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Flexible
Learning An electronic magazine intended to be a resource for
educational developers, librarians and academic staff, with material arranged
by discipline and by educational issue and a forum for readers to discuss
and develop ideas, and identify resources that will aid their work. An
effective forum for formative self evaluation.
Teaching
Goals Inventory Online Taking this inventory engages you in your own
teaching values system. It forces you to clarify and prioritize. It is
also an excellent preparation exercise for writing a statement of teaching
philosophy.
Inviting
Criticism of Your Own Ideas A Berkeley Compendium, this site
contains two important components of ongoing self evaluation. The
two areas discussed are pointing out alternative views and encouraging
students to take different approaches than your own.
On-Line
Assessement Ron Mitchell Assistant Professor in the Department
of Political Science has written a program called WEBSURVEY which
allows you to get collective information from your students via the Web.
This is an effective vehicle for mid-course evaluation.
The National Teaching and
Learning Forum is a "conversation about teaching, "edited by
James Rhem. The talk ranges from citations and addresses, the kind of useful
facts and access keys friends scribble out for each other, to anecdotes
that make a point, to serious arguments for a particular point of view,
to familiar essays in which a faculty member distills wisdom from experience.
A fine resource to examine course progress.
POD The Professional
and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education provides support
and services to those interested in faculty development through conferences,
newsletters, publications, and consulting.
Formative
Self Assessment Self - assessment involves both reflection on
one's learning strategies and analysis/critique of one's work. This page
describes that relationship, and can be downloaded.
Raising
Standards Through Assessment Firm evidence shows that formative
assessment is an essential component of classroom work and that its development
can raise standards of achievement. This is an important component of making
course adjustments based on student needs.
Fast
Feedback The most widely used method for evaluating teaching is the
end-of-course questionnaire. Much more effective are fast feedback
activities that take place during the semester. Informal sampling
of students' comprehension of the subject matter will enable you to gauge
how and what students are learning. "Fast feedback" is an effective way
to gain mid-course evaluation, and is explained fully in the Berkeley Compendium.
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