Closing the module

2. Encourage completion of evaluation

Ask learners to get together and agree a list of suggestions to you about the next delivery. What worked well and why? What is needed that wasn’t on offer to them? What was provided but seemed ineffective and so should be discarded? What would you suggest should be added to the plan for delivery and support? Ask them to try to explain why each piece of advice seems important to them. 

Quickly respond to each suggestion, acknowledging and valuing their efforts by telling them how you plan to respond. By mentioning previous evaluation and how you responded to it, highlights the importance of evaluation. Also the next students can be aware that they are introduced to a programme where their voice is listened to, a key part of SoB.

Example

Rachel is keen to collect information on the module, not only what works and what doesn’t, but also why the learners feel this is the case, and any suggestions they have for doing things differently. Students are able to feedback on these through an asynchronous discussion board kept open for 1 month after the module. This is used by the module team to make amendments to the next version. She then creates a list of ‘you said we did’ and ‘you said we didn’t’ where she includes rationale for each decision, and shares this with the students.