FUI's course evaluation

INF4490 - Biologically inspired computing

Assessment:

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How do you rate the course in general? How do you rate the level of the course? How do you rate the work load in proportion to the number of credits achieved? The quality of the lectures? The lectures' relevance and usefulness in regard to relaying what you need to learn? The quality of the group tuition as a whole? In what degree does group tuition and weekly assignments give you practical skills and the possibility to make use of the theory at hand? Are the curriculum and learning outcomes of the course sufficiently defined? How do you rate the course material used (text book etc.)? How do you rate the difficulty level of the obligatory assignments? What is your opinion in regard to the number of obligatory assignments? How do you rate the difficulty level of the final examination? Show all Hide

Summary:

The respondents in general find this course to be Very good, and the level of difficulty is rated OK. Both the quality of the lectures, and their relevance, is considered Good or Very good. The difficulty level of the obligatory assignments are by most respondents perceived as OK or High. The number of obligatory assignments is rated Low to OK. The difficulty level of the final examination is considered OK.

Some of the participants feel the course had too many topics, and that it would be a good idea too narrow the focus a bit. Others also expressed there should be more mandatory assignments, and that a more detailed feedback should be given.

Quotes:

Both mandatory assignments were deeply enjoyable and rewarding. However, I did get the feeling that I could easily have made mistakes in the assignments without the person correcting it noticing it or commenting on it at all.

I would like more detailed feedback than “well done” on the mandatory assignments.

Not a fan of the final exam with multiple choice questions. Feel it would be a lot better with regular questions, short answer questions or problems.

The course was very broad and gave a good overview. The lectures were engaging, particularly by using videos to show applications of machine learning.

Course is fine as an introduction to the relevant topics. But you don’t really go any “deeper” into the topics. You just get a good overview. I think narrowing it down a bit and going further into some of the topics would be more rewarding

About the course evaluation

The course evaluation is done by students in FUI (Fagutvalget ved Institutt for informatikk), and is based on questionnaires made at the end of each semester.