Wednesday, December 12, 2007
by: Philip DiSalvio, Ed.D., Director

Albert Galloway, Program Administrator of the SetonWorldWide ELMP Program was a speaker at the International Conference on E-Learning in Quebec City on October 18, 2007. Galloway presented the results of a formative assessment conducted by SetonWorldWide on enhancing quality in online learning.  SetonWorldWide, the online campus of Seton Hall University, has adopted a number of formative program evaluation approaches to assess its online graduate programs.  Understanding the formative assessment process, how to improve the process and the effects of an on-going formative assessment are crucial for quality outcomes for those higher education institutions seeking to continue or expand online courses and programs.  

The study titled “Framing Quality in Evaluation Methods of Online Programs,” explored the program improvement process within the context of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) quality pillars and documented the development stages of that process. Highlights of the presentation included the issues and and perspectives of SWW stakeholders, including students, instructors, administration and the institution, The Sloan-C quality online delivery standards are a synthesis of the best practices of the consortium members and have developed into five pillars of quality online standards: (1) learning effectiveness; (2) student satisfaction (3) faculty satisfaction; (4) access; and (5)  cost effectiveness and institutional commitment 

The International Conference on E-Learning, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)  is an international conference with over 60 countries represented to discuss solutions for overcoming challenges related to online learning.

For more information please contact:
Philip DiSalvio, Ed.D., Director
(973) 761-9086
disalvph@shu.edu