{"id":9078,"date":"2020-07-10T07:50:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/?page_id=9078"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:13:04","slug":"student-survey-heds-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cila\/student-survey-heds-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Surveys: HEDS COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>During spring and fall 2020, St. Olaf participated in the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium&#8217;s COVID-19 Institutional Response Student Survey. Below you can find the results from these surveys prepared by St. Olaf&#8217;s Institutional Effectiveness &amp; Assessment (IE&amp;A) Office.<\/p>\n<p>IE&amp;A provides support to faculty through assessment consultations, <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ir-e\/resources-for-faculty-and-staff\/course-evaluations\/\">information on course evaluations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ir-e\/assessment-of-student-learning-2\/\">information on assessment of student learning<\/a>, as well as providing data, reports, and research that\u00a0 strengthen teaching and learning and promote understanding of the nature and quality of education at St. Olaf. For more information on IE&amp;A and the ways they can support your teaching, visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ir-e\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Fall 2020<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ir-e\/files\/2020\/11\/FINAL-HEDS-COVID-19-Fall-Student-Survey-data-summary.pdf\">Fall 2020 HEDS COVID-19 Survey Results Summary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ir-e\/heds-covid-19-student-survey-fall-2020\/\">Fall 2020 HEDS COVID-19 Full Survey Results<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Spring 2020<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just after the close of spring term 2020, the college conducted a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HEDS COVID-19 survey asking our students which remote instructional methods were most\/least effective and why.\u00a0 Kelsey Thompson, Assistant Director of Assessment, and her summer intern Juliana Goldman analyzed the survey\u2019s responses. Here are their key takeaways:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students mentioned a wide variety of both synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods that they found effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, a third of respondents mentioned effective methods from both of these categories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students tended to prefer synchronous methods because of the contact with faculty (particularly for help understanding content) and other students and because they found these methods provided greater structure and engagement.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students tended to struggle with these methods primarily due to technology issues (e.g., poor WiFi) or scheduling constraints (e.g., time zone differences, balancing with other course scheduling demands, or new demands from their home life).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students tended to prefer asynchronous methods because they could complete the work on their own schedule and at their own pace, and because these methods were much less impacted by time zone or WiFi connection issues.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students tended to struggle with these methods when there was too much independent learning and little interaction with faculty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specific methods more frequently mentioned as ineffective rather than effective were Moodle forums and timed online exams.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, what works best is not necessarily a particular method or set of methods, but rather those that are best suited to the course structure and the particular students in that course.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This suggests that designing effective online learning experiences requires a balance between providing opportunities for students to achieve essential course learning outcomes and frequent check-ins with students about what is and isn\u2019t working well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/12t-aZxgxXbLQwi5_sZGjllmkwNlSbWga\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>Full summary of the results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During spring and fall 2020, St. Olaf participated in the Higher Education Data Sharing (HEDS) Consortium&#8217;s COVID-19 Institutional Response Student Survey. 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