Student Perceptions of Quality Matters Standards on Engagement and Learning

ABSTRACTIn this study, we recreated a study by Sadaf and colleagues and examined student perceptions of the impact of Quality Matters (QM) standards on students’ learning and engagement. Nineteen graduate students enrolled in an Instructional Technology online program completed a survey created based on the QM Rubric items. The QM Rubric (6th edition) includes 42 Specific Review Standards clustered into eight General Standards. Among the eight standards, students rated Learning Objectives and Assessment and Measurement to have the highest impact on both student learning and engagement. These results will help instructional designers and online instructors understand the impact of individual QM design standards from students’ points of view as a means to design online courses that effectively contribute to their learning and engagement. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).