Subscribe RSS Feed Itunes | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn Connect @topcastnow (Use #topcastnow) Email Topcast Get More TOPcastEpisode 175: “Let’s Stay Focused On What We Can Control” in Online EdEpisode 174: Get “All [Phil]’d Up” On LMS/Online Enrollment InsightsEpisode 173: Campus-Based Student Demand for Online Options (and More!) from CHLOE 9Episode 172: Online Education in GuatemalaEpisode 171: The “North Star” of Online Learners’ Needs View All Posted on March 15, 2021February 2, 2022 by cdladminEpisode 86: When Can We Trust Our Students’ Perceptions of Their Own Learning? About Episode 86: Student evaluation of instruction is often contentious. In this episode, guest Dr. Barbara Zorn joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to share findings from a data mining research study of end of term evaluations from 60,000 online courses. Research in this area guides our field in using these evaluations effectively. Podcast Recording https://media.blubrry.com/ucf_topcast/cdl.ucf.edu/staticfiles/topcast/topcast-686.mp3Podcast (teaching-online-podcast): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:10 — 31.3MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS Download Transcript: [PDF] Episode 86 Show Notes: Episode Synopsis via Twitter View complete list of episode highlights via Twitter Coffee Links Sumatra from The Unseen Bean, Boulder, COAbout Blind Master Coffee Roaster, Gerry Leary of The Unseen Bean Content Links Dr. Barbara Zorn’s Institutional BioDr. Zorn’s LinkedIn ProfileDr. Zorn’s Publications via Google ScholarDr. Zorn’s “Best in Track” OLC Accelerate 2019 Session PageFrom the “OLC Insights” Blog: “What Can End-of-Course Surveys Do For You?” (Selhorst & Zorn)Book Chapter Research Report: “Dr. Fox Rocks: Using Data-mining Techniques to Examine Student Ratings of Instruction” (Dziuban, Wang, Cook, and Moskal, 2009)Journal Article: “The Doctor Fox Lecture: A Paradigm of Educational Seduction” (1973)Journal Article: “Meta-Analysis of Faculty’s Teaching Effectiveness: Student Evaluation of Teaching Ratings and Student Learning are Not Related” (2017)Journal Article: “Student Evaluation of Instruction in Higher Education: Exploring Issues of Validity and Reliability” (2012)In Inside Higher Ed: “Even ‘Valid’ Student Evaluations Are ‘Unfair’” Extra Special Feature Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)