UA Little Rock recognizes that the experience of teaching and learning online is a different experience from the traditional classroom. Online courses require careful, intentional design to ensure meaningful learning. Distance education must also meet certain federal regulations and best practices that are unique to the online classroom. With these challenges in mind, the Office of eLearning has developed internal Quality Assurance Standards to:
- support student retention and success,
- establish internal quality assurance guidelines for online and hybrid courses,
- uphold a culture of quality in online education at the university,
- ensure that regulations for distance learning are met,
- and assist faculty with the development of quality online courses.
The standards are developed from nationally recognized, research-based online course design review standards from Quality Matters, of which UA Little Rock has been a long-standing member.
Note that the Online Quality Assurance Standards evaluate the design, not the content, of a course. Faculty who want to learn more about building courses to the QA standards are encouraged to attend our Quality Assurance Series and work with an Instructional Designer.
All courses that are part of our fully online, asynchronous programs in UA Little Rock Online must pass a review prior to inclusion in the “online campus.”
View the Quality Assurance Standards.
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