Training
Professional Development Paths and OSCQR Certifications
Training Workshops:
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- SUNY Online Teaching: Introduction to OSCQR (self-assessment) – this workshop prepares you to Review and Refresh your online course with OSCQR using the OSCQR self-assessment.
- SUNY Online Teaching: Become a OSCQR Online Course Reviewer – this workshop is a prerequisite to certification as an online course reviewer, or a certified OSCQR trainer.
- (The OLC Course Quality Review (OSCQR) – ID4 workshop also satisfies the workshop requirement for certification as OSCQR Reviewer, or Trainer).
- SUNY Online Teaching: Designing an OSCQR Implementation Plan – This workshop presents and overview of tools, resources and information design to help you develop an implementation plan for larger-scale institutional-level online course quality review and refresh initiatives using OSCQR. Experience with online quality rubrics, and the OSCQR tools, resources, and process is assumed.
- SUNY Online Teaching: Supporting Regular and Substantive Interaction– This workshops provides an overview of the US Department of Education federal regulation on RSI, and how to apply the OSCQR RSI-related standards to support compliance with this regulation at institutional, course, and instructional levels.
Experience Certification:
- SUNY Online OSCQR Self-Assessment Refresh – Certifies that the holder has been trained and has completed an online course review and refresh on their own online course. This certification requires verification of the Introduction to OSCQR workshop completion, and evidence of having completed the full online course quality review and refresh process with the OSCQR self-assessment rubric.
- SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Reviewer – Certifies that that holder is trained and has sufficient experience to review online courses. This certification requires verification of the Introduction to OSCQR, or Reviewer workshop completion, and evidence of completing the full OSCQR “review and refresh” process on at least 1 online course. (This can be using the OSCQR self-assessment on your own online course, or the review and refresh of someone else’s online course.)
- SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Trainer – Certifies that the holder is trained and has sufficient experience to train others in the use of OSCQR tools and resources to conduct online course reviews/self-assessments and refreshes. This certification requires verification of the Introduction to OSCQR, or Reviewer workshop completion, and evidence of experience completing the full OSCQR “review and refresh” process on at least 5 fully online courses (not including a self-assessment).
- SUNY Online Certified OSCQR Implementation – TBD. Certifies that that holder is trained and has developed a plan for a larger-scale online course quality initiative using the OSCQR Implementation Plan template. This certification requires verification of Designing an OSCQR Implementation Plan workshop completion, and evidence of completing the development of a larger-scale online course quality initiative implementation plan.
OSCQR reviewer/trainer Certification is recommended for anyone interested in joining the SUNY Online Teaching Course Reviewer Network.