Faculty Input on e-Cafe (printed on: 01-15-2009)

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Page: Faculty demographics

Faculty demographics

1. I am (select your current rank):
	answered question		66
	skipped question		1
		Response Percent	Response Count
a lecturer		43.9%	29
an instructor		19.7%	13
an assistant professor		10.6%	7
an associate professor		13.6%	9
a full professor		12.1%	8

2. In 2009 or 2010, I will (select one only):
	answered question		65
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
apply for contract renewal		43.1%	28
apply for tenure and promotion		4.6%	3
apply for promotion		7.7%	5
do none of the above		44.6%	29
view other (please specify) or comment:			4

3. I have been employed at HawCC for (select one only):
	answered question		67
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent		Response Count
less than 2 years		10.4%		7
3-5 years		31.3%		21
6-10 years		17.9%		12
11-15 years		14.9%		10
16+ years		25.4%		17

4. Of the classes I teach (select one only):
	answered question		62
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
100% are traditional (face to face--taught on campus)		56.5%	35
some are traditional & some are 100% online		9.7%	6
some of my traditional classes are hybrid (ie, I use online for part of each class)		1.6%	1
some are traditional and some use video-conferencing or HITS		11.3%	7
some are hybrid (online) and some use video-conferencing or HITS		9.7%	6
100% are online		11.3%	7
100% use video-conferencing or HITS		0.0%	0
some are taught in a traditional classroom, but they are off-campus (1 or more classes)		0.0%	0
view other (please specify) or comment:			9

5. I "opt out" from using e-Cafe (if Yes, no need to finish survey but please explain why in the Comment box):
	answered question		63
	skipped question		4
		Response Percent	Response Count
yes (please explain why in Comment box)		11.1%	7
no		88.9%	56
view comment:			9

Page: Response rate of e-Cafe

Response rate of e-Cafe

1. I am concerned about the response rate I get for e-Cafe:
	answered question		62
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
yes		79.0%	49
no		21.0%	13
view comment:			13

2. The average student response rate for my e-Cafe course evaluations is:
	answered question		62
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
less than 20%		12.9%	8
21%-40%		38.7%	24
41%-60%		25.8%	16
61% and higher		19.4%	12
don't know		3.2%	2
view comment:			11

3. (answer this only if your response rate is below 50%) The PRIMARY reasons I feel the response rate is low for e-Cafe in my course(s) are (check the main ones):
	answered question		36
	skipped question		31
		Response Percent	Response Count
students intend to do the survey but forget and then miss the deadline		47.2%	17
students do not check their HAWAII.EDU accounts		58.3%	21
students do not forward e-Cafe messages from their HAWAII.EDU accounts to their personal accounts		16.7%	6
students do not know what e-Cafe is		19.4%	7
students don't feel strongly enough about the class to complete the e-Cafe survey		30.6%	11
students don't feel that their input makes a difference		27.8%	10
view other (please specify) or comment:			21

Page: Administration of e-Cafe

Administration of e-Cafe

1. My students have difficulty accessing their MYUH accounts:
	answered question		62
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes (please provide suggestions to mitigate the problem in the Comment box)		12.9%	8
No		43.5%	27
Don't know		43.5%	27
view comment:			9

2. I prefer administering e-Cafe by (select one only):
	answered question		58
	skipped question		9
		Response Percent	Response Count
taking students to a computer lab during class time (in the Comment box, please explain: how much time this took from classroom instruction; if this was convenient; and if you feel this enhanced your response rate)		29.3%	17
letting students do the survey on their own time		70.7%	41
view other (please specify) or comment:			24

3. Students have adequate access to computers ON CAMPUS to complete e-Cafe surveys:
	answered question		64
	skipped question		3
		Response Percent		Response Count
Yes		60.9%		39
No		17.2%		11
Don't know		21.9%		14
view comment:			8

4. Students have adequate access to computers from OFF CAMPUS (i.e., at work or home) to complete e-Cafe surveys:
	answered question		62
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		38.7%	24
No		22.6%	14
Don't know		38.7%	24
view comment:			9

5. I have suggestions for improving the administration of e-Cafe:
	answered question		55
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes (please explain suggestions in Comments box)		32.7%	18
No		67.3%	37
view comment:			25

6. I teach classes for which the e-Cafe process is impractical:
	answered question		62
	skipped question		5
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes (please explain in Comments box: modular or short term classes, clinical classes, non-Banner instructional faculty, etc.)		19.4%	12
No		80.6%	50
view comment:			13

Page: Role of e-Cafe

Role of e-Cafe

1. The main reason I use e-Cafe is:
	answered question		55
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
to include student evaluations in my dossier as evidence of effective teaching		21.8%	12
to improve my teaching		78.2%	43
view other (please specify) or comment:			17

2. For me, e-Cafe is currently fulfilling its role:
	answered question		59
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes (please explain why in Comment box)		42.4%	25
No (please explain why not in Comment box)		57.6%	34
view comment:			47

3. It is clear to me what "evidence of effective teaching" is needed for my dossier:
	answered question		57
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		68.4%	39
No (please explain in Comment box)		15.8%	9
Don't know		15.8%	9
view comment:			12

Page: Standard list of 18 questions on e-Cafe

Standard list of 18 questions on e-Cafe

1. I am satisfied with the standard list of 18 e-Cafe questions:
	answered question		59
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		76.3%	45
No (please explain in Comment box)		23.7%	14
view comment:			14

2. I would like to revise the standard list of 18 e-Cafe questions:
	answered question		55
	skipped question		12
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes (please provide suggestions in Comment box)		30.9%	17
No		69.1%	38
view comment:			16

Page: e-Cafe training

e-Cafe Training

1. I would attend a workshop on the analysis and presentation of e-Cafe results for contract renewal, promotion or tenure dossiers:
	answered question		57
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		42.1%	24
No		57.9%	33
view comment:			8

2. There needs to be additional training for Faculty on the use of e-Cafe results:
	answered question		50
	skipped question		17
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes (please indicate what other kinds of training in Comment box)		24.0%	12
No		76.0%	38
view comment:			9

3. There needs to be more formal discussion on self-assessment and what constitutes evidence of teaching effectiveness:
	answered question		56
	skipped question		11
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		60.7%	34
No		39.3%	22
view comment:			7

4. Communication to Faculty about e-Cafe is adequate:
	answered question		57
	skipped question		10
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		73.7%	42
No		26.3%	15
view comment:			7

5. I know whom to contact when I have questions about e-Cafe:
	answered question		59
	skipped question		8
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		74.6%	44
No		25.4%	15
view comment:			2

6. For students, better promotion of e-Cafe would increase the response rate by (select all that apply):
	answered question		49
	skipped question		18
		Response Percent	Response Count
providing training for students to learn how to forward e-mail from their HAWAII.EDU accounts to their personal accounts		22.4%	11
making more information available to students to explain what e-Cafe is and how it will benefit them if they fill it out		46.9%	23
providing more training to support staff in the Learning Center, Hale Kea and other open campus labs so staff can better assist students in the use of e-Cafe		4.1%	2
utilizing a reward system for classes with high return rates		26.5%	13
view other (please describe) or comment:			20

Page: Strengths and weaknesses of e-Cafe

Strengths and weakness of e-Café

1. The top strengths of e-Cafe are:
	answered question	46
	skipped question	21
		Response Count
view		46

2. The worst weaknesses of e-Cafe are:
	answered question	48
	skipped question	19
		Response Count
view		48

Faculty Input on e-Cafe : Comments (printed on: 01-15-2009)

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Faculty demographics

2. In 2009 or 2010, I will (select one only):

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	I would love a full time position. However, there are none available in early childhood.	Sun, 1/11/09 10:52 AM
2.	continue to lecture	Thu, 1/8/09 4:10 PM
3.	continue lecturing because I am retired	Tue, 1/6/09 6:33 PM
4.	apply for contract renewal in '09 and tenure in '10	Mon, 12/22/08 10:02 AM

4. Of the classes I teach (select one only):

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	I use HITS, traditional, online and hybrid.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:10 PM
2.	but I also sometimes use HITS for "office" hours	Mon, 1/12/09 10:42 AM
3.	I teach on and off campus in a face to face format.	Sun, 1/11/09 10:52 AM
4.	I started at HawCC in 1998, teaching in traditional classrooms, but in the past 4-5 years or so have only taught online.	Sat, 1/10/09 6:22 PM
5.	Some are 100% online and some are hybrid	Fri, 1/9/09 7:38 PM
6.	how can only 1 option be chosen if we do more than 1?	Tue, 1/6/09 4:16 PM
7.	also use HITS	Wed, 12/24/08 11:19 AM
8.	some are hybrid and some are 100% online	Mon, 12/22/08 4:57 PM
9.	I coordinate non-credit classes	Fri, 12/19/08 8:36 AM

5. I "opt out" from using e-Cafe (if Yes, no need to finish survey but please explain why in the Comment box):

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	Both quality and quantity of responses improve when evaluations are administered in class.	Mon, 1/12/09 4:07 PM
2.	I have not used it yet, due to the temporary nature of my assignments.	Sun, 1/11/09 10:52 AM
3.	I didn't opt out because my division asked us to use e-cafe. However, I prefer the confidential evaluation survey put out by the UH DE committee.	Sat, 1/10/09 10:26 AM
4.	I opted out in S'08 and Sum'08 because I feared that many students wouldn't take the time to complete the evaluations; I preferred the paper/pencil in the classroom method. This past semester F'08 I tried the e-Cafe option and was very disappointed in the rate of response.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:04 PM
5.	I do not feel that this is an option due to communications from the VCAA's office that implied opting out would not be viewed favorably. I would like to be able to opt out, but feel that doing so could negatively impatc review of my contract renewal document.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:43 PM
6.	We are in Banner, but our sessions are 8 weeks.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:36 AM
7.	only use one of 6 courses I teach because all same students	Fri, 12/19/08 7:46 AM
8.	Difficult to have all students complete evaluation	Thu, 12/18/08 11:32 PM
9.	poor response from students	Thu, 12/18/08 8:06 PM

Page: Response rate of e-CafeResponse rate of e-Cafe

1. I am concerned about the response rate I get for e-Cafe:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	There's no sense of "occasion" and less commitment	Fri, 1/9/09 11:13 PM
2.	Some classes respond well, others not so much so	Fri, 1/9/09 2:09 PM
3.	Some students don't care or are too busy to complete the ecafe survey.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:40 PM
4.	Too few students participate even though I encourage/remind them to do so	Thu, 1/1/09 8:17 PM
5.	I discuss the importance of the course evaluations in my classes, underscore the value of their (students) feedback, and explain e-cafe. I encourage all to check their UH email accounts and to ask for help if needed. If the students have the opportunity to give feedback and choose not to, this is up to them.	Wed, 12/31/08 5:52 AM
6.	The response rate is significantly lower than in-class evaluations.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:50 PM
7.	I want to know that the students arelearning my subjects and how I can better prepare them for real working experences and are better qualified to obtain jobs and have the skills that the employers are looking for in a potential employee.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:43 PM
8.	I got more responses from my students when surveys were provided in class or I uploaded for my online students.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:38 AM
9.	we use online evals and our response rate is lower than that of paper-based	Fri, 12/19/08 8:37 AM
10.	very poor	Fri, 12/19/08 7:47 AM
11.	Use it to improve myself	Fri, 12/19/08 6:54 AM
12.	I had a mixed class of HCC and UHH students and the UHH students could not get into the survey which unfairly skewed my participation rates	Thu, 12/18/08 9:47 PM
13.	Potential for skewed results, either too positive or negative, when a low percentage of students participate.

2. The average student response rate for my e-Cafe course evaluations is:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	Depended on the classes although none were higher than 30%	Sat, 1/10/09 10:29 AM
2.	leaving it up to the students to do on their own time invites their not doing it	Fri, 1/9/09 11:13 PM
3.	I followed the suggestions to motivate student and it worked	Fri, 1/9/09 4:35 PM
4.	one class this fall had a rate below 41 percent	Fri, 1/9/09 2:09 PM
5.	Select a class period in the testing center classroom so that they all can take the survy for each class.This is similar to when we did the paper survy.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:43 PM
6.	response rate was very low.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:51 AM
7.	This percentage rate is for the fall 08 semester only	Fri, 12/19/08 7:48 AM
8.	Had to give incentive to have student complete it	Thu, 12/18/08 11:33 PM
9.	Sometimes it is lower than this. It is never higher than this.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:18 PM
10.	same as comment in question #1	Thu, 12/18/08 9:47 PM
11.	Actually, it varied from 1/3 to 2/3.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:31 PM

3. (answer this only if your response rate is below 50%) The PRIMARY reasons I feel the response rate is low for e-Cafe in my course(s) are (check the main ones):

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	I don't know why.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:24 PM
2.	It's a low priority	Mon, 1/12/09 2:11 PM
3.	Students have too many other things to do	Mon, 1/12/09 11:35 AM
4.	i really don't know	Mon, 1/12/09 10:43 AM
5.	I think time limitations are a factor.	Sat, 1/10/09 10:29 AM
6.	They have to spend their own time, and are not willing	Fri, 1/9/09 2:52 PM
7.	students are busy at end of semester and just don't take the time to complete the evaluation. Also, students are asked to do numerous other evals/ surveys: English dept course/ The Learning Center,etc. Eough is enough?	Fri, 1/9/09 2:06 PM
8.	I could only answer the 2 reasons above based upon what some students have stated to me. Perhaps you should survey the students for more accurate repsonses.	Fri, 1/2/09 5:36 PM
9.	I don't know why the response rates are low; we would have to survey the students to answer this.	Wed, 12/31/08 5:52 AM
10.	all of the above I think	Sun, 12/28/08 12:37 PM
11.	i really don't know - that is just a guess	Wed, 12/24/08 11:21 AM
12.	majority of students just dont think it's a great concern although in class, i've expressed to them how beneficial it would be to do these surveys for the student as well as the instructor	Mon, 12/22/08 9:19 AM
13.	Access is also a problem: some students do not have Internet access at home or may not feel comfortable with online activities. This is one major concern I have with eCafe: for the reasons mentioned, it does not provide equal opportunity for all students to provide input.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:50 PM
14.	students are very busy and do not feel it's important to take the time to do this.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:51 AM
15.	They have little interest in doing it.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:24 AM
16.	It is inconvenient for students to complete the survey at such a busy time for them, when they are preparing for final exams, writing final papers, etc. In addition, if they do not have a computer at home, they may find it inconvenient to find a computer on campus to complete the survey.	Fri, 12/19/08 7:48 AM
17.	students do not trust the survey to be annonymous	Fri, 12/19/08 7:47 AM
18.	Students are apathetic; for many of them, education is something to be endured.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:18 PM
19.	same as in question #1 at least for this semester	Thu, 12/18/08 9:47 PM
20.	An alternative hypothesis is that some students do not want to take the time to complete the survey (they have time pressures). Bottom line is I don't know what their VARIED reasons are.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:31 PM
21.	not sure	Thu, 12/18/08 8:07 PM

Administration of e-Cafe

1. My students have difficulty accessing their MYUH accounts:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	Difficult to answer this question yes or no. Most students have no problems accessing, yet others do, either because they have no computer at home or lack computer skills.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:12 PM
2.	The Eng 21 students may not be facile, but the ENG 102 students all do this regularly.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:09 PM
3.	They should use the Library as an Internet resource more	Thu, 1/8/09 4:31 PM
4.	some do, some don't. depends on basic computer skills of the student	Mon, 12/22/08 10:10 AM
5.	a class to help them understand how to use it	Mon, 12/22/08 9:33 AM
6.	English language ability	Fri, 12/19/08 8:38 AM
7.	Over half do not have or have limited access off campus	Fri, 12/19/08 7:52 AM
8.	Some claim to never check "that" email address, though I've shown them how to check it from their primary addresses, and email has played a role in my courses.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:26 PM
9.	Some students report not having computer access except when on campus.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:35 PM

2. I prefer administering e-Cafe by (select one only):

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	I don't like either response. We need a tool that really helps us evaluate our teaching and whether or not the students are getting it.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:13 PM
2.	I am considering using students' preferred email addresses.	Sun, 1/11/09 4:40 PM
3.	I have the students do the survey in class. I still do not have 100 percent.	Sat, 1/10/09 12:24 PM
4.	most online students are not in Hilo	Sat, 1/10/09 11:49 AM
5.	on the last day of Learning Center classwork	Fri, 1/9/09 11:14 PM
6.	I guess I'll try this method, although it ties up computers available in sites around campus.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:09 PM
7.	however will try taking them to a lab for greater response	Fri, 1/9/09 2:06 PM
8.	Paper in-class surveys in the past were also not ideal, but had a higher response rate. Ecafe allows a more careful evaluation by those who actually care.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:47 PM
9.	I would take students to a computer lab, but am not sure where...	Thu, 1/8/09 4:31 PM
10.	plan to do this as last 2 semesters poor return	Tue, 1/6/09 4:18 PM
11.	I would prefer doing it during a class but I cannot. We are VidCon in three different locations at night when everything is closed.	Thu, 1/1/09 8:23 PM
12.	I prefer to let students do this on their own but if poor responses continue this may not be an option. It might be necessary to sit them in front of computers and simply tell them to do it. I will not use class time for this. I do not believe we should be using instructional time for this!	Mon, 12/22/08 7:58 PM
13.	It takes at least 15 minutes from classtime. there is a lab near my class so it's not too inconvinient. I think it enhances my response rate, but students still go, spend the time on the computer, and don't fill out the evaluation.	Mon, 12/22/08 10:10 AM
14.	after they have been orientated	Mon, 12/22/08 9:33 AM
15.	This is a major inconvenience at the end of the semester, as it forces the class focus to be arranged around the need to administer eCafe (i.e., activities must be designed to accomodate the eCafe venue). In addition, the time to administer eCafe is longer than pencil / paper due to boot up / logon time. Also, for students who may have already completed the survey, it robs them of instructional time. The irony here is that the technology is not supporting either instruction or inproved efficacy in terms of administering the evaulations. Neither instructors nor students are better served.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:09 PM
16.	As I stated I already do this. They can do the survey for all my classes in the one class period. I set this period up in my teaching schedule.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:49 PM
17.	class is held in a computer lab	Fri, 12/19/08 11:35 AM
18.	Neither ~ I perfer have in-class surveys or upload surveys to my online class.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:45 AM
19.	We take students after classtime.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:38 AM
20.	There may be conflicts in available times if every instructor was allowed to take students to a computer lab, since the number of face-to-face classes greatly outnumbers the available computer labs and may become a logistics problem.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:02 AM
21.	It takes approximately 10 minutes, better response	Fri, 12/19/08 6:56 AM
22.	paper eval w/an assistance making sure it's done	Thu, 12/18/08 11:36 PM
23.	I do not know of a lab to which I could take my students during class time. And I've been told we do not have sufficient lab space for all classes to do e-Cafe in this manner.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:26 PM
24.	How available are computer labs for completing the e-Cafe?	Thu, 12/18/08 8:35 PM

3. Students have adequate access to computers ON CAMPUS to complete e-Cafe surveys:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	They might not take advantage of the access they have.	Sun, 1/11/09 4:40 PM
2.	many are not on campus	Sat, 1/10/09 11:49 AM
3.	Many students work, and hardly have enough time to come to class, let alone stay on campus to complete the ecafe survey.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:47 PM
4.	Although many say they don't, they, in fact, do	Thu, 1/8/09 4:31 PM
5.	not at HCC	Mon, 12/22/08 9:33 AM
6.	Outside of class time, some students have limited time on campus (due to work schedules etc.); this limits their access to use campus computers.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:09 PM
7.	They just will not take the time to do it.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:49 PM
8.	We are on the lower campus and can use the OCET or Cafelab.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:38 AM

4. Students have adequate access to computers from OFF CAMPUS (i.e., at work or home) to complete e-Cafe surveys:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	many students do NOT have reliable computers	Sat, 1/10/09 11:49 AM
2.	Some surely do, but I doubt that 100% of students have computers at home.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:47 PM
3.	This is what I am often told	Thu, 1/8/09 4:31 PM
4.	Not all students have computer access from home	Mon, 12/22/08 10:10 AM
5.	Some students do not have Internet access.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:09 PM
6.	Again they will not take the time.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:49 PM
7.	Not all students have access to internet on Hawaii Island as some live in rural areas that makes it difficult for students to access the internet.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:45 AM
8.	many have no internet access at home	Fri, 12/19/08 8:38 AM
9.	Have heard this regarding work I post online for students.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:35 PM

5. I have suggestions for improving the administration of e-Cafe:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	Customize questions for each program	Mon, 1/12/09 2:13 PM
2.	there are some questions that aren't appropriate for online classes, or should be added to reflect the challenges of online teaching	Mon, 1/12/09 10:44 AM
3.	See #2 above.	Sun, 1/11/09 4:40 PM
4.	GIVE STUDENT A CHOICE.	Sun, 1/11/09 2:00 PM
5.	more information communication with students	Sat, 1/10/09 11:49 AM
6.	Paper worked well, Feedback was from all students, not just a few	Fri, 1/9/09 2:54 PM
7.	This is not a new suggestion, but the response rate improves when students are offered an incentive	Fri, 1/9/09 2:12 PM
8.	Can this be required for subsequent enrollment?	Fri, 1/9/09 2:09 PM
9.	The instyructions and language need to be improved. There are still some students who select choice 1 through the entire eval (bad teacher), who clearly meant to select choice 5 throught (very good teacher).	Thu, 1/8/09 5:47 PM
10.	There needs to be more institutional outreach and information about eCafe	Thu, 1/8/09 4:31 PM
11.	make it more appealing and attractive somehow	Tue, 1/6/09 6:34 PM
12.	1. LESS QUESTIONS 2.Change the name to something other than e-Cafe. Whoever selected that name has very little experience in marketing or branding. What is your first impression when you see that name? Some students have remarked about that, thinking it was sometype of spam for advertising. Now, extra time and effort has to be put into having students recoginizing what e-Cafe it. It could have been something simple and to the point such as e-Evals to avoid confusion.	Fri, 1/2/09 5:44 PM
13.	Please include ALL registered studets, I understand some of my VidCon students in outlying areas could not participate because they were not included due to "low enrollment"	Thu, 1/1/09 8:23 PM
14.	Even surveys I have put online don't receive that many responses, too bad isn't it?	Sun, 12/28/08 12:38 PM
15.	take some time to orientate the students on the process and how to access their accounts etc...	Mon, 12/22/08 9:33 AM
16.	The problem with eCafe is that too many students do not complete it.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:09 PM
17.	All classes should have a time set a side to have the students take the survey as we did when we did it on paper. Just set a class in the testing center.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:49 PM
18.	make part of the survey instructor specific not course specific (team taught classes are a problem and do not allow students to evaluate individual instructors), allow instructors to pick all their questions, I am forced to use a standard "set" that does not always evaluate what I want	Fri, 12/19/08 9:57 AM
19.	Extend the deadline to the last day of Finals.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:45 AM
20.	Provide faculty and lecturers the option of either using a paper-and-pencil evaluation instrument, for better participation results OR using e-Cafe, for faculty/lecturers who prefer this method. For those faculty who opt to use the paper/pencil surveys, the Dept. or Division Chairs may collect the results and return them to the faculty/lecturer after grades have been submitted.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:02 AM
21.	discontinue - go back to paper & pen, but have it administered by non faculty	Fri, 12/19/08 7:52 AM
22.	I do not think it is a viable instrument for our unique community.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:26 PM
23.	Rather then any email from the instructor, the notices should come from the administration so that the students know their input will count	Thu, 12/18/08 9:48 PM
24.	As with paper and pencil surveys, have it done in class.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:35 PM
25.	get rid of it	Thu, 12/18/08 6:50 PM

6. I teach classes for which the e-Cafe process is impractical:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	It is not possible to get evaluations for team taught classes.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:13 PM
2.	My ceramics classes are very much hands-on only and a lot of questions do not apply...Also, my wheel throwing and intermediate class consists of return students who do not take the class for credit. They never check their UH accounts.	Sun, 1/11/09 8:43 AM
3.	I teach two ro three classes simultaniously, with long labs and production demands	Fri, 1/9/09 2:54 PM
4.	modular	Fri, 1/9/09 2:22 PM
5.	The response from the courses for Trades students is very weak (Math 50).	Thu, 1/8/09 5:47 PM
6.	Team taught courses pose a challenge for helpful feedback	Tue, 1/6/09 4:18 PM
7.	clinical classes which are only a few weeks long	Mon, 12/22/08 7:58 PM
8.	classes are team taught and can't comment on an individual instructor, clinical classes: questions are poorly designed for my needs	Fri, 12/19/08 9:57 AM
9.	8 week session	Fri, 12/19/08 8:38 AM
10.	modular classes	Fri, 12/19/08 8:26 AM
11.	part-term classes	Fri, 12/19/08 7:59 AM
12.	It seems a little ridiculous that e-Cafe was not available for our summer courses.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:26 PM
13.	clinical based and team taught	Thu, 12/18/08 8:07 PM

Role of e-Cafe

1. The main reason I use e-Cafe is:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	THIS IS A WAY TO HEAR THE VOICE OF MY STUDENTS AND HOW I CAN IMPROVE MY PEDAGOGY.	Sun, 1/11/09 2:00 PM
2.	I have always used a confidential online evaluation system(DE from UH)	Sat, 1/10/09 10:32 AM
3.	its mandatory	Fri, 1/9/09 10:34 PM
4.	in 2007-8, I had no completed surveys	Fri, 1/9/09 2:56 PM
5.	I assumed that this was the only alternative, other than spending my own time creating and compiling evaluations to submit to the dept.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:10 PM
6.	I'm encouraged to use it.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:02 PM
7.	Mandatory	Thu, 1/8/09 5:49 PM
8.	And also to provide evidence of effective teaching	Thu, 1/8/09 4:33 PM
9.	Students have a rigtht to evaluate the professor and the class. these evals shoud be published.	Tue, 1/6/09 6:35 PM
10.	because i am required to	Wed, 12/24/08 11:23 AM
11.	I give my own informal surveys to assess student learning and to improve my teaching	Mon, 12/22/08 10:11 AM
12.	I use student evaluations for both purposes. eCafe is not suitable for either because without enough responses, the data become meaningless.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:14 PM
13.	I use evals as a coordinator to make improvements to the program. Instructors use it to self-reflect on teaching. I don't believe that student evals should carry a great deal of weight in matters related to pay and promotion. Students are not qualified to make such evaluations and I don't believe that students are making the comments with that in mind.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:43 AM
14.	because admin was pushing its use	Fri, 12/19/08 7:53 AM
15.	I have been told to do so by the college administration.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:36 PM
16.	Have had two post-tenure reviews. My main concern about e-Cafe is the impact on junior faculty.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:37 PM
17.	evals are for improvement but ecafe does not help	Thu, 12/18/08 8:08 PM

2. For me, e-Café is currently fulfilling its role:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	It gives some feedback.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:25 PM
2.	Students who have something to say do it and write comments and I like the additional questions I selected since they give me much more pertinent feedback regarding "learning".	Mon, 1/12/09 11:37 AM
3.	fast feed back	Mon, 1/12/09 11:11 AM
4.	I do not get input from a majority of my students	Mon, 1/12/09 9:48 AM
5.	Yes, because it gives me an idea of how the students are receiving instructions. I can use this constructively to enhance my teaching strategy.	Sun, 1/11/09 8:32 PM
6.	STILL HAVE BUGS TO GET RID OF. STUDENTS TOLD THEY CANNOT DO E CAFE BECAUSE CLASS TOO SMALL OR STILL UNSURE ON HOW TO DO IT.	Sun, 1/11/09 2:00 PM
7.	I am able to make small adjustments in syllabus and lab	Sun, 1/11/09 9:00 AM
8.	to improve my teaching	Sat, 1/10/09 11:50 AM
9.	It is not as dramatic nor effective as the old way	Fri, 1/9/09 11:15 PM
10.	undecided	Fri, 1/9/09 10:34 PM
11.	I get constructive feedback from students on what they liked about the course and how it can be improved.	Fri, 1/9/09 9:35 PM
12.	response rate should be higher and more representative of how the students feel overall.	Fri, 1/9/09 7:41 PM
13.	to assure me that I'm doing the best I can for the student	Fri, 1/9/09 4:39 PM
14.	Feedback is from only a few students, open ended answers are truncated. I learn more by just asking for feedback about my teaching	Fri, 1/9/09 2:56 PM
15.	not enough response	Fri, 1/9/09 2:24 PM
16.	Not yet due to limited feedback, but I am reminded that this has also been a problem in the past using paper, i.e. survey administered on a day when a large number of students are absent. I think e-Cafe will eventually fulfill its role.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:14 PM
17.	insufficient student feedback	Fri, 1/9/09 2:10 PM
18.	insufficient response	Fri, 1/9/09 2:02 PM
19.	I get a lot of positive feedback, and some legitimate criticism, sometimes unexpected comments.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:49 PM
20.	I am frustrated by not being able to get feedback from a majority of my students	Thu, 1/8/09 4:33 PM
21.	It provides the data for student evals as noted in #1 above. However, some of the questions in e-Cafe seem outdated and irrelavant as it pertains to SLOs.	Fri, 1/2/09 5:45 PM
22.	Participation too low	Thu, 1/1/09 8:23 PM
23.	If students feel strongly (positive/negative) about how the class is taught, they have the opportunity to give feedback.	Wed, 12/31/08 5:57 AM
24.	I feel like the results of e-cafe are a bit more erratic than I saw when I had paper and pencil evaluations.	Mon, 12/29/08 9:40 PM
25.	there is no way to make online students do it. no face to face classroom type pressure or pleading.	Sun, 12/28/08 12:39 PM
26.	no mandatory procedures	Sat, 12/27/08 9:43 PM
27.	i'm not sure if it is or not; some of the questions don't apply to online courses	Wed, 12/24/08 11:23 AM
28.	There are many good features about eCafe but the lack of student response is a very serious matter	Mon, 12/22/08 8:02 PM
29.	yes, but marginally. paper and pencil is a lot easier to get students to fill out.	Mon, 12/22/08 10:11 AM
30.	it's to linear and not able to assess beyond what the questions ask	Mon, 12/22/08 9:35 AM
31.	The lack of student participation makes the data meaningless.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:14 PM
32.	Because we are able to enter specific questions to judge our students to the subjects being taught and how we are teaching them.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:52 PM
33.	I do get a few evals for most classes, which is sufficient for the purpose of evidence in dossiers.	Sat, 12/20/08 12:35 PM
34.	ease of use; replacement of bubble forms	Fri, 12/19/08 11:35 AM
35.	need to encourage greater participation	Fri, 12/19/08 10:51 AM
36.	not enough students participate, questions do not give me specific information	Fri, 12/19/08 9:58 AM
37.	low rate of students completing surveys.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:47 AM
38.	The role of ecafe is not clear to me.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:43 AM
39.	respond rate is low	Fri, 12/19/08 8:28 AM
40.	Poor rate of number of student feedback	Fri, 12/19/08 8:03 AM
41.	it doesn't give me the feedback I used to get from in-class paper & pen surveys	Fri, 12/19/08 7:53 AM
42.	It reduces paper work, consolidated results are easily excessible	Fri, 12/19/08 7:01 AM
43.	So few of my students respond that the data is worthless for defending my position at the college which makes me feel I'm in an impossible situation -- we are supposed to be a data driven institution, and this instrument does not yield sufficient data.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:36 PM
44.	low response rate	Thu, 12/18/08 8:37 PM
45.	not enough response	Thu, 12/18/08 8:29 PM
46.	poorly done,	Thu, 12/18/08 8:08 PM
47.	not enough response and pool may contain students who stopped attending but still complete survey	Thu, 12/18/08 6:52 PM

3. It is clear to me what “evidence of effective teaching” is needed for my dossier:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	This does not evaluate effective teaching at all. In all of the stuff we are doing with outcomes, there ought to be a way to help faculty measure whether or not students have met the outcomes we set out at the beginning of the semester.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:15 PM
2.	This does not apply to me	Fri, 1/9/09 7:41 PM
3.	This question is not clear to me	Fri, 1/9/09 2:56 PM
4.	And as a long-term lecturer I don't have a dossier.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:49 PM
5.	this is such a vague concept; where is the dividing line between 'effective' teaching and non-effective teaching? what are the criteria for making a valuable and informative decision?	Wed, 12/24/08 11:23 AM
6.	more or less. I know what documents to include. Am not sure how they are evaluated.	Mon, 12/22/08 10:11 AM
7.	i'm not sure what type of evidence is needed, as far as i know the college's main linear way of assessing my teaching is through ecafe,	Mon, 12/22/08 9:35 AM
8.	I'm not sure how this questions pertains to eCafe, except that without a critical mass of responses, the eCafe survey can not be effectively used as part of the evaluation of "effective teaching." Furthermore, a small number of respondents can actually be detrimental in terms of gaining information about the students' experiences, as individual reponses become overly weighted, potentially skewing results.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:14 PM
9.	as long as the sole source of this information is student evals, or that student evals are not weighted more heavily than say, administrator or peer observations.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:43 AM
10.	This question is irrelevant! This survey is supposed to be about the administratively mandated faculty evaluation instrument called e-Cafe. How is the effectiveness of e-Cafe being evaluated?	Thu, 12/18/08 10:36 PM
11.	Student evals are just one component.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:37 PM
12.	vague statement	Thu, 12/18/08 6:52 PM

Standard list of 18 questions on e-Café

1. I am satisfied with the standard list of 18 e-Café questions

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	They suck big time and don't relate to student learning. They need to be thrown out and new ones developed. They are 100 years old.	Mon, 1/12/09 11:38 AM
2.	Does not work for ceramics	Sun, 1/11/09 9:02 AM
3.	to general	Sat, 1/10/09 11:51 AM
4.	do not address team taught course issues	Tue, 1/6/09 4:23 PM
5.	TOO MANY QUESTIONS!! It should be between 10-15 along with open-ended questions that can be selected by instructor.	Fri, 1/2/09 5:59 PM
6.	some questions are inappropriate for online courses; others could be added for online courses; students need to be more responsible, too, for their part of education - not all the responsibility of instructor	Wed, 12/24/08 11:25 AM
7.	I think they are general enough to be included for classes across the board. I generally add my own questions to the end to improve teaching.	Mon, 12/22/08 10:14 AM
8.	i think to include other works for example, uploading a video of a class or event as part of the choices of how we assess...for example have a box within the standard list that would allow instructors to upload media of their classes activity that speaks to excellence of education that i know is not shown by the linear form that ecafe is implementing	Mon, 12/22/08 9:39 AM
9.	eCafe is the problem, not the questions.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:15 PM
10.	I feel that they need to more geard to the subject be taught.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:54 PM
11.	too vague, do not work with team taught courses, do not have specific questions for different types of courses (HITS, Online, self-study, etc.)	Fri, 12/19/08 10:01 AM
12.	Changing the questions will not help anything as long as my students are not responding.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:38 PM
13.	One can edit, do mid semesters evals, etc.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:38 PM
14.	many seem inappropriate	Thu, 12/18/08 6:52 PM

2. I would like to revise the standard list of 18 e-Café questions:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	STILL LEARNING AS TO WHAT QUESTIONS WHO BE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING ME WITH WAYS TO IMPROVING MY PEDAGOGY AS WELL AS CURRICULUM.	Sun, 1/11/09 2:01 PM
2.	I think the questions you include questions about the online system such as Laulima?(Did you have difficulty accessing your class) and questions about the visual presentation of the course. Were the Laulima tools(messages, forums etc) easy to use	Sat, 1/10/09 10:35 AM
3.	I always add the maximum number of additional questions allowed	Thu, 1/8/09 4:34 PM
4.	Editing or adding seems to be possible. It seems flexible enough.	Tue, 1/6/09 6:35 PM
5.	the faculty functioned well as a team or something of the sort and many more	Tue, 1/6/09 4:23 PM
6.	1) Some are terms are outdated such as Course Objectives in #1 & #2. Most syllabus have been revised to reflect SLOs. 2) There term "always" should not be used in surveys. See #9. 3) Revise or delete most of those general type questions which do not assist instructor in improving course. Such as #3,5,7,10,15,17,etc	Fri, 1/2/09 5:59 PM
7.	I would need to look at the questions again to provide specific suggestsions; need something that asks if students have taken online courses before; need one that asks if students have done a tutorial for Laulima (or CMS); need question for how often students check Laulima/email; students should be required to attend an online orientation of Laulima	Wed, 12/24/08 11:25 AM
8.	there should be more to consider	Mon, 12/22/08 9:39 AM
9.	eCafe is the problem, not the questions.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:15 PM
10.	But I do not have the time required and the current questions are probably designed towards what the college is looking for.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:54 PM
11.	allow each division to develop their own that apply to their teaching situations. The final results would be compared to other faculty in that division, not the entire college.	Fri, 12/19/08 10:01 AM
12.	Online students have different needs than face-to-face students.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:48 AM
13.	Changing the questions will not help anything as long as my students are not responding.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:38 PM
14.	How do you satisfy all faculty with a particular set?	Thu, 12/18/08 8:38 PM
15.	do not want ecafe	Thu, 12/18/08 8:08 PM
16.	get rid of it	Thu, 12/18/08 6:52 PM

e-Café training

1. I would attend a workshop on the analysis and presentation of e-Café results for contract renewal, promotion or tenure dossiers:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	If it were mandatory, sure.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:16 PM
2.	It does not apply to me, unfortunately	Thu, 1/8/09 4:35 PM
3.	i would not FOR contract renewal promotion etc...but i would for the reason that it would be great to be able to assess in a way the would allow for different methods and be inclusive of different intelligences	Mon, 12/22/08 9:46 AM
4.	The problem is eCafe itself. I know how to analyze my results; I simply need enough results for analysis to be meaningful.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:32 PM
5.	I do not think for those reasons listed. It would be to improve both the teaching and the survey.	Sat, 12/20/08 2:59 PM
6.	I do not plan to apply for promotion	Fri, 12/19/08 10:04 AM
7.	I do not have sufficient response rates to worry about presentation.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:47 PM
8.	Again, no longer need the results except for myself. Additionally, I understand how data is computed & analyzed.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:46 PM

2. There needs to be additional training for Faculty on the use of e-Cafe results:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	use of statistics	Mon, 1/12/09 11:12 AM
2.	how to improve participation	Sat, 1/10/09 11:52 AM
3.	never had any training about it; don't know how the evals are being used or who reviews them	Wed, 12/24/08 11:27 AM
4.	i'm not sure i understand what is meant by the USE of the results, i only know that it is USED as a way to detrmine how well a person teaches, and then on a personal level how one uses the info. to self assess.	Mon, 12/22/08 9:46 AM
5.	Analysis si not the problem. The problem is that eCafe does not provide enough student participation.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:32 PM
6.	Training that would include an description and/or explanation of the type of data that can be extracted from e-Cafe would be helpful and informative.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:05 AM
7.	No. There needs to be an evaluation instrument that students will use.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:47 PM
8.	Here the issue is how one understands/uses data, and my experience from serving on many personnel committees is quite a few faculty could use some help with interpretation.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:46 PM
9.	need different program	Thu, 12/18/08 8:09 PM

3. There needs to be more formal discussion on self-assessment and what constitutes evidence of teaching effectiveness:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	This is a subject for the Senate	Mon, 1/12/09 2:17 PM
2.	iT SHOULD BE AN INFORMAL TRAINING WHERE WE CAN DO HANDS ON TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICALNESS OF IT ALL.	Sun, 1/11/09 2:03 PM
3.	there never is	Tue, 1/6/09 6:36 PM
4.	DEFINITELY!!!	Wed, 12/24/08 11:27 AM
5.	i think that my peers have the intelligence to Self-assess, it's an ongoing process in all parts of life but to constitute what that should mean to someone else; (that's why we went to school) is a little demeaning	Mon, 12/22/08 9:46 AM
6.	I don't think this is relevant to the problem with eCafe.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:32 PM
7.	this should have been done before e-cafe was started	Thu, 12/18/08 6:55 PM

4. Communication to Faculty about e-Cafe is adequate:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	too little too late	Sat, 1/10/09 11:52 AM
2.	I thought I had everything set up correctly, but them some students could not use eCafe last term	Thu, 1/1/09 8:26 PM
3.	Faculty were not involved in the decision-making process regarding the switch from in-class evaluations to eCafe. Faculty should be involved in the decision-making process. This is a pressing concern that should still be addressed.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:32 PM
4.	For the message to get through, people need to be told over and over again--that is true for any organizational change.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:50 AM
5.	don't know	Fri, 12/19/08 8:29 AM
6.	Communication "to"? Try communicating "with," please.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:47 PM
7.	Communication about what aspect of e-Cafe? What are you attempting to assess with this question?	Thu, 12/18/08 8:46 PM

5. I know whom to contact when I have questions about e-Cafe:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	Department Chair	Thu, 1/8/09 5:52 PM
2.	I answered yes, but in the past I was of the belief it was not OK to contact Shawn directly because he was much to busy to work with individual faculty.	Mon, 12/22/08 8:21 PM

6. For students, better promotion of e-Cafe would increase the response rate by (select all that apply):

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	Please!. None of these choices even comes close to the stuff we are trying to accomplish with student centered learning. All these are top down as usual.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:17 PM
2.	How about having only the students who finished e-cafe being able to see their grades at an earlier time?	Sun, 1/11/09 9:11 AM
3.	Please let us know what is considered a "high" return rate?	Sat, 1/10/09 10:37 AM
4.	I offered to buy pizza for finals, that worked	Fri, 1/9/09 4:42 PM
5.	This year, I had to offer incentives for % of participation. I got better results than none, but did not like feeling forced to dangle a carrot for them, and again, only a few students answered. I valued the collective response of the previous method	Fri, 1/9/09 3:00 PM
6.	I checked the second circle also but it won't register	Fri, 1/9/09 2:16 PM
7.	The system will not allow selection of all that apply. I would select all! Could only seslect one.	Thu, 1/8/09 5:52 PM
8.	Was only able to seclect one option here, but would also add: 'providing training for students to learn to forward email...'	Thu, 1/8/09 4:35 PM
9.	I give them a small reward for doing the survey	Tue, 1/6/09 6:36 PM
10.	NOTE: This survey only lets you select ONE item above. So I selected my top choice.	Fri, 1/2/09 6:01 PM
11.	Making sure students accesss their UH accounts periodically.	Wed, 12/31/08 6:00 AM
12.	I was unable to check more than one item in this question, but I would like to see the first three items implemented.	Mon, 12/22/08 8:21 PM
13.	I am highly opposed to using an award system	Mon, 12/22/08 10:15 AM
14.	all of these are great, but still students don't reply because sometimes we have to take them by the hand and help them along, there are many students who feel empowered by doing this and then there's even more who don't, so what to do	Mon, 12/22/08 9:46 AM
15.	I have concerns about a reward system: Having individual instructors offer "rewards" for completing the survey potentially distorts the data (as would a bribe!). It also places pressure on "non-rewarding" instructors, as students may decide not to complete surveys if they don't get a reward. Any type of reward system should be college-wide and separate from instructors' evaluations of students...perhaps an e-mailed coupon to the cafeteria that would be automatically sent to cohorts that achieve above a certain response percentage.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:32 PM
16.	My students do not feel they have time to participate, it was more useful when the evals were done at the end of class (captive participation) and the questions were relevant to my courses. Perhaps a reward system would help but I don't think that would motivate my students.	Fri, 12/19/08 10:04 AM
17.	I wanted to select the first three but the system only allows for me to select one. I have heard from students that they made requests and complaints on their evals in the past (not necessarily ecafe) but were surprised when nothing was done about them. I think that students believe that ALL of the comments are read by the instructor's supervisor. Because no action was taken, they don't think it is worth their time filling out.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:50 AM
18.	Perhaps e-Cafe is just not the right instrument for us.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:47 PM
19.	this section doesn't allow for more than one selection	Thu, 12/18/08 8:32 PM
20.	student comments are not positive about this tool. many dont want to participate	Thu, 12/18/08 6:55 PM

Strengths and weakness of e-Café

1. The top strengths of e-Café are:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	The short length of time to get results.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:19 PM
2.	It is efficient in terms of tabulation of responses and saves secretarial time!	Mon, 1/12/09 11:40 AM
3.	fast feed back, easy access by students	Mon, 1/12/09 11:13 AM
4.	quick results	Mon, 1/12/09 9:57 AM
5.	Convenience Does not take up class time	Sun, 1/11/09 4:43 PM
6.	hELPFUL INFO IF DONE EFFECTIVELY!	Sun, 1/11/09 2:04 PM
7.	Feedback from all students, even the quiet ones. Being able to adjust certain things in the classroom/lab. Quality control.	Sun, 1/11/09 9:30 AM
8.	evaluation and informative	Sat, 1/10/09 11:53 AM
9.	It is online and online students have a way to provide anonymous feedback to instructors.	Sat, 1/10/09 10:39 AM
10.	Its anonymity and time flexibility	Fri, 1/9/09 11:17 PM
11.	simplified result process	Fri, 1/9/09 10:37 PM
12.	anonymity constructive feedback can be done at own convenience	Fri, 1/9/09 9:38 PM
13.	The system is online and therefore should be easily accessed and completed.	Fri, 1/9/09 7:43 PM
14.	It tells me what I need to know, from the students perspective.	Fri, 1/9/09 4:43 PM
15.	I don't yet see one	Fri, 1/9/09 3:00 PM
16.	Survey results are a helpful barometer for me	Fri, 1/9/09 2:17 PM
17.	in-class time can be spent on other activities	Fri, 1/9/09 2:12 PM
18.	return of results is faster	Fri, 1/9/09 2:08 PM
19.	Provides a opportunity for students to express their opinions about the course	Fri, 1/9/09 2:06 PM
20.	Use of technology to administer and evaluate course and teaching effectiveness. (I am very supportive of an online course evaluation system, but fear this is not working...)	Thu, 1/8/09 4:37 PM
21.	asynchronous...anonymous...easy to read	Tue, 1/6/09 6:37 PM
22.	paperless	Tue, 1/6/09 4:24 PM
23.	It is easier to administer to students and get results back more efficiently.	Fri, 1/2/09 6:02 PM
24.	Available at student's convenience	Thu, 1/1/09 8:27 PM
25.	Eliminates the demand on clerical staff; gives students time to complete the survey as needed; does not require class time.	Wed, 12/31/08 6:02 AM
26.	It gives instructors results quickly and in a form that is easy to understand.	Mon, 12/29/08 9:47 PM
27.	it is online and convenient	Sun, 12/28/08 12:40 PM
28.	ease of access	Sat, 12/27/08 9:45 PM
29.	1. Comments do not need to be typed by anyone. 2. Report format is easy to read and understand. 3. Results are easily obtained in electronic form. 4. Reporting of results is very timely. 5. Totally annonymous process. 6. Don't need to rely on a student volunteer to deliver the written forms to a secretary. 7. Able to choose additional questions.	Mon, 12/22/08 8:21 PM
30.	it's easily accessible students aren't intimidated to use it (some)	Mon, 12/22/08 9:47 AM
31.	None	Sat, 12/20/08 3:41 PM
32.	straight forward questions.Teacher ability to include specific question for the course.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:01 PM
33.	Convenience for both instructor and student. It doesn't take time out of our class schedule.	Sat, 12/20/08 12:37 PM
34.	students can be confident that the narrative portion of the evaluation can not be identified through their handwriting	Fri, 12/19/08 10:54 AM
35.	Accessible from any computer Results are easy to read	Fri, 12/19/08 10:06 AM
36.	Does not take away from class time. Students can do surveys on their own.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:52 AM
37.	Can be easily administered. The results are compiled instantly. Can be done anywhere, anytime as long as you have a computer. My comment--just because it is hard to get people to understand it, don't give up.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:50 AM
38.	Doesn't take class time to do it.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:31 AM
39.	Anonymity of the students' identities when they fill out an evaluation	Fri, 12/19/08 8:13 AM
40.	Results are tabulated, easily excessible	Fri, 12/19/08 7:04 AM
41.	e-Cafe has two strengths: it is cheap, and it the data is processed quickly.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:53 PM
42.	Provides some feedback.	Thu, 12/18/08 9:51 PM
43.	Easy for staff, administrators.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:51 PM
44.	immediate, concise, easy to read.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:32 PM
45.	none	Thu, 12/18/08 8:09 PM
46.	none	Thu, 12/18/08 6:58 PM

2.

2.The worst weaknesses of e-Cafe are:

	Comment Text	Response Date
1.	The first questions. THe method of notification. The inability to customize it for a program or discipline. Anyone can fill it out including students who are no longer attending class.	Mon, 1/12/09 2:19 PM
2.	When you print out the results the questions come out black so you can't see what questions the students were responding to!!!!!	Mon, 1/12/09 11:40 AM
3.	student lack of participation	Mon, 1/12/09 11:13 AM
4.	Since the survey must be initiated by the respondant, it is not an objective poll of opinion. Students with extreme views (positive or negative) tend to respond. The views of the moderate majority would be very helpful in evolving a course.	Mon, 1/12/09 9:57 AM
5.	Response rate is low	Sun, 1/11/09 4:43 PM
6.	A NEW APPROACH STILL HAVE THINGS TO ADJUST.	Sun, 1/11/09 2:04 PM
7.	Making room for unpleasant personalities to injure and lie. Put a (small) shadow over a sunny work environment. Feeling under appreciated.	Sun, 1/11/09 9:30 AM
8.	communication with students and faculty participation	Sat, 1/10/09 11:53 AM
9.	The length. Maybe it should be shortened so that students will be more inclined to complete it in spite of the heavy work demands of online instruction.	Sat, 1/10/09 10:39 AM
10.	Lack of class cohesiveness and lack of sense of occasion	Fri, 1/9/09 11:17 PM
11.	lack of awareness and unknown location	Fri, 1/9/09 10:37 PM
12.	???	Fri, 1/9/09 9:38 PM
13.	Students appear to be too busy to spend the time to complete the surveys.	Fri, 1/9/09 7:43 PM
14.	Getting them to do it!	Fri, 1/9/09 4:43 PM
15.	not inclusive	Fri, 1/9/09 3:00 PM
16.	The response rate, but I think this can be improved if I offer incentives, greater detailed explanation of the value of responding, and constant reminders during the survey period	Fri, 1/9/09 2:17 PM
17.	students don't take the time to participate	Fri, 1/9/09 2:12 PM
18.	low student response	Fri, 1/9/09 2:08 PM
19.	Students who do well in the course give high marks to the course and instructor, students who do poorly give the course and instructor low marks.	Fri, 1/9/09 2:06 PM
20.	Perpetual lack of student response, despite my/our numerous efforts to elicit student involvement	Thu, 1/8/09 4:37 PM
21.	none. it is the best system so far.	Tue, 1/6/09 6:37 PM
22.	return rate	Tue, 1/6/09 4:24 PM
23.	Students uncertainty about it.	Fri, 1/2/09 6:02 PM
24.	Many students do not follow through	Thu, 1/1/09 8:27 PM
25.	I feel that students are sometimes more vindictive in e-cafe. Somehow, the fact that a paper evaluation is handed out in the classroom may temper them, making students behave more responsibly in how they conduct themselves in giving feedback.	Mon, 12/29/08 9:47 PM
26.	making the horse drink after you get it to the water	Sun, 12/28/08 12:40 PM
27.	no mandatory procedures to complete survey	Sat, 12/27/08 9:45 PM
28.	they don't have more specific questions about online courses, or address info about students' responsibilities (are they truly prepared for an online course?)	Wed, 12/24/08 11:27 AM
29.	1. Lack of student response. 2. Unable to modify the additional questions. 3. Lack of student understanding re: their role and the utilization of eCafe results.	Mon, 12/22/08 8:21 PM
30.	1. Too easy for students to fail to complete it. 2. Format of results is difficult and very time-consuming to incorporate into a dossier. It's an electronic file -- why can't we make it so we can import it directly into a program like Excel?	Mon, 12/22/08 10:17 AM
31.	not able to access outside of the linear thinking of assesment not able to access students who aren't comfortable with the system	Mon, 12/22/08 9:47 AM
32.	wCafe is not effective: The purpose of student evaluations is to gauge students' experience in the course. This information is invaluable for instructors and the greater institution. If we are truly focused on continous improvement, one crucial way for us to improve is to analyze students' responses and make reasonable adjustments to improve the course. eCafe's low response rate for face-to-face classes means that we are not getting adequate information about our courses from the people who matter most: the students! This should be unacceptable.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:41 PM
33.	Getting the students to take the survey on their own A better understanding by the student of the benefits to them.	Sat, 12/20/08 3:01 PM
34.	Most students don't get around to doing it.	Sat, 12/20/08 12:37 PM
35.	students not participating	Fri, 12/19/08 10:54 AM
36.	No way to assure student participation Questions are not always relevant to different courses	Fri, 12/19/08 10:06 AM
37.	Not enough information for students in the importance of completing surveys.	Fri, 12/19/08 9:52 AM
38.	Needs a change in the mindset of faculty and students--which is very difficult to do--but obviously not impossible.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:50 AM
39.	Lot's of students won't do it.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:31 AM
40.	1. Low participation rate of student responses; 2. Dependent on students' motivation and willingness to fill out an evaluation; 3. Dependent on computer accessibility for students.	Fri, 12/19/08 8:13 AM
41.	Students don't trust it because they have to log in and feel that someone will know their responses.	Fri, 12/19/08 7:56 AM
42.	None that I see.	Fri, 12/19/08 7:04 AM
43.	Our students will not use e-Cafe -- 50% response rates are not sufficient -- unless we either bring them to a lab and show them how to do it and monitor them to make sure they are doing it, and we do not have enough lab space to do this for all classes; or unless we reward them with higher grades for evaluating us, which is an idea I find to be repugnant. This technology is not well suited to our campus and our students.	Thu, 12/18/08 10:53 PM
44.	I have had classes where 95% give be the highest or second highest rating yet one or two students give me the lowest which may skew the overall picture of my ability to teach.	Thu, 12/18/08 9:51 PM
45.	Low response rate. Also, not fond of "let's post results" suggestion. Is this a popularity contest? Egads! I do not want more students. Moreover, I hate the idea of faculty cross comparisons...not sure that is good for morale and team building.	Thu, 12/18/08 8:51 PM
46.	student response rate	Thu, 12/18/08 8:32 PM
47.	poorly constructed little feedback or suggestions vague items	Thu, 12/18/08 8:09 PM
48.	another example of top down approach to faculty-admin relations who embrace a flawed system to undermine fair student faculty evaluation.	Thu, 12/18/08 6:58 PM