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End of term survey
Hello,
This is my first post in this forum. I couldn't figure out how to post in a thread that was already started - so here I am posting the same questions again. I am really struggling with not being discouraged when I receive an end of term survey results. I really pay attention to what they say because I want to make sure I keep doing what works and change what doesn't. This terms results had a comment (well a few) that really threw me. I was accused of having terrible writing skills (I am published 30 times). Then this same person accused me of having another person grade the papers I graded - well because the grammar was perfect on that. It amazed me how many points this student had that just were not true. I was accused of answering a student with "I don't know" - not something I even tell my students in a traditional classroom setting. When I don't know an answer I say, "Let's find out together", or I find out and then answer. I have lost a position before due to student feedback. I truly enjoy my work at GCU and don't wan this to be impacted. Any advice would be helpful.
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Something I am thinking about, but have not tried yet, is implementing my own mid-course survey that they can voluntarily and anonymously fill out. I realize that the purpose of the EOCS is to help us become better instructors for the future, but that doesn't help the students we currently have. At the end of each course session, I always realize there are ways I could have done things better and I work on those for the next course session, but that only benefits my next cohort of students.
Of course, we can't require students to complete our own mid-course survey, but it is something I am considering as a way of better gauging how things are going, so that I can maybe make adjustments or respond to dissatisfied students during the course and not be "thrown" by some of the feedback at the end that I can't do anything about.
I would be interested in hearing if any have attempted their own mid-course survey or feedback to the instructor opportunities for their students.
I am curious to know - how would you do this anonymously?
Possibly SurveyMonkey. I don't know, though. I haven't looked into it much. It's just something that has been in the back of my mind.