As the semester winds down, it's time for course evaluations! Our dean's office has moved from narrative responses to IDEA, a "scantron" multiple-choice form used in hundreds of other colleges and universities. It promises to let you compare your courses to courses elsewhere... but distinctive yet unconventional courses (like all the non- and interdisciplinary courses in the first year program I direct, and integrative courses like Religion & Theater) tend to get lost in the comparisons. Dumb idea.
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
No idea
As the semester winds down, it's time for course evaluations! Our dean's office has moved from narrative responses to IDEA, a "scantron" multiple-choice form used in hundreds of other colleges and universities. It promises to let you compare your courses to courses elsewhere... but distinctive yet unconventional courses (like all the non- and interdisciplinary courses in the first year program I direct, and integrative courses like Religion & Theater) tend to get lost in the comparisons. Dumb idea.