FUI's course evaluation
INF5220 - Qualitative research methods
Assessment:
Choose a question to see data from the student assessment:Question: How do you rate the course in general?
Average answer: Good
Question: How do you rate the level of the course?
Average answer: OK
Question: How do you rate the work load in proportion to the number of credits achieved?
Average answer: OK
Question: The quality of the lectures?
Average answer: Good
Question: The lectures' relevance and usefulness in regard to relaying what you need to learn?
Average answer: Good
Question: The quality of the group tuition as a whole?
Average answer: Good
Question: In what degree does group tuition and weekly assignments give you practical skills and the possibility to make use of the theory at hand?
Average answer: Good
Question: Are the curriculum and learning outcomes of the course sufficiently defined?
Average answer: Good
Question: How do you rate the course material used (text book etc.)?
Average answer: Good
Question: How do you rate the difficulty level of the obligatory assignments?
Average answer: OK
Question: What is your opinion in regard to the number of obligatory assignments?
Average answer: OK
Question: How do you rate the difficulty level of the final examination?
Average answer: High
Summary:
Judging by the answers of the respondents, the assessment of the course is positive. The respondents express that the course has a good balance between the work load, level of difficulty, and learning outcomes. The respondents emphasize the quality of the lectures and group tuition. The respondents express that the course description matches the structure of the course, in terms of providing them with a good overview of the course through discussion of the content in the curriculum, lectures and seminars. The respondents accredits the lecturers and tutors for doing a good job creating a good and rewarding learning atmosphere.
Quotes:
[The lecturer]: Very good at communicating the curriculum. Nice lectures [The lecturer]: Thorough and good feedback sessions on the mandatory assignments. [The lecturer] encourages independent thinking and evaluation of own work, and makes us well prepared for the exam. Good discussions, I think the size of the course facilitates for good discussions in class. [The lecturer] gives very good and thorough feedback on the assignments and research proposals. gives very good really likes to explain concepts in the course and makes everyone else interested as well. Feedback sessions given by [The lecturer] was really good. It was a good place for discussing concepts and theory, especially when there was things we didn’t really understand. [The lecturer] tried to explain it in a real life setting, and that really helped.
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.