Formative evaluation of student learning and course design made simple: Fevatools Jim Julius, ITS

Fevatools: A Toolkit to jump-start formative assessment of student learning and course design
Jim Julius
SDSU Course Design Institute
May 26, 2010

Guiding Questions
What does it mean to bring an inquiry mindset to course design?
How should one decide what kind of feedback to seek?
What tools are available to collect feedback?
What do I do with the data?

Summative

Formative

What (and why) are you measuring?
Outcomes: tell you what you got, not how or why
Inputs
Processes
Seeking continuous improvement

Also formative

What (and why) are you measuring?

Outcomes

Inputs, Processes

Refining type and quality of learning materials & activities
Optimized Hybrid or Fully
Online
Classes
ConventionalFace-to-FaceClasses
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Cycle 4

Narrowing Your Inquiry + Selecting Useful Tools
http://fevatools.wikispaces.com

Data from M. Laumakis
pICT fellow in 2005
Began teaching parallel 500-student sections of PSYCH 101 in 2006, one traditional and one hybrid
First fully online PSYCH 101, Summer 2008
Grade data, attendance data, IDEA survey, clicker survey, observational protocols all part of data gathering

SALG
How much did the following aspects of the class help your learning?
Rated from 1 (no help) to 5 (great help)

Summer 2008 Fully Online: SALG Data

SALG Data over time & format

Community of Inquiry Survey
Statements rated from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree)
Based on the Community of Inquiry framework’s three elements:
Social Presence
Cognitive Presence
Teaching Presence

Community of Inquiry Survey

What would you like to further explore?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronjacobs/2346932630/
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Formative evaluation of student learning and course design made simple: Fevatools Jim Julius, ITS

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