Before collecting student feedback this term, browse a range of peer-led resources to help you reflect on assessing your own teaching practices, improve your response rates and learn more about the comment review process.
From Monday 14 April–Thursday 1 May, UNSW Sydney students can participate in the Term 1 myExperience survey, an end-of-session survey covering how students engage with their courses.
Reflect on the ‘biscuits’ metaphor
Dr Daniela Castro de Jong, Nexus Fellow School of Health Sciences, Jacqueline North, Lecturer School of Health Sciences, and Dr Anna Rowe, Senior Lecturer Education Portfolio, liken the process of evaluating teaching to the Swedish tradition of serving seven types of biscuits with tea, emphasising the importance of balance and variety.
They advocate for a multifaceted approach to teaching evaluation, incorporating both formative and summative methods to gain comprehensive insights. Suggested strategies include peer reviews, academic mentoring, student feedback through surveys like myExperience, maintaining an e-Portfolio, conducting informal in-class surveys, and other tips to support educators in creating a personalised and effective evaluation process.
To explore this concept further, join Dr Daniela Castro de Jong and Jacqueline North on Tuesday 27 May for an in-person debrief with fellow teaching colleagues, to share a cup of tea and engage in discussions about the term. Everyone is welcome, including staff who are new to the myExperience process. Register to attend.
Look back on resources
Associate Professor Kevin Liu from UNSW Business School discusses the BOOST strategy – a comprehensive approach based on behavioural science insights that have been successfully applied across undergraduate and postgraduate courses to increase myExperience response rates. Watch the recording.
Dr Nicole Saintilan from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Quality Portfolio explains the comment review process, including the work done to help support teaching staff process and use student feedback through feedback resilience. Watch the recording.
Conducting the survey with your students
We recommend setting aside a few minutes of class time, midway through the class with the highest attendance, to conduct the survey. Staff who devote class time to the survey often have a higher response rate and a more accurate description of what their students think.
Downloadable resources are available to show in class, and we recommend educators follow these guides when communicating about the survey:
- Tell your students about the value of honest and constructive feedback, and that myExperience data is used to make changes to courses.
- Explain how the myExperience survey not only provides you and other academic staff with valuable information, but also makes a difference to the next group of students taking the courses.
- If possible, share examples of how you have changed your courses based on student feedback. You can do this by using myFeedback matters inside the course Moodle.
For more information on myExperience, please contact: myExperience@unsw.edu.au.
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