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Due to the Corona pandemic, the summer semester 2020 was completely dominated by digitization. The shift of teaching into the virtual space resulted in the need to adapt the survey instrument for recording student feedback in the courses. As part of the course evaluation, the questionnaire was not only adapted to various aspects of digital teaching, but the surveys have also been conducted exclusively online since then. In the summer semester of 2022, ZQA will publish the aggregated (university-wide) results of the semester as well as information from the evaluation statistics in an end-of-semester report and make them available to the university public for the first time. Semesterreport LVE SoSe 2022
Goals / Description
Student surveys have been carried out at the TU Dresden since 1995 for the purpose of course evaluation. In 1998, a unified survey method with machine-readable questionnaires was implemented. In 2004, the evaluation of university courses became affiliated with the Center of Excellence for Education and University Research (KfBH) with the goal to organize and substantially renew this process, as well as to utilize student surveys as an instrument of quality assurance. Since the winter semester of 2011/2012, the evaluation of courses has been carried out by the newly-established Center for Quality Analysis. An average of 950 courses per semester have been evaluated thus far.
The current survey tool is based on the Heidelberg inventory for the evaluation of teaching courses (HILVE). Students can rate the content and presentation of the course as well as the general conditions and their motivation by completing the standardized questionnaire. The compiled average profile and the frequency count serve as feedback for the instructors and are discussed together with the students at the end of the semester.
Information about the Evaluation Procedure
- The current dates and deadlines for course evaluation can be taken from the timetable.
- The selection of the courses to be evaluated is the responsibility of the study commission. It is ensured that all course types are adequately considered and that each instructor conducts an evaluation for a course at least every three years. More.
- For courses with less than 25 participants, the use of a qualitative survey method is recommended. The ZQA has compiled a series of potential feedback methods for this purpose. More.
- The survey procedure takes place with the aid of standardized online questionnaires.
- Registering courses with the ZQA and requesting the necessary questionnaires takes place through the person responsible for the evaluation and through a registration form (deadline on October 29th, 2022). More.
- The survey period: In order to secure the timely analysis and feedback of results to the teachers and students, the surveys should be completed between December 5th, 2022 and January 10th, 2023. More.
- A consent form from the instructor is required to share the results with the study commission More.
- The report with the final results of the course contain average profiles and frequency counts. More.
- Like other social science research, these course evaluations are subject to the strictest requirements regarding data protection laws. More.
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© Mareen Schönfeld
Course Evaluation
NameTung Nguyen Khanh , M.A.
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