{"68904":{"#nid":"68904","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CETL Updates Instructor Survey","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS), used to gather feedback from students about teaching and learning in their courses, has received its first major facelift since 2002.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe kept the old \u2018question 10,\u2019 which most academic units use in their promotion and tenure packets, but all others were updated,\u201d said Donna Llewellyn, director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. \u201cAnd hosting of the survey is now outsourced to Digital Measures, a company that specializes in delivery of this type of survey via its CourseResponse platform.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThese changes were necessary because the questions on the older CIOS didn\u2019t lead to targeted feedback that the instructor could use to improve, she added. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor example, one original statement that students were asked to respond to was \u201cThe examinations and quizzes (or other evaluations) were of appropriate difficulty.\u201d The revised statement is \u201cDegree to which exams, quizzes, homework (or other evaluated assignments) measured your knowledge and understanding.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs for the decision to change software, the technology used to administer the older survey was created for a Georgia Tech with one master calendar \u2014 not a Tech with calendars for everything from study abroad to a variety of summer academic sessions. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to the CIOS, there is also now a Teaching Assistant Opinion Survey (TAOS), which can be delivered from the same platform and will allow students to provide feedback on this group of instructors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince the feedback from students and faculty was positive during the pilot implementations, the revised CIOS is now being used in all courses.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat won\u2019t change is how historical CIOS data is accessed.\u0026nbsp; Spring 2011 and prior data will still be available \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coursesurvey.gatech.edu\/login.cfm\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you have any questions regarding the CIOS or TAOS, you can send and email to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tris.utschig@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETris Utschig\u003C\/a\u003E, CIOS coordinator.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS), used to gather feedback from students about teaching and learning in their courses, has received its first major facelift since 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Course Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS), used to gather feedback from students about teaching and learning in their courses, has received its first major facelift since 2002."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-07-22 16:12:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cetl.gatech.edu\/cios","title":"CIOS Information Site"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13286","name":"Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning"},{"id":"4446","name":"cios"},{"id":"13723","name":"Course Instructor Opinion Survey"},{"id":"13725","name":"TAOS"},{"id":"13724","name":"Teaching Assistant Opinion Survey"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tris.utschig@cetl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ETris Utschig\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECenter for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}