Strategy 3: Supporting Instructors with CES Engagement

November 16, 2023

鈥淪ome professors do a really good job trying to prioritize or make it sound like this feedback is really going to be used.They say 鈥榠t's really important that we hear your voice, so I can understand how I can improve my course in the future.鈥� In those cases, I'll try to fill out the survey.鈥�

- 丁香园AV Student #10*

Our response rate data shows that instructors who actively engage with CES by adding instructor questions have a higher response rate than those who do not. Students have also expressed that they are motivated to complete a survey for a course when the instructors communicate the value of students鈥� feedback and remind students to participate. To support instructors' engagement with CES, we have created an improved question bank and are now holding workshops on how CES questions can support inquiry into teaching and learning.

Improved Question Bank

We analyzed the questions instructor select from the question bank, as well as the questions they create, to update our CES question bank to provide an effective and relevant set of questions that instructors can use directly or customize to fit their needs.

Workshops for Instructors

In Fall 2023, LEAP supported Transforming Inquiry to Learning and Teaching (TILT) with the workshop 鈥淭ools for Inquiry: Conducting Inquiry Using CES鈥�, to encourage and support instructors鈥� engagement and effective use of CES. This workshop will run again in Spring 2024.

*Quote from a participant in the SETC Improvement Project

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