Its about Evaluation in Higher Education.

1. EVALUATION IN HIGHER
EDUCATION
(A Perspective on Tools and Techniques used within a
Course)
T S Pradeep Kumar
School of Computing Science and Engineering
VIT Chennai
http://www.pradeepkumar.org

2. Objectives
• Introduction
• Evaluation Methodologies
• Evaluation Tools

3. Need for Evaluation

4. Introduction
• Evaluation is needed
• Within a Course
(classroom evaluation)
• for Faculty
• for a Programme
• for a Curriculum

5. EVALUATION WITHIN A
COURSE

6. Evaluation Methodologies
• Project Based Evaluation
• Research Based Evaluation
• HOT Questions
• Review of Journal/
Conference proceedings
• Quizzing
• CrossWords

7. Evaluation Methodologies
• Cloze
• Assignments
• Surprise tests/Slip Tests
• Video Based Questions
• Legacy method Outcome are evaluated based
on these results

8. Case Study - English
• Objectives
• Can use the English language effectively with
proper grammar and vocabulary to suit the needs
of the present world.
• Can differentiate various forms of writing
according to the situation and tone.
• Can be aware of ‘cross cultural communication’

9. Case Study - English
• Outcomes
• An ability to function effectively on multi‐disciplinary
teams to accomplish a common goal.
• An understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security
and social issues and responsibilities
• An ability to communicate effectively with a range of
audiences.
• an ability to engage in continuing professional learning
(lifelong learning)

10. MOODLE
• It is one of the best LMS that comes as open source.
• Supports various third party tools like youtube,
audio, video hosting sites, Question formats,
languages, filters, repositories like dropbox, Google
drive, Hot Potatoes etc.
• Hot Potatoes to create questions that can be
imported directly to MOODLE.

11. MOODLE..
• Activities like
• assignment, quiz, glossary, lesson, survey, wiki,
workshop, etc.
• Teachers can share the resources like
• Book, File, Folder, Label, Page, URL
• Over to MOODLE for a Demo

12. Classroom Evaluation
• Project Based Evaluation
• Learning by doing
• Evaluated in groups
• Evaluated for different
courses of that semester
• Research Based
Evaluation
• Research Work to be
carried out during the
course
• Evaluated through
Conference or Journal
publications

13. Classroom Evaluation
• HOT Questions
• Higher Order Thinking
skills
• Use of Bloom's
Taxonomy like analyse,
design, experiment, etc
• Review of Journal/
Conference proceedings
• Given a Paper to review
about that and convert
into a simple document
• Quizzing
• MCQ, Short Answers,
True/False Questions

14. Classroom Evaluation
• CrossWords
• Cloze
• Empty boxes need to be
filled with words in a
given passage or question
• Assignment
• Conventional method of
evaluation
• Surprise tests/Slip Tests
• Test conducted usually inside
the classroom and immediate
evaluation
• Video Based Questions
• Suitable for flipped classroom
lecturing
• Legacy method
• Examination Pattern as we do
now.

15. EVALUATION FOR A
TEACHER

16. Teachers' evaluation
• Self Monitoring
• Audio/Video Recording
• Students Feedback on
Teaching
• Feedback from other
colleagues and experts

17. EVALUATION FOR A
PROGRAMME

18. Evaluation for a Programme
• Feedback can be collected
from
• Students
• Faculty
• Graduates or Alumni
• Industrial Partners