{"id":146,"date":"2025-06-09T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/?page_id=146"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:33:22","slug":"ensuring-quality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/ensuring-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>UWM has a well-established reputation for developing and delivering innovative, high-quality online programs. In order to ensure program quality,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/resources\/online-program-toolkit\/program-administrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Program Administrators<\/a>&nbsp;as well as faculty and staff involved in online program development and delivery are encouraged to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be well versed in current effective practices regarding pedagogy, technology, and course design in online courses, including developing content, interactivity, and assessments. These effective practices include considerations of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelearningconsortium.org\/about\/quality-framework-five-pillars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Learning Consortium Five Pillars of Quality<\/a> and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/download.hlcommission.org\/C-RAC_Distance_Ed_Guidelines_7_31_2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Higher Learning Commission Guidelines for Distance Education<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage appropriate faculty and staff to complete the faculty development program and certification. The Center for Advancing Student Learning (CASL) offers the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cetl\/online-and-blended-teaching-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UWM Online and Blended Teaching Program<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/cetl\/programs\/certificate-programs\/certificate-online-blended-teaching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online and Blended Teaching Certificate<\/a>\u00a0for teaching assistants, teaching academic staff, and faculty. Contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:djbarth@uwm.edu\">Dylan Barth<\/a>\u00a0for more information on upcoming cohorts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop an online program assessment and evaluation plan. One good example of a clear and succinct&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rit.edu\/academicaffairs\/outcomes\/assessing-student-learning-outcomes-online-environment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assessment plan for online environments<\/a> was developed at the Rochester Institute of Technology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend meetings of the UWM&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/resources\/online-program-toolkit\/program-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Program Council<\/a>&nbsp;(OPC) a network of administrators, faculty, and staff involved with developing and delivering online programs. Examples of some of the relevant presentations available through the OPC include the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/755\/2025\/07\/Framework-for_assessment_of_Student_Achievement.pdf\">Framework for Assessment of Student Achievement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Become familiar with the many other campus resources available to support both student learning and instructional delivery in online and blended course modes, such as the following:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/onestop\/enrolling\/academic-advising\/#a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One Stop Student Services Information for Online Students<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campus IT Support<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advancing-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Advancing Student Learning research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-215\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/\">Online Program Toolkit<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/program-administrators\/\">Program Administrators<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/ensuring-quality\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Ensuring Quality<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/research\/\">Research<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/program-council\/\">Program Council<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/uw-flexible-option-degree\/\">UW Flexible Option Degree<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":118,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-146","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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