Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Teaching:
When the university sought to pursue integrating the Quality Matters Rubric into the
fabric of courses, Dr. Martin was one of four faculty members asked to lead this initiative,
which she graciously agreed to participate. As one of the Instructional Technologists
tasked with supporting the process, I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Martin as she
developed and implemented the core components of the rubric into her course. Within
the cohort of these faculty members, Dr. Martins course layout and attention to detail
provided a strong component of how courses could be developed to support excellent
teaching in an online course. The other faculty members were able to implement some
of Dr. Martins course components because of the easy layout of her course. These
components supported strong alignment between student learning goals, course
objectives, instructional material, activities, and assessments. As you will see in her
course, the course goals are clearly written with outcomes that are measurable. The
weekly objectives are also measurable and consistent with the course goals.
It is these same components that have enabled Dr. Martin to gain high marks in the
Quality Matters certification for all her courses. These components are visible in the
course submitted for this USDLA category award.
Instructional Technology:
The various instructional technology tools used by Dr. Martin support the course goals
set in her course and promote student engagement and active learning. Additionally, she
provides ample opportunity for student-to-faculty interaction, student-to-student
interaction, as well as student-to-course material interaction. Many of the tools she uses
in her courses include VoiceThread, Saba Meeting, social bookmarking apps, online
image editors, e-Portfolios, among others.
Based on Dr. Martins teaching and service activities that I have observed, I
wholeheartedly provide this letter of support to her for the USDLA Best Practices in
Distance Learning Teaching Category III award.
Yours sincerely,
Bruce Richards, Ed.D.
Instructional Technologist
Academic Technology, CHHS and the Center for Teaching and Learning
University of North Carolina - Charlotte