2. Outline  Background: Use of College Course and Instructor Evaluations  Use of Course and Instructor Evaluations at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar Evaluation Formats Used 2007-08 to 2011-12 Evaluation Formats Used 2007-08 to 2011-12 Student Response Rates Student Response Rates Blended Approach Introduced 2012-13 Blended Approach Introduced 2012-13

3. Historical Context Evaluation of Instructors began about 80 years ago (e.g., Blum M. L., J. of Educational Psychology, 1936, 27, 217-221) 1960’s focus shifted to providing feedback to instructors from consumers (students) about how well instructor met his/her goals in teaching the course ( McKeachie, W. J. Student ratings of faculty, AAUP Bulletin, 1969, 55, 439-444) --some studies found no relationship between student grades and evaluations other studies did -- similar findings for gender of instructor and gender of student

4. Examples of Published Results Comparisons  Response rates for On-line evaluations with grade incentive equal to In-class rates  Response rates for On-line significantly lower without gradeincentive (Dommeyer, Baum, Hanna and Chapman, Assessment & Eval in HE, 2004, 5, 611-623)

6. WCMC-Q Phase One

7. FEATURED DEVELOPMENTS

8. Administration Process  Each student receives email morning of course final exam final exam  Email reminder 3-5 days following exam from our office our office  Second reminder from our office one week later  If low response rate, instructor asked to send email to students email to students

9. FEATURED DEVELOPMENTS

10. Blended Process Currently Being Used  Students have printed copy of evaluation on their desks when they begin taking final exam in course if computer not used in final exam  If computers available in test room, as student turns in test s/he is asked to return to computer and login to email and open message to complete evaluation online  Staff are present in room until last student completes evaluation

11. Blended Process Currently Being Used  Evaluations completed on paper forms are entered into online system by office staff  For all courses all response data are stored in online system  Data, data summaries and are stored in online format  Year-end reports derived from these data files

12. Blended Process – The Future Can we maintain high response rates with this system?  Optimistic because having students respond before leave test room with observer present has a positive effect  While students vary in their interest in the evaluation process, many seem to become engaged in providing feedback once they begin  Faculty are encouraging student engagement

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