Peer Reviewers at TAMIU

Role of QM Peer Reviewers

Faculty members designated to become peer reviewers at TAMIU will obtain the following duties in a course review:

• Assist in bringing a course to meet and achieve QM expectations

• Assume a mentorship role for Faculty Online Course Developers

• Dedicate at least three weeks for course review:
  • Convene with Peer Review Team
  • Independently review a course(s)
  • Make decisions regarding modifications and revisions
  • Write constructive feedback and make appropriate suggestions
    

Benefits of a QM Peer Reviewer

As a peer reviewer, the following benefits will be incurred with the faculty member's participation:

• Become an integral part of the improvement of the quality of our online courses

• Receive national QM certification recognition

• Become part of a prestigious QM Peer Reviewer database
  

Future QM Peer Reviews at TAMIU

Faculty members have been chosen to be peer reviewers by their respective deans. Currently, our peer reviewers (in training) include:

• Dr. Whitney Bischoff - Associate Professor, Canseco School of Nursing

• Dr. Timothy Goles - Assistant Professor, A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business

• Dr. James Norris - Associate Professor, College of Arts and Sciences

• Dr. Claudia San Miguel - Assistant Professor/Director of Criminal Justice Program, College of Arts and Sciences

(From left to right: Dr. Pablo Arenaz, Dr. Patricia Abrego, Dr. Timothy Goles,
Dr. James Norris, Dr. Claudia San Miguel, Dr. Whitney Bischoff, Mr. Brian Gaskins)

Quality Matters promotes a peer review process and provides a database of trained QM Peer Reviews eligible for assignment to a peer review team. 

Interested in becoming a QM Peer Reviewer at TAMIU?

To become a peer reviewer, the following pre-requisites are required:

• Must be appointed by the dean of their college

• Must be an experienced online instructor having taught within the past eighteen months, either full-time faculty or adjunct

• Must attend and successfully complete the Applying the QM Rubric Workshop and the Peer Reviewer Course

• A peer reviewer application and current Memo of Understanding must be on file with QM.

For more information, please contact eLearning at elearning@tamiu.edu or at 956.326.2972.