Course evaluations are...

a pain to complete
quick, easy and an efficient way to evaluate courses
a waste of time because nothing ever changes anyway
worth publishing for all stakeholders to see the results
very useful to the institution as many important decisions are based on the results
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Posted 3 years ago.

Bill Graziadei, Ph.D. - 3 years ago

Take a read through of this blog about Rating Professors http://blog.acm.org/elearn/2008/10/rating_professors.html
Patricia Clark - 3 years ago

Evaluation methods when constructed and implemented properly can be tools for change... http://reviewing.co.uk/evaluation/methods1.htm
Bill Graziadei - 3 years ago

Also see... Plugging in to Course Evaluation at http://technologysource.org/article/plugging_in_to_course_evaluation/
Bill Graziadei, Ph.D. - 3 years ago

Course evaluations have value when constructed and used properly. Most importantly course evaluations can be of value to students individually and collectively. I generally don't like to give course evaluations at the end of the course. Although they have value for future groups of students, they don't impact that specific group of students. So, I gave evaluations at midterm in order to institute warranted changes. Students appreciated "me being able to change" and "they being listened to". See...

http://www.wikieducator.org/Training_Educators_to_Design_and_Develop_ODL_Materials/Course_Evaluation

http://service.onlinecourseevaluations.com/faq/HowToDesign.aspx

http://www.montereyinstitute.org/ocep/