How do we use evaluation to enhance the L&T experiences of our 21st Century students?

Abstract

To reach their potential as 21Century graduates, our students need feedback on their learning. However, in increasingly pressurised and resource-constrained university environments, feedback needs to be realistic for staff workloads, as well as offering students high quality support. A survey of staff at one university in the summer of 2009 asked how they evaluate their learning and teaching, how they get evaluated, and what can be done to improve evaluation. The responses showed a clear commitment to evaluation and enhancement, but the realities of making it happen were clearly more complex. This workshop will consider the findings, interrogate how workshop participants evaluate their L&T, and encourage sharing of ideas on good (but realistic) practice.