Learner success is a top priority for CIA FIRST. To remove barriers to success for its online learners, CIA FIRST has joined Quality Matters (QM) — the international leader for quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments.
Quality Matters membership provides CIA FIRST with access to a comprehensive, research-supported quality assurance process to design and develop accessible, engaging online courses. Additional tools and resources allow CIA FIRST to evaluate the course and program design to ensure that the needs of today’s online learners are being met. QM’s professional development opportunities provide faculty and staff with a pathway to develop and strengthen key online design and delivery skills.
“Joining the QM community — a community that puts learners first — aligns perfectly with the goals of CIA FIRST,” said CIA FIRST. “We want our online learners — every one of them — to achieve at the highest level and are committed to creating learning environments that provide a clear pathway to success.”
CIA FIRST demonstrated a robust flexibility by seamlessly moving online to conduct classes, when news hit that schools would have to temporarily close earlier this year due to COVID-19. The challenge offered the school a decisive opportunity to reaffirm the strength of their custom curriculum and surrounding frameworks by testing its durability and effectiveness through online mentorship. Due to its success and positive feedback by parents and students, the school decided to continue with its online learning services to further future proof its offering as an internationally recognised educational institution.
“We had always envisaged an online CIA FIRST diploma,” said the school, “and so we are happy to bring those plans forward to capitalise on this moment, when globally, students and educators are more open than ever to the advantages of online learning.”
As a QM member, CIA FIRST is now part of a community of more than 1,200 organizations that put learners first. We look forward to collaborating with and learning from others in the community as we move forward to positively impact the online learner experience here and across the globe.
About Quality Matters
Quality Matters (QM) is the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments. It provides a scalable quality assurance system for online and blended learning used within and across organizations. When you see QM Certification Marks on courses or programs, it means they have met QM Course Design Standards or QM Program Review Criteria in a rigorous review process.