course evaluation procedure

8/8/2019 Course Evaluation Procedure

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Course evaluations at Chalmers


Common process from

academic year 2007/08

Overview for

teachers and students


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Continuous course developmentCourse evaluations are a part

of the never-ceasing efforts to

improve courses andprogrammes at Chalmers.

Student experiences, as expressed

and collected in course

evaluations, form an essential

input to this development of

quality.


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Which courses are affected?All courses at Chalmers are evaluated as

described here

with the possible exception of courses

at the master level with few (< 20) students.

These may adopt a simplified process, whereteacher and students continuously discuss the

course.


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What does Swedish law say?According to Swedish law, the university

shall give each student, who participates

in a course, an opportunity to express

his/her views on the course in a courseevaluation organized by the university.

The university shall put evaluations together

and inform about the results and possible

actions taken in response. Results shall bemade available to the students.


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Goals for the evaluation process The aim of the process is to develop the goals, contents

and pedagogy of the courses, focusing on student

learning.

The process shall encourage a dialoguebetween teachers

and students on how the education can be improved.

The process shall profit from student experiences, in orderto improve current and future courses, as well as the

study programmes as a whole.


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The process Three meetings between 2-6 student representatives and the teacher. In

the final meeting, also representatives from the programme, thedepartment and the student union may attend.

Brief, web-based, anonymous questionnaire to all students.

Minutes from the final meeting available in the student portal.

1 2 3 4 5 76 Exam 1 2 3 4 5 76 Exam

Course intro

Meeting 1

Meeting 2

Meeting 3

Questionnaire

MinutesPortal

Representatives

presented

Notes on

course website


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Chalmers centrally,

responsibilities Maintains and develops course evaluation

process.

Provides IT support (questionnaire system,

minutes template, routines for linking from

portal).

Informs about process and tools.


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Programme leadership,

responsibilities Appoints (in collaboration with student union)

student representantives; informs teacher.

Assembles and distributes standard questionnaire.

Puts questionnaire results together.

Schedules and calls to final meeting.

Chairs final meeting and archives minutes inChalmers document system.


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Teacher, responsibilites Informs briefly about process during course

introduction and in course documents; presents

student representantatives. Calls two first meetings together, publishes notes

from 2nd meeting on course website.

Presents his/her views and experiences at final

meeting. Develops course for next year, according to

departmental decisions and routines.


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Student representantatives,

responsibilities Inform themselves of their fellow students views

on the course.

Pass these views on at the meetings and participatein discussions in a personal capacity.

May propose course-specific questions inquestionnaire.

Inform fellow students of discussions andrecommendations at the meetings.

Each representative is reimbursed with a voucher

for 200 SEK, valid at Cremona.


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Meetings 1 and 2 First meeting (week 1) is brief and will typically take place

in connection with a teaching activity.

Aims: to establish contact, clarify teachers and students

thoughts regarding the course and to decide on and publish

time for meeting 2.

The second meeting (week 3-4) discusses e.g.

Changes in the course since last year.

Study climate (communication, work load, supervision).

Problematic course items; can resources be used better? Course-specific questions in questionnaire; other material for final

meeting?

Notes are published on course website..


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Final meetingTakes place in week 4 of the subsequent study period.Examination complete, questionnaire summarized.

More attendees: representatives for programme,

department and student union. Summarizing judgment.

Goal fulfilment.

Organisation and pedagogy.

Study climate.

Desirable changes for next year.

Link to minutes from course plan in student portal.

course evaluation procedure

Documents