Course design for online art education: A case of the quality matters standards applied to a drawing class

This thesis evaluates the Quality Matters rubric standards for improving online drawing courses. Findings include general effectiveness, positive perceptions from faculty, and suggestions for improvement for the Quality Matters standards for designing studio art courses. This study contributes to gaps in the literature about course design techniques for online studio art courses and content specific investigations of the Quality Matters standards. The methods include a case study with a review of student artwork and a questionnaire of key faculty informants. Additionally, this study codes the data for the strengths and weaknesses of Quality Matters. From the coding, a synthesis of the themes that emerged is presented in the section on findings. The salient themes that arose related to the examination are enhanced student experience, emphasis on student learning, quality of student artwork, issues of the design phase, suggestions for the QM standards, faculty perceptions, and technology issues. The concluding chapter answers the main question, 'How effective are the Quality Matters standards for online studio art course design?' offering suggestions for further study and presenting ideas for improvement to the Quality Matters standards.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2021

Author dc:creator

• Conn, Michael Randall

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cope, Bill
• Kalantzis, Mary
• Montebello, Matthew
• Dhillon, Pradeep

• Quality Matters
• Art Education
• Drawing
• Online Education
• Course Design
• Case Study
• Thematic Analysis
• History of Art Education
• Constructivism
• Rubric
• Community College
• Online Drawing

Statement dc:rights

• © 2020 Michael Randall Conn

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109488

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/109488