USFSP leads in online course quality and certification within the USF system. It has 31 Quality Matters certified courses and 17 faculty peer reviewers. To meet the BOG 2025 goals, USFSP plans to certify all courses as high quality by 2025, certify 45 courses per year, develop an online teaching certification for faculty, and ensure 90% of courses are highly certified. This focus on quality aims to improve student success and meet state requirements.

1. Quality Matters
How USFSP leads the way
in online course excellence
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2. David Brodosi, M.Ed.
Director of Online Learning and Instructional Technology Services
University of South Florida St. Petersburg

3. OLITS
Online Learning and Instructional Technology Services
● Instructional Design Services (online and f2f)
● Instructional technology services (classroom)
● Professional development services (partner with CITL)
● Video production services
● ID Card services

4. BOG’s 2025 Plan
- BOG’s Strategic Plan for Online Education
- Quality, Access and Affordability
- Instructor – Best practices emphasize quality in the design,
development, and delivery of the courses and the professional
development of the instructor
- Program – Best practices foster high student success rates, low
withdrawal rates, and high student and faculty satisfaction levels
- Institution – Best practices address the technology infrastructure,
resources for course design and delivery, student support
services, and ongoing assessment
Mandatory online course
and faculty certification by
2025!

5. DL Fee
Faculty
Certification
Listed on
FLVC Site
Course Certification

7. DL Fee
Faculty
Certification
Listed on
FLVC Site
Course Certification

8. USFSP within the USF System
- Leading with QM certifications
- 31 certified courses
- 17 faculty participated in peer reviews
- Leading with professional development
- 4 certified QM Workshop facilitators (online and
face-to-face)
- 233 attendees for QM trainings
- Leading with research
- Present at annual QM conference and webinar
series
- Publish research around quality standards
- Leading through system collaboration
- Guidance on review processes
- Professional development partnership
- Resource and information sharing

10. What’s Next?
- USFSP Course Certification Plan
- USFSP Teaching Online Certification
Goals
● All courses will be reviewed and certificated with the “quality” designation by
2025.
● At least 90% of courses will be certified with the “high quality” designation by
2025.
● All eligible courses will maintain quality status through recertification by
2025.
● A minimum of 45 courses will be certified each academic year through 2025.
● USFSP Teaching Online Certification program will be developed by Fall
2018.
● All Faculty teaching online will complete certification prior to 2025.
● A plan will be developed for the maintenance of quality and faculty online
teaching certification beyond 2025.
90% of SUS courses in the FLVC
catalog rated high quality

11. Benefits
● Increased emphasis on quality will ensure courses are aligned and
engaging.
● Opportunity to ensure course, department, and degree learning
objective align.
● Implementation of quality standards has been shown to promote
student success and retention and improve course survey ratings.
● This plan will ensure we will meet the Board of Governors’ 2025
Strategic Plan Quality requirements.
● Obtaining quality certifications for online courses and programs will
make them more appealing to potential students.
● Implementation of this plan, with our focus on “high quality”
designations, will allow us to continue to be a leader in quality within
the USF System.
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