I learned the importance of evaluating and revising my online courses to make sure that they match the educational, and industrial landscape. This should make sure that what is being taught is what is needed to be taught, for the benefit of the student, the institution, and the community. I also learned that it is important to get evaluations of many types and from many sources for the development of my online classes.
It was interesting to go over multiple evaluation methods in one discussion. It gives you opportunity to look into each and ones differences and importance they have for institution.
Use several evaluation methods to assess learning.
Multiple inputs are crucial to get holistic evaluation of the course.
I learned that it's most effective to use multiple evaluations for needs of learning, such as stakeholders, outside materials, and other sources available that are repeatable.
It is so important that the course goes through a process of never ending continuous improvement. Consistently reviewing the output, revising it, and analyzing the improvements.
Constantly be on the look out for ways to improve and enhance my course. Consider multiple evalution tools.
Student evaluations can be used to revise the course; but it cannot stand alone.
A variety of perspectives is necessary to gain an understanding of the course's efficacy from the inside out. As the instructor, we understand the intention of what is included in a course and for what purpose. However, the message may not deliver as we intended. The students and outside perspectives allow us to make improvements we may not have seen before.
Again, using this course to help drive my ability to improve my faculty on-boarding process, so certainly the idea of curricular review is something I am already leveraging. However, I do appreciate the methods/areas of revision presented - I find this a nice way to chunk a revision/review into a smaller piece that faculty might take more ownership over.
In an online course teaching approach, performing evaluations require careful thought on the part of the online teacher. This is possible with the help of multiple online tools and multiple stakeholders.
There are many evaluation methods for students. As a teacher, we have to adjust to students' capability and comprehension skills. All methods are good and effective to be measured.
I will use question tools to know about student learning and other various evaluation tools.
"Kumpletos Rekados"
In Filipino, we have this term "kumpletos rekados", which in English means "complete ingredients" whenever we cook. Also, in everyday slang, whenever this term is used we mean that to perfect something, all the necessary and essential parts should be there.
When I came to this module, I have realized that in order to improve and revise a course, "with multiple stakeholders come multiple sources of data, and multiple evaluation methods." We cannot just have one or two factors to look into, but we need a variety for our evaluation to be effective and efficient.
Therefore, it had to be "kumpleto rekados" consisting of Course Grades, Syllabus Scan, Assignments and Examinations, Portfolio, just to name a few.
Learnt about the importance of course revision and improvement. I will try to implement the concept of continuous evaluation taking feedback from multiple stakeholders
Closing the loop is necessary to achieve our teaching goals, I learned the importance of this process in our teaching practice.
Evaluation is important for us Intructor to make also continuous improvement (use a PDCA model) on our course.
The process should include some Key Performance Indicators from different sources, defined with the different stakeholders, so we can always have a look on our courses and how students assimilate them.
To improve an online course, it's important to review and reflect on it. This process, known as "closing the loop," involves evaluating various aspects of the course to improve student learning experiences, the curriculum, professional development, quality assurance, and personnel decisions. Using both quantitative and qualitative data from multiple sources is crucial, and involving students, institutions, and teaching communities is important. Closing the loop requires effective linkages between student learning outcomes and planning to drive the academic learning process.
We must close the loop and evaluate in multiple ways.
By evaluating the effectiveness of the modifications made as a consequence of a previous assessment, you are closing the loop and going beyond your initial assessment efforts. Courses should close the loop by not only using assessment data to direct action but also looking back to see if the activity improved student learning.
