CEQuery ApplicationJulie – Ann Pegden

Curtin University

2:30 – 3:45

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Julie-Ann Pegden

Post CEQuery commentsanalysis

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Final product...

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2 step process

Step 1 – CEQuery scores the comments

Step 2 – IBM SPSS Text Analytics for Surveys further categorises comments and produces the diagram

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Background - eVALUate

Curtin’s online system for gathering and reporting student’s perceptions of their learning experience

Unit survey comprises 11 quantitative items and 2 qualitative items:

Please comment on the most helpful aspects of the unit

Please comment on how you think the unit might be improved

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How we use CEQuery in eVALUate

Report at multiple levels:

University

Faculty

Teaching school/dept

Course

Unit

Or by other demographic breakdown (eg. grade, campus, year of study, mode of study, unit size, etc.)

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How we report CEQuery results

Routine eVALUate reporting

Course review

Adhoc basis by request (eg. by unit/course coordinators)

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How we report CEQuery results in course review

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How we report CEQuery results in course review (cont’d)

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What do we do post CEQuery?

More indepth/fine grained analysis of comments from single domain or sub-domain or a combination of subdomains

Supplementary to the CEQuery results

Focus on the needs improvement sub-domain(s) with the highest counts and/or ratio of comments

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Final product...

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Why is it worthwhile?

Time saving (eg. units with high enrolments - rather than reading a multitude of both BA and NI comments, a busy unit coordinator gets to see the main issues “at a glance”).

Gives the issues as well as the extent of the problem (theme counts)

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Requirements?

Same Best Aspects and Needs Improvement open-ended questions as CEQ

Minimum number of comment hits before it would be worth creating a visualisation – 100?

Software - SPSS Text Analytics for Surveys (site licence?)

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Considerations...

Confidentiality/sensitivity issues:

No raw comments are reported - themes only

How much time to spend carrying out the analysis?

Dictionary – modified for unit level use

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Julie-Ann Pegden

Curtin Teaching and Learning

J.Pegden@curtin.edu.au