STLHE 2015 Reprise Series: Using Mid-Course Evaluations of Teaching to Improve Teaching and Learning

Series: CTLT Institute

Event Date & Time

  • December 8, 2015
    10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Event Description

**This event has been cancelled**

In this STLHE 2015 Reprise Series, we are inviting UBC presenters at the recent Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Annual Conference to bring their presentations back to the UBC community. This session on mid-course evaluation marks the beginning of the series.

Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are the most common approach to evaluating quality of instruction in higher education (Winchester & Winchester, 2012). Typically, SETs are completed towards the end of a course as a means of summative assessment. However, mid-course evaluations of teaching are being increasingly promoted as a way for instructors to collect useful formative feedback from students partway through a course (UBC Mid-course Feedback, n.d.). These informal evaluations are typically conducted approximately halfway through the term, enabling students’ feedback to be analyzed and applied, as appropriate, during that course offering. Gathering and applying feedback in this way acknowledges its context-specific nature and has the potential to enhance the teaching and learning environment in notable ways (Cook-Sather, 2009). Currently, 30% of instructors in our Faculty indicate they gather mid-course feedback from students in their courses. This interactive session will draw upon our experiences conducting mid-course evaluations of teaching in approximately 40 undergraduate and graduate courses, ranging in size from 15 to 200 students. We will share insights regarding various approaches to conducting evaluations and provide examples of ways in which students’ mid-course feedback has had significant impacts on our teaching practice. Through facilitated discussion and small-group learning activities, we will support participants in identifying strategies to i) effectively administer mid-course evaluations of teaching in their own particular contexts, and ii) analyze and reflect upon students’ mid-course feedback in order to both inform one’s teaching practice and improve the learning experience for students.

The Facilitators for this event will be Candice Rideout and Azita Madadi-Noei.

Venue:  

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1961 East Mall V6T 1Z1, Vancouver

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formerly Lillooet Room.