TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast

Episode 14: The Problem with Quality: Consensus vs. Connoisseurship

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About Episode 14:

Perceptions of quality (high and low) are a perennial problem in online education. What is quality? Who decides? What if others disagree? Should majority rule? What about expert knowledge? Join Tom and Kelvin in wrestling with these questions and more in this on-location episode.


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Coffee Links
  • Coffee Profile: Coffee Profile: Kenya Peaberry (featured in this episode)
  • “Mojo Coffee House”
  • Flickr Photos of Mojo Coffee House from Kelvin and Others
    • Content Links
    • Robert Pirsig on Quality in “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
    • Quality Matters
    • OPEN SUNY COTE Quality Rubric (OSCQR)
    • CSU Chico (old and new) Rubrics
    • OLC Quality Scorecard
    • from Inside Higher Ed: “George Washington U Alumni Sue University over Quality of Online Program”
    • Phil Hill (and Blackboard): Commentary on Findings from a Blackboard Report on Quality
    • Findings from UCF’s Distributed Learning Impact Evaluation
    • Essay: “What is Online Course Quality?”
    • Dissertation: “Constructing Educational Criticism of Online Courses: A Model for Implementation by Practitioners”
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