Survey Title

Student Feedback on Learning and Teaching

Survey (owner)

PQR

Date conducted, and frequency

Each Semester / Trimester / Session since Semester 2, 2004.

Principal objectives

Sample

All students enrolled in coursework units in the relevant teaching session

Sampling process

All students are offered the opportunity to provide feedback via the online system.

Response rates

Typically average 20% and 35% for each teaching period though individual units may achieve response rates >50%.

Demographics

Survey instrument

The survey is conducted on-line with access for students via their MySCU account.

Staff access the Online Feedback website to complete customisation or download reports at http://study.scu.edu.au/teaching/ufq

The survey instrument is structured into two major components:

A) Seven compulsory Core Questions related to the unit -

1. The objectives and performance standards in this unit were made clear
2. I am satisfied with the assessment tasks in this unit
3. The workload demands of the unit are about right
4. This unit helped me to develop some valuable skills/attributes
5. I am satisfied with the way this unit was taught/delivered
6. Respect for cultural diversity was embedded in this unit
7. Overall, I am satisfied with this unit

and

Five assessor selected Optional Questions chosen from an on-line Question Bank of 73 other questions.

A second set of questions seeks feedback on teaching -

1. The staff member/s makes it clear what I need to do to be successful in this unit
2. The staff member/s is well prepared for classes
3. The staff member/s seems to have a good knowledge of the subject area
4. The staff member/s shows a genuine concern for the quality of my learning
5. The staff member/s presents the subject matter clearly
6. Overall, I am satisfied with the teaching in this unit

and up to 5 teacher selected questions from the Question Bank.

Variables, measurement

For each question students are asked to rank the response using a five point scale ranging from Strongly Disagree through to Strongly Agree. Students also have the opportunity to include comments for each question. A final question enables students to provide additional detailed commentary on ways in which the unit may be improved.

Availability of data/reports

Available online (or PQR)

Outcomes

Feedback reports for the current feedback period are locked until final grades are published on the web. After then Unit Assessors and individual teachers can access their own unit/teaching feedback reports at http://study.scu.edu.au/teaching/ufq.

Heads of Schools have access to all unit/teaching feedback reports for their respective schools.

Reports include a statistical breakdown of the response ratings for each question, a summary of responses by location and a full listing of the comments in relation to each question. Copies of these reports are also provided on request to the Head of School (for all units taught by the School), and are available to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.

Further high level analysis is then undertaken on the aggregated data from the feedback session. The following summary reports (of core questions only) are produced and can be viewed on this website: Summary of ratings (%) for whole of University, Summary by School, Summary by Field of Education and Summary by Location.

Click here to view reports for:

Student Feedback on Learning and Teaching - Semester

Student Feedback on Learning and Teaching - Trimester

Student Feedback on Learning and Teaching - Session

Feedback to participants

Feedback is provided to students via MySCU.