: Learning Technologies, Teaching Online, Universal Design for Learning/Accessibility, Social Media and Research.
- View the LTW 2022 program and schedule.
- Register for sessions through our professional development website using your TAMIU credentials.
- Visit the Learning Technologies Week website for more information and to view the highlights from past LTW events.
We encourage you to share the program and invite your colleagues to register and attend! Remember: the more sessions faculty attend, the more times their names will be entered into the drawing for giveaways. The giveaway will take place on Friday, October 28th at 1:00 p.m. CST. The winners will be drawn at random using Wheel of Names.
The LTW 2022 sessions will be broadcasted LIVE. The link for the broadcast will be made available in the *** Faculty Resources by eLearning course found in your My Courses module in Blackboard. LIVE broadcast participants are not eligible to participate in the giveaways nor interact with the presenters.
Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt (For Students)
As a part of Learning Technologies Week, the Office of Information Technology wishes to have students participate in a scavenger hunt (mobile adventure) event that gets students to explore the University, its events, and services to students. This student event currently taking place this week, October 24 - 28, 2022. The scavenger hunt includes:
- Daily challenges, pop quizzes, trivia, puzzles and campus location/event check-ins using GPS and QR codes.
- A daily winner based on certain criteria is chosen for a prize of $15 in Dusty Bucks.
- A grand prize winner will be awarded the Halloween "Spooktacular" Basket and $25 in Dusty Bucks on Monday, October 31st.
For more information visit the 2022 Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt website.
Academic Partnership Updates
New graduate programs launching Spring Sub-term II (March 20, 2022) include:
- RN to MSN Program
- MS Bilingual Education Program
- MS Special Education Program
- MS C&I Program
- Education Diagnostician Professional Certificate
- Superintendency Professional certificate
AP is working with the A.R. Sanchez School of Business to enrich the MBA Graduate Online Student Orientation module inside of Blackboard. It is set to launch mid December 2022.
Colleges are welcome to contact the Office of Graduate Studies to include program specific modules embedded within the Graduate Online Student Orientation in Blackboard.
Spring 2023 Registration
Triana Gonzalez, University Registrar, announced that early registration opens Monday, October 31st for specific group of students. Registration for all students opens on November 3rd.
Graduate students are encouraged to register for both sub-term I and II as it has caused some issues with the Book IncludEd digital books distribution.
Next Meeting
Next DEITC meeting will be held on November 21, 2022 in WHT 224 at 3:00 p.m. CST.
