EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION

(A Perspective on Tools and Techniques used within a Course)

T S Pradeep Kumar School of Computing Science and Engineering

VIT Chennai http://www.pradeepkumar.org

Objectives

• Introduction

• Evaluation Methodologies

• Evaluation Tools

Need for Evaluation

Introduction

• Evaluation is needed

• Within a Course (classroom evaluation)

• for Faculty

• for a Programme

• for a Curriculum

EVALUATION WITHIN A COURSE

Evaluation Methodologies

• Project Based Evaluation

• Research Based Evaluation

• HOT Questions

• Review of Journal/Conference proceedings

• Quizzing

• CrossWords

Evaluation Methodologies

• Cloze

• Assignments

• Surprise tests/Slip Tests

• Video Based Questions

• Legacy method Outcome are evaluated based on these results

Case Study - English

• Objectives

• Can use the English language effectively with proper grammar and vocabulary to suit the needs of the present world.

• Can differentiate various forms of writing according to the situation and tone.

• Can be aware of ‘cross cultural communication’

Case Study - English

• Outcomes

• An ability to function effectively on multi‐disciplinary teams to accomplish a common goal.

• An understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities

• An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

• an ability to engage in continuing professional learning (lifelong learning)

MOODLE

• It is one of the best LMS that comes as open source.

• Supports various third party tools like youtube, audio, video hosting sites, Question formats, languages, filters, repositories like dropbox, Google drive, Hot Potatoes etc.

• Hot Potatoes to create questions that can be imported directly to MOODLE.

MOODLE..

• Activities like

• assignment, quiz, glossary, lesson, survey, wiki, workshop, etc.

• Teachers can share the resources like

• Book, File, Folder, Label, Page, URL

• Over to MOODLE for a Demo

Classroom Evaluation

• Project Based Evaluation

• Learning by doing

• Evaluated in groups

• Evaluated for different courses of that semester

• Research Based Evaluation

• Research Work to be carried out during the course

• Evaluated through Conference or Journal publications

Classroom Evaluation

• HOT Questions

• Higher Order Thinking skills

• Use of Bloom's Taxonomy like analyse, design, experiment, etc

• Review of Journal/Conference proceedings

• Given a Paper to review about that and convert into a simple document

• Quizzing

• MCQ, Short Answers, True/False Questions

Classroom Evaluation

• CrossWords

• Cloze

• Empty boxes need to be filled with words in a given passage or question

• Assignment

• Conventional method of evaluation

• Surprise tests/Slip Tests

• Test conducted usually inside the classroom and immediate evaluation

• Video Based Questions

• Suitable for flipped classroom lecturing

• Legacy method

• Examination Pattern as we do now.

EVALUATION FOR A TEACHER

Teachers' evaluation

• Self Monitoring

• Audio/Video Recording

• Students Feedback on Teaching

• Feedback from other colleagues and experts

EVALUATION FOR A PROGRAMME

Evaluation for a Programme

• Feedback can be collected from

• Students

• Faculty

• Graduates or Alumni

• Industrial Partners