Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Like any good millennial, I started by googling “how to recover from poor teaching evaluations” and “is tenure still possible after low evaluations” but found nothing. Then I close the book on that set of evaluations.

Course Evaluations 122

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 122

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 7, 2023

I expected a reckoning on my course evaluations, but the results were way worse than I expected. Like any good millennial, I started by googling “how to recover from poor teaching evaluations” and “is tenure still possible after low evaluations” but found nothing. Then I close the book on that set of evaluations.

Course Evaluations 111

Course Evaluations Evaluation Gamification Lecturing 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So what has he learned in more than 20 years from applying his persistence (and much of the money he won from the Nobel) to studying teaching? EdSurge connected with Wieman to find out, and to hear about his more recent efforts to improve how teaching evaluations are done at colleges to make them more useful — and more equitable.

Teaching 203

Teaching Lecturing Evaluation Teaching Evaluations 203

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

For example, Herman (2020) notes that student perception of online courses was overall negative (which could lead to decreased teaching evaluations). There seems to be a misperception that courses utilizing online learning are not as good or effective.

Lecturing 126

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 126

Faculty Focus

APRIL 9, 2023

For example, Herman (2020) notes that student perception of online courses was overall negative (which could lead to decreased teaching evaluations). There seems to be a misperception that courses utilizing online learning are not as good or effective.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Course Design Blended Courses Instructors 98