Posts Tagged ‘student feedback’
December 14 - Our Top 11 Most Popular Articles for 2011, part 2
By: Mary Bart in Trends in Higher Education
It wouldn’t be the end of the year without a few top 10 lists, but this year we’re taking it one step further with the top 11 articles of 2011. Each article’s popularity ranking is based on a combination of the number of comments and shares, e-newsletter open and click-thru rates, and other reader engagement metrics.
November 2 - Getting Immediate Student Feedback the Plus/Delta Way
By: Susan Codone, PhD in Teaching and Learning
Professors teach in a vacuum; we enter the classroom, deliver our lessons, and leave, and rarely get any feedback on the quality of our instruction before the end of the semester when formal faculty evaluations are completed by students. Other than grades on tests and other assessments, we really don’t know for sure if students are learning what we are teaching, and we often don’t have a good handle on whether our instruction is working.
June 24 - Good Job! The Importance of Writing More Meaningful Comments on Student Papers
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching and Learning
When graded papers get a quick glance before being shoved into a backpack or deposited into the trash can on the way out of class, it’s often hard for teachers to summon the motivation to write lots of comments on papers. That’s why I was pleased to find evidence in two studies that students do value written comments on their work.
March 15 - Incorporating Synchronous Elements into Online Courses to Enhance Student Engagement
By: Mary Bart in Online Education
A funny thing happened to some graduate students at Drexel University. They enrolled in an online program, drawn by the anytime/anywhere convenience the medium affords, but found that one of their favorite aspects was the live synchronous learning elements.
January 7 - Two Ways to Make Student Feedback More Valuable
By: Rob Kelly in Faculty Evaluation
Unless they have a real problem with how the course was run, most students fill out end-of-course evaluations so quickly there’s often very little valuable information in them. Here are two ways that Wayne Hall, psychology professor at San Jacinto College in Texas, elicits helpful feedback on his courses:
November 2 - How to Give Effective Feedback on Student Writing Assignments
By: Mary Bart in Effective Teaching Strategies
How often does this happen to you? You pore over students’ writing assignments, adding what you feel are insightful and encouraging comments throughout each paper. Comments you hope your students will take to heart and use to improve their writing next time around. Then you return the papers and the students quickly look at the grade and stuff the paper into their backpacks … perhaps mumbling something under their breath as they do.
September 23 - Using Screencasting to Engage and Build Community with Online Learners
By: Jacqueline Mangieri, PhD. in Online Education
In the online classroom, faculty work hard to engage their distance learners and build a strong sense of academic community in the electronic setting. Screencasting can be an effective and easy way to do this. Screencasting allows you to take a digital video of what you are doing on your computer desktop, and most screencasting tools allow you to narrate your video while recording. The possible uses for screencasting are endless; these include providing course orientations, delivering instructional lectures, providing feedback, and encouraging student sharing.
September 17 - Providing Feedback in a Technology-Mediated Environment
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
This seminar will give you valuable insights and techniques for using technology to communicate concise feedback to students about their writing, encourage them to take responsibility for their growth as writers, and strengthen teacher-student rapport to better support and facilitate learning.
September 9 - PICM Feedback Model Helps Keep Online Students Motivated
By: Elwin Jones in Distance Learning Administration, Teaching and Learning
In an online learning environment, it’s easy for students to feel isolated or unsure of themselves, particularly if they’re adult students who’ve been away from school for a long time. In the absence of frequent and relevant instructor feedback, these students can get discouraged and may even become reluctant to submit assignments. Soon satisfaction and
August 6 - Sharing the Feedback
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching and Learning, Teaching Professor Blog
In a study exploring what motivates students to provide faculty feedback about teaching and learning, results indicated students find it “desirable” when faculty share the results of the anonymous feedback they have provided the instructor. The study’s author identifies five reasons why it’s beneficial to share feedback results with students.
