It is a truth universally acknowledged, that the automated Online Course Questionnaire (OCQ) system asks me to write my own questions for end-of-term evaluations at the most hectic point in the semester. I sincerely want to critically reflect on my pedagogical practices and generate some meaningful questions, but I also have 25 papers to grade,… Read more »
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Improving Teaching (and OCQs!) with Mid-Semester Feedback
For both instructors and students, there are a lot of good reasons to administer a mid-semester feedback survey. It gives you as the instructor an opportunity to show that you value students’ feedback and want to improve your teaching and their learning. It also enhances students’ metacognitive skills, which can benefit their learning throughout their… Read more »
Creating an OCQ Game Plan
With end-of-term deadlines, grading turnarounds, and rapid student emails, it is easy to get overwhelmed in December. Then, when your inbox quiets and holiday chaos has begun, online course questionnaires (OCQs)—IUB’s version of student ratings of instruction—suddenly appear. If you’re like me, you stare at the email announcing their availability for a few days before… Read more »
Turning Course Evaluations Inside Out
April in Bloomington is generally associated with daffodils, spring weather (excluding this year), morel mushrooms, Little 500, and course evaluations. Saying any combination of the words “end of semester course evaluation” to a faculty member tends to elicit an emotional response. Reading course evaluations can feel much like Pixar’s (2015) movie Inside Out. Depending on… Read more »