Faculty workshop evaluation 07 and 08 August 2023

The faculty development workshop consisted of six sessions held across two days. The six sessions in the workshop were:

  1. Information sharing sessions
  2. Accessing online resources for both faculty and students: Cengage Unlimited
  3. Google Workspace for Education and Canvas update
  4. Program coordinators introduction and their purpose
  5. Closing the loop on assessment
  6. Digital devices preventative maintenance and personal safety

The evaluation for each session included the same four statements:

  • Presentations were informative
  • The amount of time was sufficient
  • Feature coverage was sufficient
  • I will be able to apply what I have learned
Response options were numerically encoded on a one to five scale:
  1. Strongly disagree
  2. Disagree
  3. Neutral
  4. Agree
  5. Strongly agree

Overall means table. n = 22 respondents. Updated 09 Aug at 08:28

Overall means for each session are reported in the above table. The differences are small and the underlying sample size is also small.



Session criteria tables. n = 22. Updated 09 Aug at 08:31

The means for each criterion in each session are reported above.

List two things you liked most about the sessions

  • Information sharing
  • Cleaning equipments.
  • Cengage Unlimited, Gadget Maintenance
  • taking care of electronics and linking cslo to pslo and unto islo.
  • Collaboration 
  • Closing the Loop and Wellness and Safety Presentations
  • On time
  • Digital Device presentation- very informative and applicable
  • Workplace safety Digital learning devices maintenance
  • Information on the presentations Cengage and Digital Devices
  • Chance to interact with colleagues. Session on Financial aid and maintenance.
  • They were generally to the point and made good use of the time allotted.
  • Collaboration part among colleagues

List two recommendations for improvement

  • Prepare information packets for activities through Google drive so we don't have to search on our disorganized website.
  • Ensure to coordinate with IT department to provide technical assistance to participants.
  • Start on time. 
  • Fresh milk for the coffee.
  • Technical support from IT not sufficient
  • 2nd day of workshop started very late and went way beyond the time. Recommend sticking to the program and starting on time.
  • Better time management next time please.
  • Set time limit for presentations so that we can have enough time for the presentations that really need the time. 
  • Be on time
  • Time management was poor
  • Assign IT people to be available, just in case participants are supposed to go online to participate
  • Have more extension cords/ power strips available for each table"
  • more details on using google Sharkspace
  • Need to begin sessions on time.  Need better organization.
  • Don't remember any.
  • Can we do Faculty workshops 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the semester
  • Have ice breakers for each presentation...

What areas do you want to see covered in future faculty development workshops?

  • Include IT, MITC, and the Business Office in the Information Sharing Session.
  • Using rubrics in Canvas.
  • Some new stuffs other than assessment, say, creating an effective rubric
  • More on the use of Canvas.
  • More assessments
  • More on Tracdat
  • Work life balance
  • Enhancing student engagement
  • Maybe bringing in the library team to introduce library resource for class.
  • Presentation on Canvas and Tracdat

Any other comments?

  • Thank you for your kind and appreciative attitude towards the faculty and staff.
  • Sound system was hard to hear.
  • Food is sufficient this time, thank you
  • Very good overall. Great workshop!
  • Have more Tracdat trainings to make assessment and course mapping across the discipline much better and universally applied. 
  • Thank you for organizing the workshops, also the refreshments were a nice addition.
  • No further comments and Thank you all.

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