Jennifer,
A variety of evaluations are essential. Thanks for your input.
Evaluating all the various components is the only way to truly comprehend the value of the course.
I agree that all 4 types of evaluation are important, especially for the instructor that has been doing it for years. Also students are not always as objective as we would like them to be.
Annabel,
Using a variety of evaluations provides you with great feedback. This feedback helps in the course revision process
Tim,
It's good to have a variety of feedback from students and your peers. It helps in the course revision process. Thanks for your input.
Hello!
Using different type of evaluations is a wonderful way to assess a course. I believe that the most valuable information is from the pretest and posttest evaluation. This evaluation answers the following questions:
Is the material working for the majority of the students?
Are the majority of the students gaining the knowledge needed to continue to the next set of courses?
Then based off of this information an instructor will be able to know if a revision needs to take place. However, this should not be the only form of evaluation.
Warm Regards,
Annabel
I always value the participant feedback primarily since they have an honest evaluation of the content and and its value. I believe peer review of my feedback with students would be a valuable tool in the improvement in my delivery of the content.
Matthew,
We learn so much from each other. I think it's the same with students. I use peer evalutions with them as well.
Thanks!
I think peer reviews would benefit me most since I am relatively new to teaching. I would like to hear their recommendations based on my performance.
Augustine,
We do need a variety of feedback methods so we can learn from everyone. Just like our students, we learn from our peers.
Keep working to close that loop. Thanks for your input.
In looking at the different types of evaluation, which do you think would provide you with the most comprehensive feedback that would allow you to close the loop? The following are different types of evaluations that will allow me to close the loop: 1) student evaluation, 2) peer/professional evaluation, 3) committee of experts, and 4) self- evaluation.
I believe that formative and summative feedback from students is important in allowing me to close the loop; however, I think that this is only one perspective. But using the above four evaluations would provide me with multi-perspectives that would help me close the loop properly.
Sarah,
Yes, the more information, the better. It's good to formatively and summatively assess the students as you proceed through the course. Thanks!
More detailed student interviews/evaluations. They are the ones who fully experience the course, so the more info from them, the better.
Robert,
the peer review can bring a different perspective to the evaluation process. They see things from a different perspective for sure than the students. Thanks!
At this time, I think it would be beneficial to have a much more experienced peer interview me and review my methods from a third party perspective.
