Course Revision and Improvement | Origin: EL103
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Teaching Online: A Student-Centered Approach --> Course Revision and Improvement
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
Closing the loop ensures a course is meeting the standards set my the organization and helps students reach the goals of course. Using multiple different sources of information is crucial to get high quality course evaluations.
Closing the loop involves assessment and revision in order to make sure that student outcomes and academic learning are in line with the goals of the course and the goals of the institution. Many forms of assessment that involve both students and stakeholders help to make this a more effective process.
We should be willing to use feedback to update course and "close the loop" to help our students have the best online learning experience possible.
Feedback is important from all involved in the course
The idea of "closing the loop," involves many different methods of evaluation by yourself, your students, and your stakeholders. It is important that you take feedback as constructive, and consider it in both qualitative and quantitative ways. This is the best way to ensure that you are doing right by your students.
Both success and failure are valuable components of learning.
The same exact course should not be given to different sections. Each course should be crafted specifically to meet the needs of the students.
The importance of constructive criticism.
As in everything, there is room for improvement so are the steps to get there.
Admitting mistakes is key to learning and teaching
We learn from our successess and failures and can use these learning moments to create more effective assessment plans.
This module emphasizes the importance of continuous improvement. This is true in course development as well as most processes in most realms.
Instructor feedback is just as important as student feedback.
I have learned that spot checks paired with summative assignments will help me to keep my students engaged, and clarify if I need to adjust anything along the way.
It's invaluable to utilize key stakeholders for course improvements and closing the loop. The institution should also have accountability with the set standards for overall academic processes.
I love the idea of the "one-minute paper" and the “three clear points, three muddy points” paper as a way to spot-check student learning in an effort to continuously evaluate students' progress.
What I have learned is that it is good to get feedback so you can adjust your classes accordingly for your students.
Multiple sources of feedback are important to properly assess if a course is designed efficiently. Make sure that the type of feedback received is relevant to the thing being measured.
I intend to use the "three clear points, three muddy points" technique to evaluate what part of the messaging is being conveyed clearly, and what needs improvement.
Proper use of evaluation and feedback is key to student understanding and positive learning outcomes.
