Peer Review of Online Courses

Option 1: Internal QM Reviews

The Quality Matters rubric is used to review your online course. There are multiple ways to receive informal feedback about your online course using this rubric:

• Use the QM Rubric to self-review your online course.
• Use the QM Rubric to have peers provide feedback on specific standards in your course.
• Submit a request for an internal course review by the Online Course Improvement Program LU Online Staff.

Option 2: Formal QM Reviews

An online course will gain national recognition if it meets the expectations of the Quality Matters Rubric. To gain national recognition, the course must be formally reviewed. At Lincoln University, a formal review consists of a peer review team of three QM certified peer reviewers, two of whom are from Lincoln University and one from another university. The review team provides feedback about the online course within 5 weeks from the start of the review.  Courses that meet the QM standards for quality online course design will receive national QM recognition.

Option 3: QM Recertification of QM Recognized Course

You will need a new Quality Matters Review on a previously recognized course if:

1. You have started or stopped using publisher material.
2. You have changed your course or module level objectives.
3. You have changed, added, or deleted 20% of your assessments.
4. You have changed 20% of your instructional material.
5. You have changed 20% or more of your navigation or course structure.
6. It has been five years since the last review.