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Evaluating Practice - Sep '23

This course will look at a variety of ways to evaluate your teaching practice.

1,330 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

Taking a scholarly approach to your practice demands a critical evidence-informed analysis. There are multiple ways in which it is possible to evaluate your own practice.

This short course will explore educational evaluation by looking at the different stakeholders involved and their roles in informing the evaluation process. We will also focus on how we could turn evaluation data into meaningful actions.

We will close the short course by exploring the role and impact of learning and teaching networks could have on your practice.

What topics will you cover?

  • Scholarship of teaching and learning
  • Educational evaluation
  • Evaluating your own practice
  • Using evaluation data to inform practice
  • Developing networks

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Explore the different groups involved in evaluation in HE
  • Engage with appropriate evaluation techniques to inform your practice
  • Identify meaningful actions from your evaluation of teaching
  • Develop awareness of your supporting networks

Who is the course for?

Colleagues at Coventry University and CU Group who teach and/or support student learning in Higher Education.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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