TEACHING EFFECTIVENES AND ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE ALISON ANTES JENNIFER STANSBURY KOENIG STEPHANIE KLATZKE CHRIS LAWRENCE LILI MA PHIL MCCARTNEY KENNETH RHEE GANNON TAGHER

Process Obtain and Study Data from Benchmark Institutions Collect Other Assessment Instruments (Course Experience Questionnaire – Australia, CLASSE – Classroom Survey of Student Engagement, Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains ( From these materials, TEEC formulated the updated questionnaire for NKU

Timeline Spring 2012 – TEEC modifies/updates the questionnaire and gets informal feedback from stakeholders Summer 2012 – Limited pilot testing Fall 2012 – Extended pilot testing – college of business, informatics, health professions Fall 2012/Spring 2013 – Solicited Feedback from entire faculty, Revised the questionnaire, Sought additional feedback on revised questionnaire Spring 2013 (May) – Faculty Senate approves updated questionnaire Fall 2013 – Full Implementation of Updated Questionnaire

Preamble Northern Kentucky University takes instructor and course evaluations very seriously as an important means of enhancing learning opportunities for its students. It is an important responsibility of NKU students as citizens of the University to participate in the instructor and course evaluation process. Your evaluations can bring about changes in courses and instruction. Evaluations with thoughtful, well-articulated comments are much more helpful than those without comments. Positive feedback is just as important as negative feedback. Negative feedback without any explanation and specifics is not helpful to your instructors, or to those responsible for evaluating their teaching effectiveness. Students who complete an evaluation for a particular course (or opt out of doing so within the evaluation instrument) will be rewarded for their participation by having access to their course grade as soon as that grade is submitted by the instructor. Student evaluations are regarded as strictly confidential. They are not available to the instructor until after final grades are submitted, and extensive precautions are taken to prevent your comments from being identified as yours.

Student Assessment

Instructor/Course Assessment

Questions - Continued

Future Steps/Questions How can we use the data to help us enhance our teaching effectiveness and create a culture of continuous improvement in teaching/learning? Encouragement to Faculty (TEEC can help) Updating Course Evaluation Website Updating Communication to Students Being a Benchmark for other Institutions Disseminate our Accomplishments to General Public and Academia