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CTE is proud to be an institutional member of the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), a leading organization dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences. This collaboration provides our instructors with resources to ensure optimal delivery of online education.
With an institutional membership all tenured and non-tenure track faculty have access to the professional OLC membership (comes with access to free and discounted webinars, training, and certifications).
Discover how to make the most of our partnership benefits and the various evaluation services OLC offers on its website.
CREATE AN ACCOUNT to get professional membership to OLC
In order to access SIU Membership benefits (a $195 value) you need to create an account using your SIU email address.
After creating an account with your SIU email, you’ll automatically be upgraded to the Professional Membership!
DO YOU NEED AN EVALUATION ON YOUR COURSE?
There are different ways OLC can help you. Here are some general guides:
The OLC Quality Scorecard offers a comprehensive toolset designed for the evaluation, improvement, and showcasing of online education program quality. You can download their handbook and self-evaluate your course based on the scores. Here's how instructors can harness its potential:
- Consultation: Benefit from consultations to understand the Quality Scorecard indicators better.
- Self-Evaluation: The OLC Quality Scorecard is a user-friendly tool to determine program strengths and weaknesses, invaluable for continuous improvement.
- Course Review: CTE also offers course reviews for your courses.
- Official Reviews: After self-scoring, receive an official review by OLC experts. Programs that achieve a certain score can earn the OLC Exemplary Program logo.
- Benchmarking: Compare and measure your online programs against similar ones, setting a standard for quality and aspirations for improvement.
- Demonstration: Use the scorecard to evidence the quality of online courses to accrediting bodies.
To use the evaluation services of the OLC Quality Scorecard provided by the OLC through our partnership, follow the steps below:
- Familiarize Yourself: Learn the six core components evaluated, including course information, technology, design, content, interaction, and assessment techniques.
- Self-Assessment: Self-evaluate your online course(s) using the 50-standard rubric for potential improvement areas in online course design.
- Upload for Review: Submit necessary justifications and artifacts for assessment by trained OLC reviewers post-self-evaluation.
- Receive Feedback: Obtain a detailed review report with findings and suggestions for improvements.
- Implement Recommendations: Make advised improvements to your online courses based on received feedback.
- Achieve Recognition: Earn the OLC Exemplary Program logo for high-scoring programs to display on SIU materials and website.
- Stay Updated: Use the OSCQR Course Design Review not only as an evaluation tool but also for ongoing course enhancement and optimization.
OTHER PERKS OF OLC
Institutional Membership Quick Reference Guide link which includes:
- FreeOLC Webinars for Members
- Receive OLC Today for updates, plus a library of past webinars
- Access to Ideate Salon Series (recordings are free for members) - past topics include DEI and Labs for Online STEM
- OLC Quality Scorecard- free downloadable materials (interactive scorecards are an OLC IM-exclusive benefit and are now self-downloadable)
- Access to the OLC Research Center
- TOOLS- downloadable Playbooks
Member-discounted pricing on OLC: