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CEQuery is a software that allows for the detailed and systematic analysis of qualitative comments from the Course Experience Questionnaire. It provides a convenient way to allocate comments to specific domains and sub-domains, and presents results in both quantitative and qualitative forms.
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CEQuery Accessing the Graduate Voice Andrew Brion & Ann Hornsby 07/09/04
CEQuery History (1) • CEQuery, was officially launched on 23rd March, 2004. • Professor Dennis Gibson, Chancellor of RMIT, and Chair of the CEQuery Steering Committee, performed the launch at an event hosted by the University of Technology, Sydney.
CEQuery History (2) • Developed by QUT and UTS, through funding provided by DEST • RMIT was one of the ‘trial’ universities • Offered free of charge to the HE sector through the GCCA. • GCCA provide initial and ongoing training and support for CEQuery.
What is CEQuery? • CEQuery is software that allows for the detailed and systematic analysis of the qualitative comments contained in the Course Experience Questionnaire. • Specifically, it analyses: • Best Aspects of a Program • Aspects of a Program Needing Improvement
What does it do? • Provides a detailed, convenient and systematic way to analyse CEQ comments • Allocates comments to five domains divided into 26 sub-domains • Presents results in both quantitative and qualitative form
The domains, with their sub-domains • Outcomes • Further learning, intellectual, interpersonal, knowledge/skills, personal, work application, unspecified • Staff • Accessibility, practical experience, quality, teaching skills, unspecified • Course Design • Flexibility, methods, practical-theory links, relevance, structure, unspecified • Assessment • Expectations, feedback, marking, relevance, standards • Support • Infrastructure, learning resources, library, social affinity, student administration, student services, support
Further Reading • CEQuery – RMIT Qualitative Comments (http://www2.rmit.edu.au/departments/planning/ircu/outcomes/outcomes.php) • ATN CEQuery project (http://www.atn.edu.au/wgroups/quality.htm) • Accessing the Graduate Voice (DEST Evaluations & Investigations Project - 31/7/03)