{"id":1955,"date":"2024-11-21T19:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu\/course-quality-program\/?page_id=1955"},"modified":"2025-04-15T00:33:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:33:22","slug":"faculty-voices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu\/course-quality-program\/faculty-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Faculty participants are the heart of the Course Quality Program. They are valued champions and cheerleaders of high-quality course design. The Course Quality Team is dedicated to fostering partnerships with faculty that impact their teaching experience beyond program commitments. We are happy to say that their feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The QM rubric is an excellent reminder to always keep the concept of alignment in mind when designing my courses. I think it is important to keep a \u201clearners-first\u201d mindset and consider what can help to clarify the structure and delivery of the course. I also find that using the QM guidelines reduces the number of student questions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Wendy Warner (Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NC State Course Quality Program - Faculty Voices: Shweta Trivedi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QaoT0n17XFQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Shweta Trivedi (Department of Animal Science) reflects on her experience in the Course Quality Program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I am always curious to learn more about pedagogy and strategies to improve my teaching practices, so I was very excited to learn about course mapping.\u00a0With [the] support and the detailed feedback I received, I was able to identify ways in which I could apply this tool and see its immense value.\u00a0This experience helped in mapping my course, identifying opportunities for improvement, and learning principles that I plan to continue applying \u00a0in my courses and assignments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Andr\u00e9s T\u00e9llez (Department of Media Arts, Design and Technology)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;As difficult as it was to go through the QM process, the course really is much better.&nbsp; I just had a student last week say it was the best online course he&#8217;s taken!&nbsp; He&#8217;s had several and he&#8217;s a technology education major, so he knows something about online delivery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Dr. Peter Hessling (Department of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NC State Course Quality Program - Faculty Voices: Trino Ascencio-Ibanez\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZeQW2FLZCM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Trino Ascencio-Ibanez (Department of Biochemistry) reflects on his experience in the Course Quality program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Developing a course from scratch is a daunting task. 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