Revising an Online Business Writing Course

FAIN: ASA-292270-23

University of Puerto Rico (Bayamon, PR 00959-1919)
Jacelyn Smallwood Ramos (Project Director: November 2022 to present)
Brenda Dominguez Rosado (Co Project Director: April 2023 to present)

A one-year project for the assessment and revision of an online course required for majors in business administration

The public University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón supports the development of human potential and resources through the study of the English language in the Humanities department. In 2020 the necessity for distance education resulted in the creation of on-line courses. Due to their recent creation, these on-line courses have not yet been departmentally revised. As a part of the curricular development of on-line courses, this project will pilot a systematic exploration of revision for one of the on-line courses, "Effective Business Writing, Research & Reports". A team of Humanities professors currently offering on-line courses in English and in conjunction with the Distance Education department will draw on the best practices criteria of Quality Matters and the evaluation rubric to begin a unified approach to course revision. The aim of this project is to ensure the quality of distance education and as a result increase student motivation, achievement and retention in the Humanities.