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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Have you read the latest on the
<a href="http://sites.tamuc.edu/innovations/">CFEI Innovations Blog</a>? If not, you missed this announcement: CFEI Rewards Faculty for QM Training<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="js-post-body"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Quality Matters offers the IYOC training for fulltime faculty currently teaching online or blended courses. The CFEI will cover the cost of registration. Faculty
who complete the training and application can receive a $500 stipend for their efforts.
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The “Improving Your Online Course” (IYOC) workshop explores the QM Rubric and provides a framework to improve the quality of online and blended courses. Participants use the QM Rubric to review
their own courses and develop a course improvement plan. The content is based on the 21 essential Specific Review Standards of the Quality Matters Rubric. Participants come away with a plan for course improvement, so enrolling in the workshop with an online
or blended course with a pre-developed course is required.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The CFEI is offering incentives for fulltime faculty who teach online or blended courses to complete the IYOC online course from QM. The center will cover the cost of registration. With successful
completion, faculty will receive a $500 stipend. Forms and details to register are located on the
<a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/elearning/IYOC.aspx" target="_blank" title="IYOC website">
CFEI website</a> or by contacting <a href="mailto:greta.spradling@tamuc.edu?subject=IYOC%20Registration">
Greta Spradling</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Greta B. Spradling
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">l<b> Course Design & Development Manager<br>
</b><span style="color:black">Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation </span><span style="color:#7F7F7F">l
</span><span style="color:black">Academic Affairs</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:Greta.Spradling@tamuc.edu">Greta.Spradling@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, Tx 75429-3011<br>
Tel. 903.468.8687 l Fax 903.886.5991 l <a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/cfei">www.tamuc.edu/cfei</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/centerForFacultyExcellenceAndInnovation/elearning/IYOC.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="147" height="147" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D16A55.43F502F0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoCaption">1 Quality Matters logo, link to CFEI webpage<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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