I've talked with myriad learning professionals over the years — and I've reviewed hundreds of traditional
learner response forms — and what I'm dying to know is how we can look at the fuzzy data that
learner response forms generate and intuit specific ideas for improvement.
There are more issues with traditional
learner response forms, but I don't have enough space to delve into them here.
In the book, I offer 26 candidate questions such as these last two; questions that readers can use in their own
learner response forms.
Not exact matches
If there's common ground between «individualized learning» gurus and whiteboard fans, it might come in the
form of «
learner response systems.»
Before we jump into this, let me acknowledge the many names we use for the survey - like questions we present to
learners: I call them smile sheets, but they are also called happy sheets,
response forms, reaction
forms, evaluations, level 1s (after the Kirkpatrick Model), and so forth.
If this is purely an online feedback session, offer opportunities for the
learners (via free - text
form fields, drop - down lists, and check - box
responses) to provide their own assessment of the course, even if that includes criticism of the content or design.