Eva­lua­ti­on

Eva­lua­ti­on is an im­portant tool for en­su­ring and im­pro­ving the qua­li­ty of aca­de­mic pro­grams and tea­ching, and it con­siders the tea­ching pro­cess as a who­le. Th­rough cour­se eva­lua­tions, in­s­truc­tors re­cei­ve feed­back on stu­dents’ im­pres­si­ons of their cour­ses, or stu­dents are sur­veyed about their ex­pe­ri­en­ces in their stu­dies—for ex­am­p­le, re­gar­ding de­gree pro­grams and their struc­tures.

Eva­lua­ti­on as a Ba­sis for Dia­lo­gue and De­ve­lo­p­ment

The in­for­ma­ti­on gathe­red can be used to re­flect on one’s own tea­ching prac­ti­ces or to fur­ther de­ve­lop aca­de­mic pro­grams and de­gree pro­grams. Spe­ci­fic tar­get groups, such as alum­ni, or to­pics like the di­gi­tal se­mes­ter can also be­co­me the fo­cus of eva­lua­tions, and their re­sults can be used to re­flect on in­sti­tu­tio­nal is­sues.

Eva­lua­ti­on re­sults of­fer a good op­por­tu­ni­ty to en­ga­ge in dia­lo­gue with stu­dents and fa­cul­ty—this can help en­su­re and, whe­re ne­ces­sa­ry, im­pro­ve the qua­li­ty of one’s own cour­ses and the tea­ching pro­gram as a who­le.

Re­gu­lar Dead­lines

The re­gis­tra­ti­on dead­line for eva­lua­tions is al­ways be­fo­re the start of the re­spec­ti­ve se­mes­ter:

• Dead­line for eva­lua­tions in the sum­mer se­mes­ter: March 1
• Dead­line for eva­lua­tions in the win­ter se­mes­ter: Sep­tem­ber 15

The eva­lua­ti­on at the HfMDK Frank­furt has the fol­lo­wing ob­jec­ti­ves:

• To pro­mo­te com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on about tea­ching and aca­de­mic struc­tures
• To rai­se awa­re­ness of is­sues re­la­ted to tea­ching and aca­de­mic struc­tures
• To build on strengths and ad­dress we­ak­ne­s­ses
• Compa­re ex­ter­nal and self-as­sess­ments
• Tar­ge­ted pro­mo­ti­on of po­si­ti­ve (lear­ning) out­co­mes
• Sup­port the fur­ther de­ve­lo­p­ment of tea­ching and in­sti­tu­tio­nal frame­works

In ad­di­ti­on, the eva­lua­ti­on ser­ves to iden­ti­fy are­as for de­ve­lo­p­ment and to de­sign and im­ple­ment me­a­su­res that en­su­re and pro­mo­te qua­li­ty.

The fol­lo­wing eva­lua­ti­on me­thods are curr­ent­ly used at the HfMDK Frank­furt:

• Cour­se eva­lua­tions using ques­ti­on­n­aires and TAP
• for­ma­ti­ve pro­gram eva­lua­tions
• in­di­vi­du­al pro­ce­du­res that can be de­ve­lo­ped and im­ple­men­ted in con­sul­ta­ti­on with staff at the Eva­lua­ti­on Of­fice
• Sur­veys on spe­ci­fic to­pics such as the di­gi­tal se­mes­ter or the Bo­lo­gna Pro­cess
• Sur­veys of spe­ci­fic tar­get groups (e.g., alum­ni, first-year stu­dents, fa­cul­ty, ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on)

Eva­lua­tions at the HfMDK Frank­furt are con­duc­ted strict­ly in ac­cordance with De­GE­val gui­de­lines and in com­pli­ance with cur­rent data pro­tec­tion re­gu­la­ti­ons. 

For more in­for­ma­ti­on and de­tails on how to proceed, plea­se cont­act the staff at the Eva­lua­ti­on Of­fice. You can also find ad­di­tio­nal hel­pful tips on gathe­ring feed­back for your cour­se at the fol­lo­wing link: Tool­kit (Uni­ver­si­ty of Duis­burg-Es­sen)