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Using IDEA Reports
To improve your teaching
Using IDEA Reports
0What’s the goal of this session?
Using IDEA Reports
0What’s the goal of this session?
0 Model the process of turning IDEA Report findings into specific ways to strengthen your course
Using IDEA Reports
0What’s the goal of this session?
0 Model the process of turning IDEA Report findings into specific ways to strengthen your course
0 This can occur in multiple ways:
Using IDEA Reports
0What’s the goal of this session?
0 Model the process of turning IDEA Report findings into specific ways to strengthen your course
0 This can occur in multiple ways:0Take fuller advantage of existing positives
Using IDEA Reports
0What’s the goal of this session?
0 Model the process of turning IDEA Report findings into specific ways to strengthen your course
0 This can occur in multiple ways:0Take fuller advantage of existing positives0Adjust current efforts to increase impact
Using IDEA Reports
0What’s the goal of this session?
0 Model the process of turning IDEA Report findings into specific ways to strengthen your course
0 This can occur in multiple ways:0Take fuller advantage of existing positives0Adjust current efforts to increase impact0Adopt a new approach to align outcomes with experiences
Using IDEA Reports
0Quick Review of IDEA Reports
0 Page 1 – a rough snapshot0PRO score0Overall score0Comparative figure (AKA Odysseus and the Sirens)
Using IDEA Reports
0Quick Review of IDEA Reports
0 Page 1 – a rough snapshot0PRO score0Overall score0Comparative figure (AKA Odysseus and the Sirens)
0 Page 2 – focusing on learning and student context0 Individual objectives0Student contextualizing information
Using IDEA Reports
0Quick Review of IDEA Reports
0 Page 3 – linking experiences to learning0Student experience responses0 Identifying key links to learning
Using IDEA Reports
0Quick Review of IDEA Reports
0 Page 3 – linking experiences to learning0Student experience responses0 Identifying key links to learning
0 Page 4 – the final layer of detail0Student learning on all objectives0Distribution of responses on all other questions
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0So where should you start?
Using IDEA Reports
0So where should you start?
0 Did I pick the “right” objectives?0Scan the results on page 20Check out the results on page 40Revisiting the 3 primary questions
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0REMINDER . . .
1. Is this a significant part of the course?
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0REMINDER . . .
1. Is this a significant part of the course?2. Do I do something specific to help the students
accomplish this objective?
Using IDEA Reports
0REMINDER . . .
1. Is this a significant part of the course?2. Do I do something specific to help the students
accomplish this objective?3. Does the student's progress on this objective affect
his or her grade?
Using IDEA Reports
0 So where should you start?
0 Did I pick the “right” objectives?0Scan the results on page 20Check out the results on page 40Revisiting the 3 primary questions
0 How did my students’ experiences impact the objectives that I picked?0Check out the last column on page 30Getting the most “bang for your buck”
Using IDEA Reports
0Practicing on an old report
0 Break into small groups of 4-5
Using IDEA Reports
0Practicing on an old report
0 Break into small groups of 4-5
0 Examine the question of selecting objectives (Pages 2 and 4)
OR0 Pick three experiences that could be improved
(Page 3)
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0Thoughts on selecting objectives?
Using IDEA Reports
0Thoughts on selecting objectives?
0Thoughts on student experiences to improve?
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about objectives . . .0What do your students really need to learn in your course?
0 Think triage not transformation0 In the context of your major? In the context of general education?0 Be true to your vision for that course
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about objectives . . .0What do your students really need to learn in your course?
0 Think triage not transformation0 In the context of your major? In the context of general education?0 Be true to your vision for that course
0 http://www.theideacenter.org/research-and-papers/pod-idea-center-notes-learning02-page papers on aligning objectives with course goals
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about objectives . . .0Revisit the three primary questions
0 Is this a significant part of the course?0 Do I do something specific to help the students accomplish this
objective?0 Does the student's progress on this objective affect his or her grade?
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about objectives . . .0Revisit the three primary questions
0 Is this a significant part of the course?0 Do I do something specific to help the students accomplish this
objective?0 Does the student's progress on this objective affect his or her grade?
0Setting an appropriate bar for expectations0 Do your expectations and assignments differ from other courses?
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about student experiences . . .0What existing strengths might you exploit?
0 Where might this occur in the delivery of the course?
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about student experiences . . .0What existing strengths might you exploit?
0 Where might this occur in the delivery of the course?
0What experiences might be increased?0 Where might this occur in the delivery of the course?
Using IDEA Reports
0Ok, now what???
0 Thinking about student experiences . . .0What existing strengths might you exploit?
0 Where might this occur in the delivery of the course?
0What experiences might be increased?0 Where might this occur in the delivery of the course?
0 http://www.theideacenter.org/research-and-papers/pod-idea-center-notes-instruction02-page papers on ways to infuse experiences into courses
Using IDEA Reports
0 Improving student experiences to achieve learning objectives
Using IDEA Reports
0 Improving student experiences to achieve learning objectives
0 Students respond to a course when they see a connection between the skills that the course teaches and the advantages they might gain by applying those skills to achieve their future plans or aspirations
Using IDEA Reports
0 Improving student experiences to achieve learning objectives
0 Students respond to a course when they see a connection between the skills that the course teaches and the advantages they might gain by applying those skills to achieve their future plans or aspirations
0 Students respond to a course when they know how to match their out-of-class efforts with faculty expectations and align their work with the way that they will be evaluated