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 Heartland Community College (HCC) has devoted persisting innovative
efforts to providing online options, both during the COVID-related
period of remote education and beyond. Following a rigorous review
process for the online NURS 110: Nursing Assistant course, the
College recently earned the Quality Matters (QM) Certification Mark.
The QM Certification Mark is the internationally recognized symbol
of online and blended course design quality and represents
Heartland’s ongoing commitment to creating learning environments
that provide learners with a clear pathway to success.
The certification is the result of HCC’s dedication to continuous
quality improvement, including the work of Tara Jacoby, CNA Nursing
Instructor, and Judy Beall, Associate Adjunct Nursing Professor. Due
to their ongoing commitment to create a learning environment that
provides all learners with a clear pathway to success, Heartland’s
NURS 110 is now recognized as a standard-setting course.
NURS 110 is HCC’s second QM-certified course, joining BIO191:
Introductory Microbiology on the QM directory of certified courses.
“The Quality Matters Certification Mark reflects Tara’s and Judy’s
dedication to inclusive course design that benefits all learners,”
said Anna Catterson, Executive Director of Online Learning and
Instructional Technologies for HCC. “From accessibility to learner
engagement to assessments, the review used
internationally-recognized Standards and best practices to examine
critical course components related to the learner experience and
ultimately learner success.”
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The QM Official Review provided independent validation of the
quality, learner-focused course design that HCC has been committed to for the
past several years. Reviews are conducted by QM-Certified Reviewers and use the
Quality Matters Rubric and associated Standards, which are based on research and
defined best practices. A course earns the QM Certification Mark once it meets
QM Rubric Standards at the 85% threshold or better and meets all Essential
Standards.
About Quality Matters
Quality Matters (QM) is the global organization leading quality assurance in
online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments. It provides a
scalable quality assurance system for online and blended learning used within
and across organizations. When you see QM Certification Marks on courses or
programs, it means they have met QM Course Design Standards or QM Program Review
Criteria in a rigorous review process.
[Steve Fast
Director, Public Information
Heartland Community College] |
