Online Consortium of Oklahoma

DYOC (Designing Your Online Course) – QM Dedicated Workshop
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-27, 2023-04-06 - 2023-04-20, 2022-11-03, 2022-10-06, 2022-09-08, 2022-07-14, 2022-04-07 | Online (Asynchronous)
Description: The “Designing Your Online Course” workshop includes an overview of the QM Rubric and provides a framework for participants to design an online course plan. An integral element of the workshop is exploration of the eight General Standards of the QM Rubric, focusing on learning objectives and overall course alignment. Participants will complete a Course Development Plan. The plan includes all of the essential Specific Review Standards (SRS) with a column for how the participant will meet the SRS in their course and what resources they will need.
Prerequisites: None
What Participants Need

An online course you are developing
8 to 10 hours of time per week to spend on achieving the learning objectives

Course Length: Two weeks
Delivery Mode: Online (Asynchronous)
Registration: OKQM Dedicated Workshop Registration
Registration Fee for OKQM Affiliates: $75 early bird registration/$85 late registration
Workshops require a minimum of five participants to run.

IYOC (Designing Your Online Course) – QM Dedicated Workshop
2023-07-13 - 2023-07-27, 2023-04-06 - 2023-04-20, 2022-11-03, 2022-10-06, 2022-09-08, 2022-07-14, 2022-04-07 | Online (Asynchronous)
Description: The “Improving Your Online Course” workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online courses and develop a course improvement plan.
The content is based on the essential Specific Review Standards of the Quality Matters Rubric. Participants come away with a plan for course improvement so enrolling in the workshop with a pre-developed online course is required.
Those without an existing online course to improve should sign up for the Designing Your Online Course workshop.
Prerequisites: None
What Participants Need

An online course to improve.
8 to 10 hours of time per week to spend on achieving the learning objectives.

Course Length: Two weeks
Delivery Mode: Online (Asynchronous)
Registration: OKQM Dedicated Workshop Registration
Registration Fee with OKQM Membership: $75 early bird registration/$85 late registration
Workshops require a minimum of five participants to run.

APPQMR (Applying the QM Rubric) – QM Dedicated Workshop
2023-07-11 - 2023-07-25, 2023-04-04 - 2023-04-18, 2023-01-03 - 2023-01-24, 2022-11-01, 2022-10-04, 2022-09-06, 2022-07-12, 2022-04-05 | Online (Asynchronous)
Description: QM’s flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors. It is particularly helpful to those new to QM or those considering the adoption of a quality assurance process for online and blended learning.
In addition to learning about the QM Rubric and the course review process, participants will learn to apply the concept of alignment and draft helpful recommendations for course improvement.
The APPQMR is the prerequisite for the Peer Reviewer Course, which is the required course to become a QM Peer Reviewer.
Prerequisites: None
What Participants Need: At least 10 to 12 hours of time per week to spend on achieving the learning objectives. Some participants report spending at least 15 hours per week.
Course Length: Two weeks
Delivery Mode: Online (Asynchronous)
Registration: OKQM Dedicated Workshop Registration
Registration Fee for OKQM Affiliates: $95 early bird registration/$105 late registration
Workshops require a minimum of five participants to run.

2023 Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit
2023-04-20 - 2023-04-21
The Oklahoma Council for Online Learning Excellence (COLE) invites you to share your ground-breaking ideas, research and best practices in online education at the 2023 Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit, to be held Thursday, April 20 via Zoom Events and Friday, April 21 in-person at Rose State College with some streaming sessions available.
The priority deadline for proposals is Monday, February 27. Proposals submitted after the priority deadline will be shared with the committee until the event program is finalized.
The 2023 theme is BOLD Future – Building Opportunities for Learning & Discovery, with tracks including:

Collaboration and Engagement – How do we connect learners with one another, ourselves, and their discipline knowledge?
Assessing Learner Success – How do we measure learning outcomes which develop life and career-critical competencies?
Innovation Best Practices – How do we position existing resources to invent solutions for emerging challenges?
Support Through Technology – How do we leverage technology to reach every learner everywhere?

All presenters and participants will be invited to join the virtual event at no cost; a link will be provided at a later date. The Friday, April 21 in-person event will include breakfast and lunch with an anticipated registration fee of $40. You may include up to four presenters on the submission form. Contact online@osrhe.edu if you have any questions before submitting the form or if you need to include additional presenter information.
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OER in Oklahoma: Spring Opportunities for Faculty
2023-01-11 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
OSRHE will share the great opportunities available for faculty for professional development and implementation of open educational resources (OER).
Participants will come away from this session with access to free training, discovery of resources like Pressbooks, and information about grant funding available right now from OSRHE.
Register to Attend or Receive Recording

2022 Oklahoma OER Summit
2022-10-26 - 2022-10-27 | Zoom Events (virtual)
Times: 10 am – 3 pm
The Council for Online Learning Excellence (COLE) and Online Consortium of Oklahoma (OCO) invite faculty, staff, and students to join us for the 2022 Oklahoma OER Summit. This free, virtual event will be hosted via the Zoom Events platform.
Register via Zoom Events or by visiting https://summit.ocolearnok.org.
Attendees will hear of new funding opportunities for open educational resources (OER), discover faculty-led open textbook projects, and gain access to numerous resources provided to our colleges and universities at no cost.
Live captions will be provided via Zoom and recordings will remain available following each session for 30 days within Zoom Events. Please contact Brad Griffith at online@osrhe.edu if you need to request any special accommodations to fully engage with us during the virtual event.

COLE FERPA Q&A Webinar
2022-10-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom Events (virtual)
The Council for Online Learning Excellence (COLE) and Online Consortium of Oklahoma (OCO) invite faculty, staff, and students to join us for a webinar to discuss issues related to FERPA and teaching and supporting online learners. Panelists for this event will include legal counsels Mackenzie Wilfong of Tulsa Community College and Brandee Hancock from Oklahoma State University.
Register for the free Zoom session.
Live captions will be provided via Zoom. Please contact Brad Griffith at online@osrhe.edu if you need to request any special accommodations to fully engage with us during the virtual event.

2022 Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit
2022-04-22 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-04-15 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-04-08 10:00 - 15:00, 2022-04-01 10:00 - 15:00 | Zoom Events (virtual)
Description: The Oklahoma Council for Online Learning Excellence (COLE) looks forward to hosting you at its annual conference on Fridays in April!
Hosted each spring, the Oklahoma Learning Innovations Summit showcases online excellence in higher education throughout the state. Organized by members of the Council for Online Learning Excellence (COLE), this event invites faculty, staff, and administrators to share in best practices and innovations that support online learners.
Join us starting Friday, April 1 at 10 am for The State of Online Learning in Oklahoma 2022, which includes updates from our online collaboration groups (COLE, OCO, Oklahoma Quality Matters) and will conclude with a kickoff introduction from Chancellor Allison Garrett!
Session tracks for 2022 include: Humanizing the Online Learning Experience, Lessons Learned; New Paths Ahead, Innovative Modalities and Design, Meeting Workforce Needs Through Online Education, and Innovative Use of Technologies.
Following that, a series of interactive sessions will be held each Friday in April (1, 8, 15, 22) from 10 am-3 pm, moderated by members of COLE.
Visit https://summit.ocolearnok.org to register!
