Survey feedback

The challenges of balance

Some students (most) generally like small discussions/exercises.

Others may object that it breaks their concentration and is distracting.

What to do?

Survey: 10 responses

I will share some quotes I’d like more thoughts on.

What people like

• show&tell
• class engagement and remembering names of peers
• the online syllabus (3)
• The learning checks like mini quizzes and rewriting concepts in our own words. I found that when I went to study for the midterm I was already very familiar with all of the material detailed syllabus with links to resources
• I really like how you include all different kinds of teaching strategies (ie lecture, powerpoint, videos, small group activities). You also use a lot of current/real life examples which I think helps make the material more relevant and meaningful.

What could be improved

• more small group work
• walking through the interactive syllabus in slightly more depth—it can be hard to find what you’re looking for — how so?
• If assignment criteria/instructions were all focused on one page, rather than the current practice of a link to an assignment, with another link attached that takes you to a different page to explain how to do the assignment, and another page with tips for the assignment, and another page that will lead you to a page with a resource you need for the assignment — cs:abtraction; provoking use of info organization and meta-cognition (checklists)?