Designing for Growth: A Continuous Improvement Journey with DesignPLUS

May 6 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Creating a course template that empowers learners and streamlines course design is a powerful piece of the quality equation — but it doesn’t always happen overnight. Join us for an in-depth exploration of how Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) developed its course templates over time through continuous improvement and strategic integration of Quality Matters standards.

Join us for a free webinar where Laura Osgood from FSW traces the evolution of the institution’s course templates from 2023 to 2025, showcasing how Cidi Labs DesignPLUS tools supported the institution in streamlining alignment, fostering institutional consistency, and enhancing the student experience. Discover how design competitions, student feedback loops and collaborative webinar watch parties are shaping a dynamic learning environment where courses are easier to build, harder to break, and intentionally designed for success.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn how iterative development of course templates can help your course design practices. The webinar will be live captioned.

Presented By:

Laura Osgood is the Director of Learning Technologies in the Office of Information Technology at FSW. She leads a team of 6 Instructional Designers and serves as one of FSW’s Quality Matters Coordinators. She also teaches online courses as an adjunct for the FSW School of Education, primarily Intro to Technology for Educators. Laura has 26 years of experience in K-12 and higher education. In K-12, she was an elementary teacher, Technology Specialist, and Assistant Principal.

Stefanie Tate is the Product Marketing Manager at Cidi Labs. She is an experienced educator and instructional designer with a passion for blending research with practical application. Her current role with Cidi Labs allows her to leverage her Master’s degree in Education Policy, over a decade of teaching high school English, and work as an instructional designer in higher education to help educators deliver quality learning experiences in Canvas.

Can’t make it? No need to register — recordings of QM Online Learning Webinars can be found on our YouTube channel about two weeks after the webinar.

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 Recognition and Certification Marks on courses or programs, it means they have met QM Course or Program Quality Standards in a rigorous review process.

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