Title: Course quality improvement using mid-semester feedback

Authors: Abelardo Pardo, Iria Estevez-Ayres, Pablo Basanta-Val, Damaris Fuentes-Lorenzo

Addresses: Department of Telematic Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30, E-28911 Leganes (Madrid), Spain. ' Department of Telematic Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30, E-28911 Leganes (Madrid), Spain. ' Department of Telematic Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30, E-28911 Leganes (Madrid), Spain. ' Department of Telematic Engineering, University Carlos III of Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30, E-28911 Leganes (Madrid), Spain

Abstract: Quality control mechanisms are becoming more important in higher educational institutions. Student evaluation of teaching is typically used to obtain feedback from students about a learning experience but its effect in the course may take too long. Fast feedback mechanisms, in exchange, look at obtaining feedback in a way that corrective measures can be applied quickly. In this paper, a process is described to obtain feedback from the students about a course, analyse the received results, and identify the most significant aspects. The process has been applied to a course and led to some adjustments that had immediate impact on the course.

Keywords: student evaluations; teaching evaluation; quality improvement; course evaluation; mid-semester feedback; quality control; higher education; universities; learning experiences; fast feedback; corrective measures; feedback analysis; significant aspects; course adjustments; Spain; technology enhanced learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2011.041280

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011 Vol.3 No.4, pp.366 - 376

Published online: 26 Feb 2015 *

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