The National Standards for Quality Online Learning is guided by a Leadership Team consisting of the Project Managers, the Chairs/Co-Chairs for each standard set, and a number experts to help shape and guide the standards revision. The Leadership Team reflects a variety of perspectives that represent supplemental and full-time online learning, and blended learning, as well as public, private, and NGO perspectives.
John Ashworth, Virtual Arkansas
Edi Cox, Low Country Education Consortium, SC
Mark E. Deschaine, The University of Mississippi
Joseph Freidhoff, Michigan Virtual
Cindy Hamblin, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance
Christopher Harrington, Michigan Virtual
Daylene Lauman, Ignite Centre for eLearning
Dawn Nordine, Wisconsin Virtual School (Retired)
Wendy Oliver, Xperience Education
Mandy Perry, Pinellas Virtual School
Cory Plough, Nevada State High School
Allison Powell, Digital Learning Collaborative
Jean Sharp, Sharp Solutions & Services Group, Inc
Jeff Simmons, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance
Sheryl Tatum, K12 Stride
Christine Voelker, Quality Matters
Project Managers
Christine Voelker, Quality Matters
Cindy Hamblin, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance
Allison Powell, Digital Learning Collaborative
Chairs
Cindy Hamblin, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance; Illinois Virtual School (formerly)
Christopher Harrington, Institute for Teaching and Leading; Immaculata University
Contributors
Stacie Ahrens-Mininberg, Loudoun County Public Schools, VA
Eliz Colbert, NC Virtual Public School
Robert Cole, Howard County Public School System, MD
Andrea Connolly, Nevada Learning Academy
Edi Cox, Horry County Schools, SC
Cynthia Curry, CAST, Inc.
Ronda Eshleman, Indiana Online
Jill Gurtner, Middleton Cross Plains Area School District, WI
Stephanie Keaney, North Carolina Association of Independent Schools
Barbara Landreneau, Katy Independent School District, TX
Nichole Lemmon, Springfield Public Schools, MO
Dan Mahlandt, Ephrata Area School District, PA
Rachel McBroom, NC Virtual Public School
Yovhane Metcalfe, StrongMind
Gwen Nagel, Iowa Department of Education
Andrew Pasquinilli, Pearson Online and Blended Schools
Mike Peck, Pen Argyl Area School District, PA
Kelly Pochop, Racine Unified School District, WI
Victoria Pylvainen, Calvert Education Services
Sherawn Reberry, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance
Jeff Renard, Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative
Carol Ribeiro, The Virtual High School
Frances Saroki, Michigan Virtual
Lori Thilmany, Wyoming Department of Education
Amanda Williamson, Georgia Virtual School
Project Managers
Christine Voelker, Quality Matters
Butch Gemin, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance
Chairs
Allison Powell, BloomBoard
Wendy Oliver, Xperience Education
Contributors
Leanna Archambault, Arizona State University
Jered Borup, George Mason University
Maria Boyarko, South-Western City School District
Cathy Cavanaugh, Microsoft Corporation
Richard Copeland, Georgia Virtual School
Jeni Day, North Carolina Virtual Public School
Trixi DeRosa-Davis, Virtual SC
Mark Deschaine, Central Michigan University
Charles Graham, Brigham Young University
Erik Hanson, Appleton Area School District
Brenda Hernandez, Nevada Learning Academy & Clark County School District
Michelle Imbrunone, Michigan Department of Education
Julie Jensen, Lee’s Summit R-7 School District l R-7 Online Academy
Margie Johnson, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools
Kathryn Kennedy, Kathryn Kennedy Consulting
Jennifer Kolar-Burden, Illinois Virtual School
Tina Little, K12 Inc.
Kim Loomis, Clark County School District
Andrea McKay, Michigan Virtual
Saro Mohammed, The Learning Accelerator
Jason Neiffer, Montana Digital Academy
Michele Nickels, Wisconsin Virtual School
Wendy Noble, Odysseyware
Heather O’Mara, Hope Online Learning Academy
Kelsey Ortiz, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas
Kelly Pochop, Racine Unified School District
Beth Pocius, Seminole County Public Schools
Dave Potts, Pearson Online and Blended Learning & Connections Academy
Emily Pulham, The Learning Accelerator & Brigham Young University
Kerry Rice, Boise State University
Mary Rice, University of New Mexico
Verena Roberts, University of Calgary, Werklund School of Education
Lainie Rowell, Leading Edge Certification & Orange County Department of Education
Kelly Schwirzke, Santa Cruz County Office of Education
Jeff Simmons, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance
Carolyn Sykora, ISTE
Barbara Treacy, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Alyssa Walters, Pearson Online and Blended Learning & Connections Academy
Sarah Warnick, Virtual Virginia
Stacy Young, The Virtual High School
Project Managers
Cindy Hamblin, Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance
Christine Voelker, Quality Matters
Chairs
Allison Powell, BloomBoard
Storie Walsh, The Virtual High School (VHS, Inc.)
Contributors
Michael Barbour, Touro University California
Gloria Burdette, West Virginia Department of Education
Heather Causey, Hanover County Public Schools
Cathy Cavanaugh, Microsoft
Jerad Brewer, ASU Prep Digital
Burell Charity, TRECA Digital Academy
Jessica Daily, PBIS Applications/University of Oregon
Jon DeCou, A3 Education
Tad Douce, TRECA Digital Academy
Tami Echard, Georgia Virtual School
Deirdre Edwards, VirtualSC
John Englander, The Virtual High School (VHS, Inc.)
Mitzi Fehl-Seward, WHRO
Elizabeth Freeman, Community Unit School District 300
Davilla Gose, UH Online/Academic Technologies at University of Hawaii
Kevin Heller, University of California
Jill Hobson, IMS Global Learning Consortium
Cory Kanth, Utah State Board of Education, Excelsior College, Southern New Hampshire University
Rae Lynn Kelley, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance
Kathryn Kennedy, Evergreen/Kathryn Kennedy Consulting
Beverly Knox-Pipes, Consultant: BKP Solutions & Nova Southeastern University
Karyn Koven, LanguageBird
Randy LaBonte, Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn)
Robert E. Lindsay, Salt Lake Community College
Holly Mosca, Odysseyware
Jon Oestreich, Wisconsin Virtual School
Wendy Oliver, Xperience Education
Sarah Overpeck, National Collegiate Athletic Association
Anne Pasco, CUSD 300
Mia Peterson, ASU Prep Digital
Susan Poyo, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Sherawn Reberry, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance
Doug Renfro, Metro Nashville Public Schools
Mary F. Rice, University of New Mexico
Verena Roberts, Werklund School of Ed, Univ. of Calgary
Robin Robinson, Framingham State University
Ben Rollins, Pearson Online & Blended Learning
Adam Rose, The Virtual High School (VHS, Inc.)
Jeannette Shaffer, South Mountain Community College
Vicky Smith, Consultant
Lisa Sitkins, EdTech Specialists
Bobbi Jo Stoner, Gull Lake Community Schools
Krista Tomaselli, Michigan Virtual
Barbara Treacy, Consultant
Annette Walaszek, Wisconsin Virtual School
Quality Matters (QM) is an international, US-based non-profit organization specializing in standards, processes and professional development for quality assurance in online and blended learning. QM tools and resources are regularly revised to reflect current research and best practices. 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.
The Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance is an association of the most innovative virtual programs in the U.S. Consisting largely of leading state virtual schools and several consortia, the member organizations serve well over a half a million online course enrollments annually, provide their districts and students with over 2,200 highly qualified teachers trained in online instruction, supply blended learning services to their constituents and conduct research to validate and inform best practice in online learning. The Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance (VLLA) is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit organization that includes ACCESS Virtual Learning, Colorado Digital Learning Solutions, Georgia Virtual School, Idaho Digital Learning Alliance, Illinois Virtual School, Indiana Online, Michigan Virtual, Montana Digital Academy, NC Virtual Public School, North Dakota Center for Distance Education, Oregon Digital Learning, Virtual Arkansas, VHS Learning, Virtual SC, Virtual Virginia, Wisconsin eSchool Network and Wisconsin Virtual School.
Learn more about the Digital Learning Collaborative works to illuminate key issues in digital learning, disseminate data and best practices, and guide practitioners, policymakers, the media, advocates, and interested observers.