Cheryl Oberlin Receives Quality Matter’s Outstanding Impact by an Individual in Higher Education Award
Cheryl Oberlin, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) director of distance learning and training, has received the 2024 Outstanding Impact by an Individual in Higher Education Award as part of Quality Matters’ (QM) Making a Difference for Students Awards program.
QM, a leader in quality assurance for online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments, announced five awards that recognize excellence and innovation in online educational quality.
In recognizing Oberlin, QM said her, “Exemplary commitment to online quality was proven when she spearheaded the establishment of a new instructional design division at [UFCJC] focused on improving course quality. By fostering a collaborative environment among this new team of instructional designers, Oberlin was able to completely overhaul the College’s quality assurance efforts, resulting in QM Certification — the result of meeting QM Standards in a Course Review for Certification — for the vast majority of the College’s courses. As a result, learners now have access to trackable learning outcomes, improved assignment directions and rubrics and uniform courses built on a strong template; graduation and faculty performance scores have both improved.”
“This award underscores UFCJC’s steadfast commitment to delivering high-quality online education,” Oberlin said. “It fuels ongoing collaboration between our faculty and instructional design team to innovate and maintain the rigorous standards of both the College and Quality Matters. Most importantly, it reassures students that we are deeply invested in their learning journey and are dedicated to providing courses that offer meaningful, engaging and top-tier educational experiences.”
A video about Oberlin’s and UFCJC’s high quality standards activities can be viewed here.
The awards will be presented at the QM Connect Conference on Nov. 3-6 in Rosemont, Illinois.
Posted: October 8, 2024
Category: College News
Tagged as: Cheryl Oberlin, Quality Matters
