Katho New Media Course Evaluation Dec09

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ErasmusCourseEvaluation

Lecturer:AnaADI

Session2009/20010

Semester1–December2009


At theendof theNewMedia course, the14participating studentswereasked totakeasurveyinordertoevaluatetheNewMediacoursetogetherwiththelecturer’smethod, approach and enthusiasm. The evaluation survey was accessible onlineleavingstudentswiththeoptionoftakingitattheirownpaceandintheabsenceofthelecturer.Toavoidbias,studentswereaskedtosubmittheiranswersbeforetheirfinals grades were delivered. 11 out of the total of 14 students took the survey,offeringresponsesfrom78.5%ofthecourseparticipants.

Thesurvey’sstructurecanbeseenintheattacheddocument.

Theanswerstothesurveytogetherwiththepercentagesaretobeseeninthepagesbelow:

1.Overallcourseevaluationresults


2.Specificcourseelementsevaluation

Onlinevideoguestlectureevaluation


Othercoursedimensionsevaluated

Students’expectedgrades


Students’attendanceandsubmittedassignments

Newcourseelementswanted


Suggestedimprovements

“Whatdidyoulikemoreaboutthiscourse”answers


ObservationsandConclusions:Alltheanswersgiventothequestionsaskedareinthehigherpositiverange–fromgoodtoexcellent.Theareasmarkedthestudentsasbeingexcellent(obtainingalsothemajorityvote)were:

• Thelecturer’suseoftechnology(91%)• Thelecturer'savailabilitytoofferstudentsextrahelpwhenyouasked(91%)• Thelecturer’sorganizationofthecourse(73%)• Thelecturer’suseofexamplesandillustrations(73%)• thelecturer'senthusiasm(73%)

Itisconsideredthatcontinuingtointegrateanonlinelivevideoguestlectureandacompany visit in the course provided students with memorable and positiveexamples.Asamatteroffact,boththeNetlogvisitandtheonlineliveguestlecturehadhighlypositivescoresandmentions.Threequalitativequestionswerepartofthesurveyaswell.Theyaimedtodeterminethe areas that students most liked or disliked as well as the elements that theywouldhavewantedthecoursetocover.Evenwiththecoursebeingextendedto8sessions compared to five in previous semesters, some students suggested thecoursetotakeevenlonger.Divisionofteamsintoevensmallergroups(fromthree‐fourmemberstoonlytwo)werealsosuggested.Thepracticalaspectsofthecoursewerementionedasstrongpointsofthecourseandgood learningexperiences. Itshouldbenotedthatthissemester featuredtwoin‐classassignments,oneindividualandonebasedonteam‐work.Toshowcasethestudents’resultsthreeonlinespaceswerecreated:http://kathonewmedia.wordpress.comhttp://kathonewmedia.posterous.comhttp://kathonewmedia.pbworks.comThesespaceswerealsousedtoshowcasethestudent’sfinalpracticalprojects.Recommendationsandsuggestions:Takingintoaccountthestudents’observationsandinanattempttomakealinktotheareasdeterminedinthecourseevaluationashavingapotentialforimprovementitissuggested:

• toattemptselectingstudentspriortobeggingofclass(submissionofonlineresumeandSkype interviewwouldallow the lecturer to interact firsthandwiththestudentsandensureinterest,motivationandpreparationarehigh)


• tocontinueemphasizingonthepracticalaspectsofnewmedia• toliaisewithcommercialclientsandthusofferthestudentstheopportunity

toworkonprojectswithrealimpactonbusinessactors• to continue to have guest lecturers from different universities joining via

onlinelivevideo• tocontinueemphasizingonshort‐deadlineassignments• toextendthecoursefurtherfrom8sessionto10• toofferthecoursetoreturningstudents (if theywantto), theirassignment

being to develop an online communication strategy or campaign for aproduct/companyoftheirchoiceortoworkonnewmediaaspectsthatcouldrelatetotheirhonour’sdegreesfortheirhomeinstitutions

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