Higher education analytics: New trends in program assessments

Adam Marks, Zayed University
Maytha AL-Ali, Zayed University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Publication Date

1-1-2018

Abstract

© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature. End of course evaluations technologies can provide critical analytics that can be used to improve the academic outcomes of almost any university. This paper presents key findings from a study conducted on more than twenty different academic degree-programs, regarding their use of end of course evaluation technology. Data was collected from an online survey instrument, in-depth interviews with academic administrators, and two case studies, one in the US and another in the UAE. The study reveals new trends including sectioning and categorization; questions standardization and benchmarking; alignment with key performance indicators and key learning outcomes; and grouping by course, program outcome, program, college, etc. in addition to those vertical structures, higher education institutions are vertically examining a specific question(s) across.

ISBN

9783319777023

ISSN

2194-5365

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Volume

745

First Page

722

Last Page

731

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Education

Keywords

Academic assessment, Course evaluation, Higher education

Scopus ID

85045155198

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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