Online Evaluations Show Same Results, Lower Response Rate - Wired Campus - The Chronicl... - 1 views
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Students give the same responses on paper as on online course evaluations but are less likely to respond to online surveys, according to a recent study.
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The only meaningful difference between student ratings completed online and on paper was that students who took online surveys gave their professors higher ratings for using educational technology to promote learning.
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Seventy-eight percent of students enrolled in classes with paper surveys responded to them, but only 53 percent of students enrolled in classes with online surveys responded.
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"If you have lower response rates, you're less inclined to make summative decisions about a faculty member's performance,"
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While the majority of instructors still administer paper surveys, the number using online surveys increased from 1.08 percent in 2002 to 23.23 percent in 2008.