Reply to Rebecca Pollard's post: Very true indeed.
Student evaluations are not sufficient to revise the course you are teaching. You will need multiple resources.
Evaluations needs to be done multiple times using different formats. It is important that they are done.
I agree with Courtland, multiple evaluations of course are very helpful
A variety of assessments are good throughout the course. For instance, a pre-assessment will let you know what the students know. This will allow the instructor to design assignments to fit the needs of the students.
Evaluation a very important part of the on line teaching aspect. I have learned that there are many tools that need to be implemented in this process.
I agreed that using multiple evaluations are extremely important and effective feedback. It creates tools to read student learning and the need for improvement. The concept of Maps is also a great tool to evaluate the effectiveness of learners.
I learned the importance of evaluating a course because it will improve the student learning experience and improve the curriculum, which will insure that the course stays relevant.
It will take multiple tools, from your multiple stakeholders, to provide the feedback that you will need to make continuous changes that improve your online course and close the loop!
Creating multiple evaluation tools is critical for students. It takes multiple tools to provide feedback, as instructors/teachers we cant just use student evaluations to revise courses. Some examples are: concept maps, question tools, and stuctured interviews.
I have learned from this module that revisions to the course should occur and gathering multiple pieces of evidence and from multiple stakeholders is key in driving change for the course. Student feedback and evaluations tell one part; pre- and post-tests inform more; teacher evaluations and comparing feedback from other professionals in the field provide yet another piece to consider when revising course all under the guidelines and requirements from the college itself.
There is not one type of tool for a course evalution. I now want a peer to evalute my course and give me feedback.
Everybody gets graded - the student, the teacher, the course, the school... Each affects the others, and gets assessed by more than one source of evaluation and feedback.
I learned that it is very important to evaluate all aspects of the course.
Using multiple forms of feedback is key in evaluating your course.
I was reminded of the importance of compiling multiple data sources in order to continuously review/evaluate my on-line class.
I plan to utilize both my advisory council in Career Tech and student and administrator evaluations for making changes in my class.
I learned that there are other ways of evaluating your course. I knew about student evaluations and having a peer evaluations, but did not know about the concept maps,
Multiple evaluation methods is what is needed to properly evaluate students overall. Closing the loop using a variety of evaluation methods for courses will allow an instructor to revise the course to make it better for all.
I learned that no one evaluation/ assessment tool will allow you to close the loop in evaluating and revising your on-line course. It will take multiple tools from multiple stakeholders to provide feedback that you will need to make continuous changes that improve the course.
