Case studies to enhance student evaluation : 2015 University of Western Australia : a journey towards greater engagement through closing-the-loop.
Online student evaluation systems are an opportunity for student engagement and learning improvement. However, they are currently limited by low response rates. Educators tend not to trust them and students describe the activity of filling in multiple surveys as futile. Student feedback processes ha...
| Institutions: | Bond University Australian Catholic University Central Queensland University Charles Sturt University Curtin University University of Western Australia |
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| Principais autores: | , , , , , , , |
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Office for Learning and Teaching
2015
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| Acesso em linha: | /resources/SD13_3308_kinash_casestudy_uwa_0.pdf |
| Resumo: | Online student evaluation systems are an opportunity for student engagement and learning improvement. However, they are currently limited by low response rates. Educators tend not to trust them and students describe the activity of filling in multiple surveys as futile. Student feedback processes have largely become academic performance review instruments rather than evaluation and change catalysts. However, there are universities successfully using student evaluation to measure student course engagement and learning development, and then involving students in improving the overall student experience. This document presents a case study from a project designed to fully develop at least six such innovations into case studies. The project pursued the questions: how can we measure student engagement and learning success using student evaluation processes? And how can students contribute to on-going improvement in university learning and teaching? The team drew out a cohesive set of key issues, strategies and recommendations to disseminate to the higher education sector through a symposium. This paper discusses how University of Western Australia 'closed the loop' through: triangulating the data from various sources to identify areas of good practice and areas needing improvement; communicating the results and actions of the feedback with students and staff; implementing improvements in consultation with stakeholders; and monitoring the impact of actions in future student survey results. |
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| ISBN: | 9781760282530 (PDF) 9781760282547 (print ed) 9781760282530 (PDF) 9781760282547 (print ed) |
