tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post9107564980754031170..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Great Tweetalations on Evaluation Day.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77987946186348105802013-12-08T16:40:04.769-05:002013-12-08T16:40:04.769-05:00Cynic, I too have no interest in legitimizing the ...Cynic, I too have no interest in legitimizing the online system by increasing the response rate. On the contrary, I actually celebrate when the rate is low (U wide, it stands at 30%), as this undermines the system's credibility. In a rational world, we'd already be back to paper evals written in class (so only the students who are still showing up for class get to opine.) <br /><br />I Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23307487206938060952013-12-07T20:44:59.085-05:002013-12-07T20:44:59.085-05:00Insert evil laugh...Insert evil laugh...The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38345861582062442672013-12-07T20:31:43.469-05:002013-12-07T20:31:43.469-05:00We have the same administrative handwringing over ...We have the same administrative handwringing over online evaluations, however, we are permitted to have the students bring their laptops to class and complete them there. Why this is more efficient than paper, I do not really understand...though I've been told that all the data they glean from the things is rock solid.Untenured Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107788326951579690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32608058368810538712013-12-07T16:15:24.297-05:002013-12-07T16:15:24.297-05:00We did that. Got the returns up to 20-25% from 10...We did that. Got the returns up to 20-25% from 10%.<br /><br />Gone back to paper now, but that STILL isn't producing great returns. However, we are not allowed to make the assumption that students don't do the forms because they are generally quite happy with the courses, oh no, it's all our fault.Grumpy Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896982515031823267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15951579741299387712013-12-07T15:17:13.909-05:002013-12-07T15:17:13.909-05:00I love the students who, with their full name and ...I love the students who, with their full name and picture attached to their profile, tweet pictures of their actual evaluations. They obviously don't know that grades haven't come out yet. HASHTAG DUMBASSGone Gradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17545285786616979495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43919098777412971802013-12-07T11:45:25.760-05:002013-12-07T11:45:25.760-05:00"This fall, in my class of 70 students, 15 re..."This fall, in my class of 70 students, 15 returned them."<br /><br />That's why you need to have muscle backing you; I have a squad of Uzbeks show up in their old Afghantsy uniforms and we tell the class "These men are Central Asians, they come from my former superstate.....they are horsemen who take their brides by stealing them, though they have been known to take the Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81926736280015172232013-12-07T10:48:17.030-05:002013-12-07T10:48:17.030-05:00Walt, you're always the shit-disturber, aren&#...Walt, you're always the shit-disturber, aren't you?<br /><br />I re-read that post of yours where you talked about your office fridge. You da man, baby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39819043140771405052013-12-07T10:38:39.311-05:002013-12-07T10:38:39.311-05:00We were "encouraged" to "incentiviz...We were "encouraged" to "incentivize" students to fill out on line evals.<br />They were also informed that they would be entered in a drawing for gift cards...Iyrrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272150097841691708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35384510774772654272013-12-07T09:32:00.887-05:002013-12-07T09:32:00.887-05:00Oh yes, excellent. I think it's important that...Oh yes, excellent. I think it's important that we be able to instruct the moderators on what to do with their blog and their twitter. Fuck them if they don't like us being their bosses.<br /><br />We PAY YOUR SALARIES, you crazy mofus!Wicked Walter from Waxahachiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12029251619387101553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26101109102522760552013-12-07T06:49:14.706-05:002013-12-07T06:49:14.706-05:00To be fair, it was not just you. There were other ...To be fair, it was not just you. There were other vocal parties in that thread and some more that came to us via email. And there were quite a few folks who wanted Terry to keep going. College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64438470233222998612013-12-07T06:26:52.441-05:002013-12-07T06:26:52.441-05:00Sorry, that was me. I thought the original CM twi...Sorry, that was me. I thought the original CM twitter feed might be worth talking over, but my post on the subject blowed up real good. Feelings all round ran a lot deeper than I expected.<br /><br />It's <a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.ca/2013/01/what-would-yaro-do-twitter-edition.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> if anyone wants it. <br /><br />I've always felt bad that it was me Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72782012970055121022013-12-06T21:40:34.638-05:002013-12-06T21:40:34.638-05:00I remember people being very angry about it, and I...I remember people being very angry about it, and I never understood why. If I wasn't so busy trying to fix my half-crashed laptop I'd go in search of the comments. I'm sure someone who was wronged badly will post it.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60241231865254904712013-12-06T21:32:20.864-05:002013-12-06T21:32:20.864-05:00In my upper-division courses, I get 5% response (i...In my upper-division courses, I get 5% response (i.e. 1 in 20!); because every single class is evaluated every single quarter. That's 9-10 courses evals every year. The students stop caring about doing them after a while.<br />The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26731532718868662112013-12-06T21:31:05.415-05:002013-12-06T21:31:05.415-05:00We've been doing ours online for 5 years now. ...We've been doing ours online for 5 years now. Most of my colleagues give extra credit if they get a certain response rate (i.e. if 100% of students do them, everyone gets 10 points). I refuse to reward them for doing something they're supposed to do, and I usually have a 15% response rate.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59749058223056342492013-12-06T21:27:32.216-05:002013-12-06T21:27:32.216-05:00Our evals are done online. This fall, in my class ...Our evals are done online. This fall, in my class of 70 students, 15 returned them. A normal person would understand that this response rate makes them useless for drawing any conclusions, and go back to paper evaluations, done in class. But not our admins. Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37595813013074548022013-12-06T21:09:26.698-05:002013-12-06T21:09:26.698-05:00Terry's right. There were some longtime member...Terry's right. There were some longtime members very unhappy with any of the Twitter stuff. We sort of agreed to retweet only on Twitter, and NOT to respond directly to the poor students who are somehow too stupid to know how stupid they're acting. Even that was a hard fought compromise. I don't like it either.College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23969897580027633822013-12-06T20:54:25.939-05:002013-12-06T20:54:25.939-05:00Because when we published them here, many of our o...Because when we published them here, many of our own readers complained that we were "outing" students.<br /><br />This despite the fact that we pulled them from public Twitter pages available anywhere.<br /><br />And we were asked by several community members not to tweet our own comments to students because in doing so we were representing the CM community.<br /><br />I'm still Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29846543187905619342013-12-06T20:21:48.142-05:002013-12-06T20:21:48.142-05:00Pop Tarts??? Seriously?Pop Tarts??? Seriously?The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74964398273930315422013-12-06T19:59:46.813-05:002013-12-06T19:59:46.813-05:00If you go to the CM Twitter page, you can see all....If you go to the CM Twitter page, you can see all.Pat from Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005657976057072299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88396580587209129172013-12-06T19:15:24.975-05:002013-12-06T19:15:24.975-05:00I don't follow twitter or use it, so pardon my...I don't follow twitter or use it, so pardon my ignorance, but why are the people's addresses or user names blocked out? Shouldn't they be held up to the world for their ignorance?Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.com