Yaping Gao Bio QMAAC

Yaping Gao, Ed.D.
Since 2007, Yaping Gao, Ed.D. has served as District Director of Instructional Design at Broward College,
Ft Lauderdale, Florida, and reports to the Campus President, Broward College Online – Florida’s Global
Campus.
Dr. Gao has been active with Quality Matters since its beginning in 2003. She served on QM’s Legacy
Committee, which oversaw and guided the work of the Higher Education, Fifth Edition, 2014 Rubric
Committee and the 2011-2013 Higher Education Rubric Revision Committee. Dr. Gao has served as
Broward College’s QM Coordinator since 2008, leading the college-wide implementation of QM and
overseeing the ongoing quality assurance in online and blended course design. She led the
development and implementation “BC Quality Standards for Course Design”, which serves as the
guide for the design, development, sign-off and delivery of all online and blended courses at Broward
College. Dr. Gao is also a QM-Certified Master Reviewer and has served on numerous course reviews
for various QM institutions.
Dr. Gao also serves as liaison for Broward College’s multiple international centers and affiliates relating
to e-learning services and support, which include Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Singapore, Peru, and
China, among others. During the recent SACS accreditation and reconfirmation, Dr. Gao served in the
SACS Faculty Reconfirmation Committee with focus on faculty credentialing and professional
development. She also serves as Broward College's institutional representative for Quality Matters,
Online Learning Consortium (formally Sloan-C), Instructional Technology Council, Florida's Orange
Grove repository and other organizations.
In 2013, Dr. Gao led the first MOOC initiative (College Foundations – Reading, Writing & Math) at
Broward College, which has since served about 10,000 students from all over the world.
Dr. Gao earned her doctoral degree from Baylor University in 2000 and her Master’s and Bachelor’s
degrees from Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.

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