Kentucky Quality Matters Consortium Members

The Kentucky Quality Matters Consortium currently includes participation from the following organizations:

• Big Sandy Community and Technical College (KY-QM representative: Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Bluegrass Community and Technical College (KY-QM representatives: Bill Davis, BCTC; and Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Eastern Kentucky University (KY-QM representative: Bill St. Pierre)
• Jefferson Community and Technical College's LearnAnytime and CollegeNOW! initiatives (KY-QM representatives: Bob Johnson, JCTC; and Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• KY Community and Technical College System (KY-QM representative: Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Madisonville Community College (KY-QM representative: Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Maysville Community College (KY-QM representative: Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Morehead State University (KY-QM representative: Marilyn Moore)
• Somerset Community College (KY-QM representative: Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Sullivan University (KY-QM representative: Bob Johnson, JCTC)
• University of Kentucky (KY-QM representative: Connie Baird)
• University of Louisville (KY-QM representative: Joni Allison)
• West KY community and Technical College (KY-QM representative: Sandy Cook, KCTCS)
• Western Kentucky University (KY-QM representative: Pam Wilson)

Additional consortium members are being sought. Please contact your local Teaching and Learning Center staff to find out more.

KY-QM Activities

• 2006
• 2007

Quality Matters Peer Course Review Team Members

• KY-QM Institutional Representative
• Master Reviewer (team chair)
• two Peer Reviewers
• Faculty Course Developer

Criteria for a Faculty or Staff Member to become a Peer Course Reviewer

1. Prior training in online teaching: You should have formal training from within your organization on how to teach in an online setting.
2. Online teaching experience: You should have taught online for more than two academic semesters (or 6 months, whichever is longer) and have taught within the last 18 months. If you have not taught online within the last 18 months, you must complete the Exemption section of the application documenting your qualifications for being a Peer Reviewer.
3. Personal Commitment: You are encouraged to volunteer; this is a self-nomination process and is not considered part of your regular performance evaluation unless you choose to make it so.
4. Statewide Program Commitment: If you have been trained and have expertise in a particular discipline area, we may need to call upon you as a peer reviewer for a course from another institution; or, since the statewide program needs the teams to show representation of a mix of institutions by sectors, mission, size and location, we may call upon you to serve on a team simply because of the institution with which you are affiliated.

Requirements for Peer Course Reviewers

If selected, the faculty or staff member agrees to:

1. Attend mandatory training (face-to-face or online) if not already trained as a QM Peer Reviewer.
2. Return a signed Memorandum of Understanding.
3. Review online courses using Quality Matters instruments and rubrics. The estimated time for this review is 7-10 hours.
4. Maintain strict confidentiality about any courses you access during the training or review process, including any student information contained in these courses.
5. Not change, copy, or modify any internal documents within a course.
6. Observe copyright laws and respect intellectual property rights of faculty creator of materials.
7. Allow their name and institution affiliation to be listed on the national Quality Matters website (www.qualitymatters.org) and documents as a selected and/or trained Peer Course Reviewer.

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