Quality Matters Review of LIB 2210: Applying the QM Rubric for Higher Education to an Information Literacy Course

Abstract

This article discusses the use of the Quality Matters Rubric for Higher Education, 6^th ed. to self-review an asynchronous information literacy course. In this instance, the authors acted as reviewers and subject matter experts (SME). The Rubric proved to be a useful tool that encompasses several instructional design best practices. After the official self-review period, the QM Rubric influenced the enhancement and updates to the course. The authors recommend more use of the QM Rubric by teaching librarians, collaboration with instructors going through a QM Review, and training for online teaching in Library and Information Science graduate programs.

Keywords:

• Learning management systems
• quality matters
• online courses
• online learning
• evaluation
• instructional design
• distance education

Conflict of interest

The authors report there are no competing interests to declare.