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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”.
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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
http://www.tltgroup.org/beta/betahome.htm Katharine Mason- Research Coordinator • mason@tltgroup.org • 512-428-1286 • Robin Zuniga- Associate dir. FLO • zuniga@tltgroup.org • 512-428-1042