Transition Process. For junior faculty moving towards promotion, who will have some SCEQ results and some results under the new system, we recommend that departments be directed to explicitly address how they are interpreting the old and new evaluations (and in particular, that they be directed not to combine ratings from the old and new system, which may not be directly comparable). Because we recognize that some faculty and departments are especially reluctant about moving to an online system, we suggest that in the first year of the transition to a new survey instrument, the option of paper or online surveys should be given. The choice of whether to use paper or online surveys could be made at the departmental or the individual level. After the first year, the committee’s recommendation is that departments that choose to continue to provide paper surveys should be asked to bear the additional cost of that administration method (but that they should have the option to do so if they so choose). References Joan Anderson, Gary Brown, and Stephen Spaeth, “Online Student Evaluations and Response Rates Reconsidered,” Journal of Online Education 2(6), August/September 2006. Raoul A. Arreola, Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System: A Guide to Designing, Building, and Operating Large-Scale Faculty Evaluation Systems (3/e). Anker Publishing Company, 2007. Robert M. Carini, John C. Hayek, George D. Kuh, John M. Kennedy, and Judity A. Ouimet, “College student responses to web and paper surveys: Does mode matter?” Journal of Research in Higher Education, 44(1): , 1-19, February 2003. Martin Coffey and Graham Gibbs, “The Evaluation of the Student Evaluation of Educational Quality Questionnaire (SEEQ) in UK Higher Education,” Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 26(1): 89-93, doi 10.1080/026029300200223182001, 2001. Marilyn Demorest, “Report: Online SCEQ Project,” UMBC internal memorandum, November 2003. Michael Dillon, “Administration of Student Course Evaluations,” UMBC internal memorandum, September 2008. Judy Donovan, Cynthia Mader, and John Shinsky, “Online vs. Traditional Course Evaluation Formats: Student Perceptions,” Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 6(3),: 158-180 Winter 2007.
Transition Process. For junior faculty moving towards promotion, who will have some SCEQ results and some results under the new system, we recommend that departments be directed to explicitly address how they are interpreting the old and new evaluations (and in particular, that they be directed not to combine ratings from the old and new system, which may not be directly comparable). Because we recognize that some faculty and departments are especially reluctant about moving to an online system, we suggest that in the first year of the transition to a new survey instrument, the option of paper or online surveys should be given. The choice of whether to use paper or online surveys could be made at the departmental or the individual level. After the first year, the committee’s recommendation is that departments that choose to continue to provide paper surveys should be asked to bear the additional cost of that administration method (but that they should have the option to do so if they so choose). References Joan Anderson, Gary Brown, and Stephen Spaeth, “Online Student Evaluations and Response Rates Reconsidered,” Journal of Online Education 2(6), August/September 2006. Raoul A. Arreola, Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System: A Guide to Designing, Building, and Operating Large-Scale Faculty Evaluation Systems (3/e). Anker Publishing Company, 2007. Robert M. Carini, John C. Hayek, George D. Kuh, John M. Kennedy, and Judity A. Ouimet, “College student responses to web and paper surveys: Does mode matter?” Journal of Research in Higher Education, 44(1): , 1-19, February 2003. Martin Coffey and Graham Gibbs, “The Evaluation of the Student Evaluation of Educational Quality Questionnaire (SEEQ) in UK Higher Education,” Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 26(1): 89-93, doi 10.1080/026029300200223182001, 2001. Marilyn Demorest, “Report: Online SCEQ Project,” UMBC internal memorandum, November 2003. Michael Dillon, “Administration of Student Course Evaluations,” UMBC internal memorandum, September 2008. Judy Donovan, Cynthia Mader, and John Shinsky, “Online vs. Traditional Course Evaluation Formats: Student Perceptions,” Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 6(3),: 158-180 Winter 2007.
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