Just as in business, there is value to 360 degree evaluations. As an instructor, your work must have value-add for each stakeholder including students, other faculty, and the university. It makes sense that each of these stakeholders will have different views of your work and will therefore be different.
I found the details on the "close the loop" section fascinating. There is so much to consider to truly close the loop in courses for students.
I have been reading what students wrote for their assignments and online discussion boards. That motivated me to make some changes to the curriculum of the course I am teaching this term.
At the end of this module, the biggest takeaways for me are: importance of multiple input and the use of multiple evaluation methods; Reviewing syllabus prior to launching course to make sure course content matches ACOTE standards; and the importance of closing the loop!
yes and no with what I teach yes you can adjust the rubric a little but if things go south with what I teach you don't make to many mistakes in electricity minimum that can happen is a breaker or a GFI trips worse case somebody gets hurt or houses burn down not a whole lot of leeway you have to teach it so they understand why things are taught the way they are taught
I think it's important to include the "close the loop" concept to ensure planning and outcomes are linked, and students get that valuable feedback as they progress through the course.
I can use multiple methods of evaluating my teaching, while seeing both positive and negative feedback which can enhance my teaching skills.
I think the concept of using multiple forms of evaluation is helpful for me, as it's usually summative multiple choice with a few SATAs to add rigor.
Evaluations are needed for learning and improving your course. Evaluations should come from many different methods not just a single method.
We can't just rely on one type of evaluation to revise a course. Its neccessary to use multiple evaluations and multiple inputs from your stakeholders to improve the course.
I also give feedback to the course designer when she was creating the course for the very first time.
Now, its really getting better and better every module.
We still make some changes, every course of course.
It is best to have multiple evaluation tools to address a specific make-up of the class in terms of learning styles, intelligence and background of students.
In my experience feedback can be inconsistent. You often get positive feedback and negative feedback on the same item. Some time you get feeedback to change some to this and other feedback to change it to that. Its important to take a step back and make changes based on feedback and looking at the big picture.
Muddy waters are an effective tool to help assist with more indepth learning.
this module has given me ideas for how to incorporate different types of evaluations when revising my course.
Multiple evaluation should be used.
Learned that I need multiple evalutations. It cant just be form one cource. And after learning about it, it makes alot of sense.
Need feedback from multiple stakeholders and not just rely on students feedback. This will give you opportunity to revise your courses.
Of all of that has been discussed thus far this section seems the most daunting. Generally at the end of the course, who has the time and energy to evaluate, when the next course is pounding at the door. This perhaps is more true for faculty with broader teaching assignments. That being said I see a partnership needs to be struck between the administration and the instructors. On the one hand, the instructors need to put in the time and effort to analyze the course that has just completed in preparation for the next go-around. On the other hand, the administration needs to providing breathing room for instructors to do this task without inundating the instructor with meetings, projects, and busywork and the end of a course.
Never-the-less I can see revising my use of my teaching journal, drawing on key metrics from the course, and evaluating student surveys to see how improvement can be made.
Using multiple tools to get the feedback that is needed to make critical, meaningful, continuous changes that enhance your online course is key!
On line threaded discussions an in person hands on activities and discussions improve understanding of the subject at hand.
