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Role of Instructor
Quality Matters
Discussions
Best Practices
Potpourri
100
The most important role of the instructor
What is "Be There!"?
100
The score a course must earn to be QM certified
What is 85%?
100

In this type of discussion, students are assigned to two sides of an issue.

What is a debate?
100
The first and last Best Practice.
What is Be There!
100
As compared with a face-to-face classroom, the online students must be a more ________ learner.
What is an independent (or self-directed or active) learner?
200
This word that starts with "f" is the most-often used metaphor for the role of the online instructor.
What is facilitator?
200
This Standard is the one on which all others must align.
What is Standard 2 (Learning Outcomes)?
200
True or False. Instructors should respond to each post in the discussion forum on a daily basis. 
What is false? Instructors need to find the "sweet spot" between too much and too little engagement to keep students interacting with one another. Responses to the group as a whole and a few individual posts every other day is a good place to begin.
200
Best practice 4 says to offer ___________. Examples are individual, dyad, medium, and large group learning activities.
What is variety
200
This term is sometimes used synonomously with "constructivism."
What is active learning theory?
300
Because of the lack of face-to-face contact, it is all the more important for online instructors to provide timely and substantive __________.

What is timely and substantive feedback?

300
Standard 8 address this issue so that all students can participate in an online class, regardless of physical disabilities.
What is accessibility?
300
The foremost characteristic of a good discussion question.
What is open-ended?
300
These are a few examples of assignments that provide opportunities for reflection and integration at the end of the course.
What are journals, presentations, summaries, personal development plans, etc?
300
This free tool was used in week one for sharing online files and working collaboratively.
What is Google Drive or Google Sheets?
400
These three elements are necessary for the formation of a learning community.  Hint: they start with "p."
What are people, purpose, and process?
400
Standards 2 through 6 must _________, meaning they work together to achieve the learning objectives.

What is align?

400
Factual questions are better suited for this kind of learning activity rather than a discussion forum.
What is a quiz or test? (Factual questions are closed-ended.)
400

Best Practice 8 says that if content is not this, it is as if it doesn't exist for students.

What is digital?
400
A learning activity using this free online game resource in which the answers are framed as questions.
What is Jeopardy?  (Jeopardy labs)
500
Savery's VOCAL
What is visible, organized, compassionate, analytical, leader-by-example?
500
The QM program does not address faculty performance, but addresses this one factor that affects course quality.
What is course design?
500
Discussions that promote this kind of discomfort help learners explore issues more deeply.
What is cognitive dissonance?
500
This best practice means following the rubric standards of this internationally known, research based program to improve course design.
What is Quality Matters?
500
The middle stage of a course emphasizes this kind of presence.
What is teaching or cognitive presence?