Feedback sources
Sources of information for your evaluation could include self-reflection, peer review, external consultation and, most importantly, student activity or performance and what they can tell you from their own experience of your provision.
Student feedback can come from many sources, including
exams, assignments and projects,
formal staff-student meetings,
focus groups,
informal class discussions,
interviews,
questionnaires and checklists,
attendance records,
notes, diaries, log books, portfolios,
observation records of class activity,
diagnostic tests.
'The evaluation cookbook' and other evaluation resources on the JISC infoNet website give 'recipes' and guidance on positive and negative aspects of these methods.
The section 'design of sustainable and scalable courses' gives more detail about using questionnaires to elicit feedback from your students .
Examples of the type of questions that you may wish to ask your students are shown below.
Do you (as a tutor):
Encourage student-tutor contact and interaction?
Encourage student cooperation?
Encourage active learning?
Give prompt feedback?
Emphasise time on task?
Communicate high expectations?
Respect diverse talents and ways of learning?
Let students know what to expect?
Make effective use of technology?
You will also need to ask questions concerning the use of the VLE and the adequacy of the training that your students received.
