Resumen de Elements of Good Design: Applying The Quality Matters Rubric to Develop Online Language Courses
Evaluating the variety of options with regard to the materials and technologies for teaching languages online can be daunting. The Quality Matters (QM) organization’s Rubric (QMR) offers a set of guidelines for teachers to design online courses around a set of standards based on established principles of quality teaching practices. By focusing on three main concepts (course beginnings, course alignment, and course technology), the QMR provides a set of guidelines that are flexible enough to adapt to a variety of course levels and needs. The present paper offers suggestions on how the QMR can be applied to develop and evaluate the structure, materials, technologies and activities employed to deliver language courses in an online format
