{"id":685,"date":"2018-05-15T01:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2018-08-01T15:58:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T15:58:15","slug":"accreditation-standards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/administration\/dean-online-education\/accreditation-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-685\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-685-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-685-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-685-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h5><strong>Online Education Resources<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/office-online-education\/\">Office of Online Education<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/academic-division\/office-online-education\/accreditation-standards\/\"><strong>Accreditation Standards<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/academic-division\/office-online-education\/advisory-groups\/\">Advisory Groups<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/academic-division\/office-online-education\/onilne-education-news\/\">Online Education News<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/academic-division\/office-online-education\/faculty-resources\/\">Faculty Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>--\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/academic-division\/office-online-education\/faculty-resources\/research-resources\/\">Research Resources\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>--\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/index.php\/about\/administration\/academic-division\/office-online-education\/faculty-resources\/policies-procedures\/\">Policies &amp; Procedures\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>--\u00a0<strong><em>Reports for Faculty\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-685-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-685-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>Accreditation Standards and Best Practices Guidelines<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Office of Online Education uses the following accreditation standards and best practices to guide current development and ongoing growth of online programs and courses:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Southern Association of Colleges and School<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacscoc.org\/pdf\/081705\/Guidelines%20for%20Addressing%20Distance%20and%20Correspondence%20Education.pdf\">Guidelines for Addressing Distance and Correspondence Education<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This document guides the development and implementation of MU\u2019s online programs to facilitate the process for eventual SACS accreditation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Online Learning Consortium Quality Scorecard for the Administration of Online Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelearningconsortium.org\/consult\/quality-scorecard\/\">The Online Learning Consortium Scorecard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Online Learning Consortium is a professional organization committed to advancing online education. \u00a0The consortium\u2019s scorecard measures best practices in the administration of online programs under the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Institutional Support<\/li>\n<li>Technology Support<\/li>\n<li>Course Development\/Instructional Design<\/li>\n<li>Course Structure<\/li>\n<li>Teaching &amp; Learning<\/li>\n<li>Social and Student Engagement<\/li>\n<li>Faculty Support<\/li>\n<li>Student Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While MU is not a member yet, we plan to join in the future. \u00a0Full membership will provide each faculty member access to all the resources and information The Online Learning Consortium offers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quality Matters\u2122 Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualitymatters.org\/higher-education-program\">Quality Matters\u2122 Program (QM) Rubric<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Quality Matters\u2122 Program (QM) is a faculty-centered peer-review quality assurance program for online courses. As a national benchmark for online course design, we will use the QM rubric and standards to guide the design, development, and delivery of MU\u2019s online programs. Unique to the\u00a0Rubric is the concept of alignment. This occurs when critical course components\u2013Learning Objectives, Assessment and Measurement, Instructional Materials, Course Activities and Learner Interaction, and Course Technology\u2014work together to assure that students achieve intended learning outcomes.\u00a0The Dean of Online Education and other faculty members familiar with QM\u2019s rubric will bring the standard of online education to bear on every program that MU offers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Education Resources Office of Online Education Accreditation Standards Advisory Groups Online Education News Faculty Resources &#8212;\u00a0Research Resources\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0Policies &amp; Procedures\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0Reports for Faculty\u00a0 Accreditation Standards and Best Practices Guidelines The Office of Online Education uses the following accreditation standards&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/administration\/dean-online-education\/accreditation-standards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":472,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/builder.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"url":"","client":"","location":"","start_date":"","end_date":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-685","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/685\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missional.university\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}