How has COVID-19 and the shift to online teaching affected overall student feedback ratings? The data from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is… interesting. Basically, with over 200 modules running for 6,000+ students, our averages basically didn’t move at all, or move a very little in the positive direction, compared to the most recent pre-pandemic semesters…
I won’t make too much of this since there are a lot of unknowns. Also, since feedback is generally done before the final exams (for those modules that have final exams), it’s also possible that not all the negatives have been captured. (But even so, it suggests that for the segment of the classes at least up till the point of the exams, the averages basically maintained. Which is still something.)
The response rates for the past semesters:
- AY2018-2019, Semester 1 – 65%
- AY2018-2019, Semester 2 – 48%
- AY2019-2020, Semester 1 – 49%
- AY2019-2020, Semester 2 – 57%
- AY2020-2021, Semester 1 – 58%
The dip between AY2018-2019, Semester 1 and Semester 2 is due to the end of the “bid points bonus for doing feedback scheme”. The surge in AY2019-2020, Semester 2, however, coincides with the first of the COVID-19 semesters.
| (All ratings upon 5.0; Average, Standard Deviation) | AY2018-2019, Sem 1 | AY2018-2019, Sem 2 | AY2019-2020, Sem 1 | AY2019-2020, Sem 2 | AY2020-2021, Sem 1 | |||||
| Overall, the teacher is effective. | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| The teacher has enhanced my thinking ability. | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| The teacher provided timely and useful feedback. | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 0.8 |
| The teacher has increased my interest in the subject. | 4.1 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| What is your overall opinion of the module? | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.8 |
| The grade that I am most likely to get in the module is: | 4.1 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 |
| I rate this module as (for diffulty): | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
