Quality Assurance Course Reviews and Regular and Substantive Interaction

UA Little Rock is committed to ensuring faculty excellence and student success in our online courses. We have internal university Online Course Design Quality Assurance Standards that are informed by nationally recognized Quality Matters and SUNY review standards. Instructional Designers are experienced professionals in online course design using best practices who work collaboratively with faculty during course design reviews. Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) is included as part of the quality assurance standards for online courses.

The website below is designed to provide transparency in the quality assurance course review process as well as establish how our university is in compliance with specific changes to Federal Regulation C.F.R. §600.2 as of July 1, 2021.  In 2018, the Faculty Senate approved Syllabus, Office Hours, and Regular and Substantive Contact Policy 404.8. Starting in fall 2020, the Office of the Provost required all new programs joining the Online Campus to have each course meet quality assurance standards and to work with eLearning toward that end. Beginning fall 2022, a rotation of reviews will work with other Online Campus programs to collaboratively meet quality assurance silver standards.

This website will be updated regularly with the current status of course reviews as well as the RSI level for each academic program (approved by the respective department/school). Each RSI level indicates the quality of interaction expected for all online courses within a specific program. RSI Levels range from Level 1 Correspondence Education Course, to Level 4 Distance Education Course.

For additional information and RSI resources, please Self-enroll in the RSI Blackboard Organization.


College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education

Undergraduate

Program RSI Coordinator
Associate of Arts in General Studies (AAGS) Level 4 Academic Advising
Applied Science, B.A.S. Level 4 Student Success Center
Applied Communication, B.A. Level 4 Katie Halford
History, B.A. Level 4 Jess Porter
History, Education Track: Social Studies – History, B.A. Level 4 Kristin Mann
Interdisciplinary Studies Online, B.A. Level 4 Michael Norton
Mass Communication, Journalism Emphasis, B.A.
Mass Communication, Mass Media Emphasis, B.A.
Middle Childhood Education, B.S.E. Lundon Pinneo
Political Science, B.A. Anne Williamson
Professional and Technical Writing, B.A. Level 4 Heidi Skurat Harris
Psychology, B.A. Elisabeth Sherwin
Sociology, B.A. Level 4 Adriana Lopez
Workplace Spanish Certificate of Proficiency Level 4 Andrew Deiser

Graduate

Program RSI Coordinator
M.A. in applied communication studies Gerald Driskill
Gifted and talented education K-12 graduate certificate Ann Robinson
Learning systems technology education graduate certificate Daryl Tate
M.Ed. in learning systems technology education Daryl Tate
M.Ed. in gifted, creative, and talented education K-12 Ann Robinson
M.A. in mass communication Johanna M. Lewis
M.A. in professional and technical writing Level 4 Heidi Harris
Online writing instruction graduate certificate Level 4 Heidi Harris
Dyslexia therapist graduate certificate Kent Layton
M.Ed. in reading Kent Layton

 


College of Business, Health, and Human Services

Undergraduate

Program RSI Coordinator
Accounting, B.B.A. Level 4 Mark F. Funk
Business Analytics, B.B.A. Richard Woolridge
Business Analytics Undergraduate Certificate Richard Woolridge
Business Information Systems, B.B.A. Richard Woolridge
Criminal Justice, B.A. Tusty ten Bensel
Health Education and Promotion, B.S. to M.S. Level Bennie F. Prince
Human Resource Management Jennifer K. Holtz
General Management Richard Woolridge
Management-Innovation and Entrepreneurship Richard Woolridge
Marketing Robert Mitchell
Nursing RN to BSN Completion, B.S. Belinda Nix
Social Work, B.S.W. Level 4 May A. Atkins

Graduate

Program RSI Coordinator
M.S. in health education and promotion Level 4 Amar Kanekar
Gerontology graduate certificate Level 4 Jacqueline BurseMorgan Leyenberger
M.S. in criminal justice Tusty ten Bensel


Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Graduate

Program RSI Coordinator
Data science graduate certificate John Talburt
M.S. in information science Daniel Berleant
Ph.D. in computer and information sciences John Talburt
Information quality graduate certificate John Talburt
M.S. in information quality John Talburt