There are many ways of gathering student feedback using technology.
This page discusses the importance of gathering student feedback, and different ways in which you can use technology to help.
Student feedback offers an important source of ideas when considering quality review and improvement. Seeking input from students when planning teaching or support activities can also be helpful in ensuring their needs are met and the activities are successful. QMplus offers a variety of tools which support in gaining student input and feedback - including the choice, feedback, and survey activities. Furthermore, forums and the groups and portfolio tools are also available, where networking groups can be set up to support working together to plan or review an area of interest. Other online and classroom tools can be used, often at no cost, to support other methods of gaining input and feedback. This page will explore some of these tools and ways they can be used in your teaching. Particularly when:
The Choice activity is very simple - the teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple responses. It can be useful:
The Survey tool in QMplus is an activity that provides verified survey instruments, including COLLES (Constructivist On-Line Learning Environment Survey), and ATTLS (Attitudes to Thinking and Learning Survey), which have been found useful in assessing and stimulating learning in online environments. Teachers can use these tools to gather data from their students that will help them learn about their class and reflect on their own teaching. These surveys are particularly useful for evaluating online learning environments that use a constructivist pedagogy. They are also useful to identify certain trends that may be happening among participants.
The Feedback activity allows you to create and conduct surveys to collect feedback. Unlike the Survey tool, it allows you to write your own questions, rather than choose from a list of pre-written questions. And unlike the Quiz tool, you can create non-graded questions. The Feedback activity is ideal for the likes of course or teacher evaluations.
Jisc Online Surveys (formerly BOS) is an online software tool which allows you to create, share, deliver and analyse surveys. We pay a College-wide licence for this software and any member of QM is welcome to use it. If you would like an account, please raise a ticket with the IT Helpdesk.
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