We regularly get course evaluation results, and they aren’t the kind of feedback most of us want. At least, that’s what the results of a
Since course evaluations started being collected online, response rates have plummeted. In one study they ranged from 23 percent to 47 percent with the mean
“Prevalent among university faculty is the perception that a large number of today’s students possess an outsized sense of entitlement” (Luckett, Trocchia, Noel, & Marlin,
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Student evaluations can be used to improve teaching, and here’s an excellent resource to inform those efforts. Author Guy Boysen writes, “The purpose of this
Many teachers avoid using group work because they fear what happens when students work together—some group members don’t contribute, others contribute too much, there’s no
For faculty members requiring group work, one of the key logistical questions involves how long group membership should stay the same. Membership can shift after
Students aren’t all that excited about most of their assignments. Given the chance not to write papers, not to take exams, or not to complete
Beverley McGuire has taught online courses for 10 years, and she’s been a student in them for five. From those experiences, she’s learned a few
I’ve been thinking here lately about that long mid-career stretch where there is no clearly defined beginning or ending. You’re no longer a new faculty
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