Quality Matters

Penn State and Quality Matters Penn State is a subscriber to Quality Matters. This is a university-wide initiative, with a long-term goal of all online courses being QM approved courses.  All online and hybrid courses at Penn State Behrend are expected to meet QM...

Ensuring Course Quality

All online course developments completed with support from CEI follow the design standards set by Quality Matters. The standards are intended to provide a measure of quality assurance for online courses to serve the eLearning needs of Penn State students. It is common...

New Course Development Timetable Example

Milestone Description Analysis, Design, and Development Kick-off meeting with CEI representative Discuss project scope and roles of authors, program leads, and CEI staff. Discuss IP03 policy. Review existing course materials and discuss course goals and outline....

Course Assessment Process

The assessment process includes the implementation and evaluation of the course. While the course is offered, the instructor collects feedback from students and identifies any aspects of the course that did not go according to plan. The evaluation takes place in the...

Course Approval Process

Behrend schools and academic programs play an essential role in the development of fully online and hybrid courses in their areas. Rather than promote the development of isolated web-based curriculum, academic units will require a programmatic and strategic approach...

Course Development Process

Once approved, new online and hybrid courses are developed in collaboration with CEI. CEI resources are prioritized based on the impact the course is expected to have on the College. For example, fully online large enrollment courses offered through World Campus may...

Online Course Development

Introduction Definition of Online Course Modes at Penn State Hybrid: 25-50% Remote (H2): Class will meet in person and remotely. 25-50% of the class will be taught remotely synchronously or asynchronously. Hybrid: 51-74% Remote (H5): Class will meet in person and...