CTC Ed Tech March 18, 2013

My final workshop of the spring is this Friday, March 22, from 1 to 2 pm in 132N.  t's Blackboard sharing - bring a great example of Blackboard use or just come to get ideas from your peers.  I'll have a couple examples to share as well.

It's not too late to do a mid semester evaluation with your students.  It can give you information on what's working and what's not working in terms of student learning.  I like to use our online survey tool, Qualtrics.  It's really easy to create a survey, copy it, and use it in multiple course sections.  There's a big yellow Get Help Button on the left when you login (with your usual UAA username and password) to get you started.  If you've used Survey Monkey or Zoomerang, you'll catch on to Qualtrics pretty quickly.  

Here are some sample mid semester surveys:  

From the Center of Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland College Park

Instructions:

1. Please complete the form below honestly and include details as appropriate. The purpose of

your feedback is to help determine how the course is going at this point at what areas might be

improved to better meet student needs.

2. Areas you may wish to comment on could include: homework, teaching style, fairness, the

textbook and other materials, intellectual stimulation, etc. However, please comment on any

aspects that are important to you.

Anonymous Mid-Point Student Feedback Form

1. What's going right?

2. What should change?

3. What would help you get more out of this course?

From theCenter of Teaching and Learning at University of California Berkeley

Your answers to the questions below will help me plan for the second half of the semester.
 

1. What are the most important things you have learned so far in this class?

2. What don't you think you understand well enough yet? 

3.  What would you like to see more of between now and the end of the semester?

4. What do you think we could cut down on?

5.  What do you need to do in terms of understanding the material between now and the end of the semester?

6. How much of the reading that has been assigned so far have you completed?

100%               90%                 75%                 50%                 less than 50%

7. How many hours per week, outside of regularly scheduled class meetings, do you spend on this class?

1-2                   2-4                   4-6                   6-8                   more than 8

8. If you have comments about the class not covered in the above questions, please use this space to make them.

 

From Princeton University:

1. Do you usually understand what is expected of you in preparing for and participating in this class? If not, please explain why not. 

2. What aspects of this course and your instructor's teaching help you learn best? 

3 .What specific advice would you give to help your instructor improve your learning in this course? 

4. What steps could you take to improve your own learning in this course? 

5. What other ideas would you suggest to improve this course (e.g., changes in course structure, assignments or exams)?