FCTL BROWN BAG

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Closing the Loop How to Solicit andIntegrate
Student Feedback

• FCTL BROWN BAG
• Lunch DISCUSSION
• February 19, 2008

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Presenter Information

• Susan K. Jones, Professor of Marketing
• College of Business 339
• 231-591-2468
• joness_at_ferris.edu
• http//www.ferris.edu/htmls/academics/course.offer
  ings/joness/Index.htm

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Icebreaker

• Introduce yourself
• College
• Department
• Other intro comments
• What I enjoy most about teaching
• What I find most challenging about teaching

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Student Feedback

• An important element of Learner-Centered Teaching
• Reinforces professors role as guide not dictator
• Empowers students
• (In my experience) Often raises Student
  Assessment numbers

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Student Feedback

• Students think about and evaluate their
  experience in class
• Professor gets valuable information
• For mid-course correction
• For long-term improvement

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Student Information Sheet

• Involve students in setting norms for the class
• Provide context for the normsfirst ask students
  to
• Relate course content to their future careers
• Develop course norms with the importance of their
  learning in mind

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Mid-Course Surveys

• Technique learned from Terry Doyle of the FSU
  Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
• 4, 8 and 12-week surveys (or just one or two
  surveys as appropriate)
• Unlike end-of-course surveys, these allow current
  student input

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Integrating Survey Results

• Students receive a summary of results
• Class discussion on integration of results
• Professor gives respectful explanation of why
  some suggestions are not possible

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Questions? Comments? Other Suggestions?

• What Works Well for you in soliciting and
  Integrating Student Feedback?