The Costs and Benefits of Using a Tiered, Web-based Course Evaluation Tool Katharine Mason Robin Zuniga

The BeTA Project objectives Objective # 1 Disseminate a “visible knowledge mapping” strategy for developing institutional consensus about “good practices in teaching and learning”

Objective #2 Engaging students in their role as evaluators –Authentication issues –Citizenship issues –Response rates

Objective # 3 Develop a new, web-based survey tool that makes administration of a multi- tiered evaluation process possible

Objective # 4 Give administrators tools and information to encourage the formative use of course evaluations, while still providing information that can be used for personnel decisions

$$ Benefits Money saved from: –Printing expenses –Needing people to type comments –Time (employee salary and benefits) saved preparing, collecting, and managing paper packets

More benefits…. No need for physical space for records Turn around time for results Security No lead time needed for question creation

Initial Costs Time spent on community comprehension –IR office –Faculty –IT –Center for Teaching Excellence –Deans and administrative assistants Software

Katharine Mason- Research Coordinator – Robin Zuniga- Associate dir. FLO –