Professional Learning: A Collaborative Model for Online Teaching and Development

This article examined a unique collaborative initiative between a team of graduate level faculty to improve the quality of course development and delivery using a collaborative review process. The collaborative review of teaching has become a widely accepted means for assuring quality distance learning coursework and for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of online teaching. The criteria of the "Quality Online Learning and Teaching (QOLT) Assessment for Peer Reviewers" instrument were used to measure the quality indicators that address good teaching and learning practices. The authors outline the steps in the process of developing and managing such an online graduate distance learning program.