OCS Professional Development Courses

Thank you for your interest in OCS Professional Development courses. All courses are taught by Certified CSU Facilitators, 3-weeks in length, online, asynchronous, and require 15-20 hours. While you are able to move ahead in the course, you must follow the due dates as peer-to-peer collaboration is integral to each course. Fall Schedule Flyer.

Fall 2023 Registration Open

View our Course Decision Tree as guides to help identify the course that fits your needs.

  • Fall Session 1: October 2 - 22, 2023

  • Fall Session 2: October 30 - November 19, 2023

CSU Online Course Services offers the following Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) courses to faculty and staff across all 23 CSU Campuses.
(1:58 mins) Video Transcript

Introduction to Teaching Online Using QLT

Introduction to teaching online with the CSU QLT rubric representing the 9 sections of QLT. Content covered includes orienting students to the online course, setting up the structure and navigation of a course, designing online modules for content delivery and engagement, developing methods for facilitating discussions, developing assessment tools, using technology tools, and experiencing an online course from a student perspective.

Course Commitment: 3 weeks, 15-20 hours, online, asynchronous.

Dates Offered:

Oct 02, 2023 – Oct 22, 2023 (Fall 2023) Registration Closed
Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 (Fall 2023)

(2:18 mins) Video Transcript

Advanced QLT Course in Teaching Online

Advanced QLT course in creating a course and module structure that is in alignment with course objectives, incorporates social presence, equity-minded strategies, engagement strategies in synchronous and asynchronous activities, active learning with video, and alternative assessments. Participants will complete a QLT Core-24 self-review on their own course for reflection to guide them as they progress through the course in identifying areas to improve on. The final project will include creating a video tour to highlight three course changes made in the course while completing the training. Note: having a partially or fully developed online or hybrid course is required prior to registration.

Course Commitment: 3 weeks, 15-20 hours, online, asynchronous.

Dates Offered:

Oct 02, 2023 – Oct 22, 2023 (Fall 2023) Registration Closed
Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 (Fall 2023)

(2:21 mins) Video Transcript

Reviewing Courses Using the QLT Rubric

Provides an in-depth experience with the CSU QLT rubric and ways to use objective-based examples to support reviewing and informing online and hybrid courses. Participants will engage in hands-on experiences using the QLT objectives to rate elements of a sample course, learn how to write helpful recommendations, and discuss examples for setting up a peer-review process on their campus. This session is for those looking to use the rubric to complete a QLT self-review and/or serve as a peer-review on campus and systemwide QLT formal course certifications.

Course Commitment: 3 weeks, 15-20 hours, online, asynchronous.

Dates Offered:

Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 (Fall 2023)

CSU Online Course Services offers the following QM courses to the following CSU QM affiliate campuses: Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey Bay, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San José, Stanislaus.
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Applying the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric

Provides an overview of Quality Matters (QM) organization, the QM rubric and annotations, the research underlying the QM rubric, and the peer-review process for evaluating the quality of the design of an online course. Participants will engage in hands-on experiences applying the QMstandards to a sample course, writing helpful recommendations, and ensuring alignment between course-level objectives, module-level objectives, assessments, materials, activities, and tools. This course is intended for faculty wanting to complete the QM peer reviewer certification.

Course Commitment: 3 weeks, 15-20 hours, online, asynchronous.

Dates Offered:

Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 (Fall 2023)

(2:32 mins) Video Transcript

Improving Your Online Course

Explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online and hybrid courses. Participants complete a QM self-review (Essential 22 standards) and develop a course improvement plan. The modules include activities with participants sharing how they are meeting the 22 QM essential standards.  Participants come away with a plan for course improvement, so a predeveloped online or hybrid course is required for enrolling in this workshop. Note: having a partially or fully developed online/hybrid course is required prior to registration.

Course Commitment: 3 weeks, 15-20 hours, online, asynchronous.

Dates Offered:

Oct 02, 2023 – Oct 22, 2023 (Fall 2023) Registration Closed
Oct 30, 2023 – Nov 19, 2023 (Fall 2023)