I see the importance of approaching my courses holistically, and not thru a single lense. I need to evaluate the course thru varioius methods as well as teach from various angles. No class of students are the exact same. Definitely!
Evaluate a course, "close the loop", multiple stakeholders.
Reply to Demy Blake's post: Hi Demi,
I also think that by using multiple feedbaks and multiples inputs is always useful to improve better your online courses.
Multiple evaluations and multiple feedbaks and inputs are always good to improve online courses.
Student evals are not enough to get a balanced look at your online course. You must have peer to peer and other forms to help with developing a good online course.
It is important to evaluate the online course that you use, and it will need to be multiple evaluations in order to be able to have quantitative and qualitative evaluations of your course.
While I teach mainly math I have often utilized posttests. However, I do need to use multiple methods not only for the math courses but also all the other courses I teach.
To properly/effectively revise the course one must obtain qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources and methods.
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.
