Quality Matters
Quality Matters at DACC
Dona Ana Community College has made the commitment to quality assurance for online learning by adopting Quality Matters as its quality assurance system. The Quality Matters member community is comprised of over 1,280 organizations in 20 countries across 6 continents from higher education, K-12 secondary, educational publishing, and continuing education and professional development arenas. Quality Matters is a set of standards, based upon current literature, best practices, and national standards for course design. These standards can be used as a framework to design, revise, and improve online and hybrid courses. After successful completion of the Quality Matters review, the faculty member’s course is recognized as an exemplary course.
Read more about the QM process.
Quality Matters is:
- a faculty-driven, peer review process
- collegial, not evaluative or judgmental
- based upon a model of continuous improvement
- centered on the student experience
- collaborative
- designed to provide specific, detailed, and constructive feedback
- designed to provide feedback on course design, not course delivery
Ready to get started?
- Create an account with QM to conduct QM Self-Reviews, sign up for professional development, and much more.
- Go to qualitymatters.org
- Click on “Membership” for a drop-down menu.
- Click on “My QM Login”
- Enter your NMSU email address and select “No, I am new here” for your password.
- Complete the My QM – User Account Creation page.
- For the Institution/Organization, enter New Mexico State University – Dona Ana – NM
- Register for the QM Prep Seminar for resources and support in preparing your course for a QM Review and receiving a $500 stipend with your QM course certification.