There’s so much we can learn from our students.

On today’s show,Dr. Doug McKee from Yale talks with us about eliciting and using feedback from students.

PODCAST NOTES
Guest: Dr. Doug McKee

[ CV ]

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RESEARCH FIELDS
Statistics… Development Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics, Structural Estimation
CURRENT POSITION
Yale University Department of Economics, Senior Lecturer, 2014-present Department of Economics, Associate Chair, 2012-present School of Medicine, RWJ Clinical Scholars Program, Lecturer, 2012-present
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, UCLA, 2006.
WORKING OUT LOUD
John Stepper's book about Working Out Loud

Studied his own teaching and determined that those who came to class and those who watched via video did equally well in the class
I feel like I’m just breaking through now. I remember what it was like at the beginning.
ELICITING FEEDBACK
Waiting until the end of the semester to get input from our students is too late
Evaluations are valuable; but it only helps you the next time you teach the class

The Hawthorne Effect

Formal, anonymous surveys

* Customized end of semester surveys
* mid-semester surveys
* discussion boards
https://piazza.com

* in person:
* talking to students after class
* office hours
* regular lunches with students
* Reporting back about what you learned what your changing to respond
http://ictevangelist.com

* Department-wide early warning systems—We’re trying this this year to give students in all our classes a chance to air concerns to the department early enough so we can do something about them.
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SpeedDial2; ultimate tab page for Google Chrome (Bonni)

Piazza (Doug)

Forgetmenot (Doug)

Finn Family Moomintroll, by Tove Jansson (Doug)

Doug's blog:
teachbetter.co