Nu har du en enastående chans att bidra till en förbättring av din studiemiljö! Vi som jobbar på biblioteket behöver dina förslag på vad som kunde göra biblioteket trivsammare. Har du åsikter om t.ex. vår service, inredning, utrymmen, samlingar, undervisning, teknik eller akustik? Har du ris eller ros att dela ut, eller vill du annars bara lätta ditt hjärta om något i vår verksamhet som har glatt dig eller stört…
Read moreNow you have a unique chance to improve your study environment! The Arcada library staff members would like to hear all your suggestions on what could make the library a more attractive place for you to study in. Do you have opinions on our service, furniture, technical equipment, collections, user education, acoustics etc? What could be improved and what in our service deserves praise or blame? Visit the library and…
Read moreThanks to all of you who participated in the library’s customer survey 9-20th of February! Your comments are very valuable for us when improving our services and the library space. The most important themes that you commented on in the survey were: the ergonomics in the library (furniture) technical matters (computers, ventilation, sockets…) the library’s book collections and loan periods We’re now working on how to realize some of your…
Read moreNow there’s a unique chance for you to improve your study environment! Arcada’s library would like to hear all your suggestions on what could make the library a more attractive place for you to study in. Do you have opinions on our furniture, lamps or plants? What about our computers, sockets, WLAN or the acoustics in the library? Or perhaps you have some other suggestions to share with us? In…
Read moreI have just finished an ICT course with almost 500 students. To make this work smoothly I’ve decided to jump on a (relatively) new trend in education called Flipped classroom. The idea is simple, you let the students absorb the knowledge at home (or wherever they are), and when they come to class you do the real work to understand and apply the newly acquired knowledge. In my case, I…
Read moreOn September the 27th I attended the quite interesting “Effective Course Evaluation Seminar” organized by a commercial actor within this field. The product they are offering is quite impressive, fully focused on managing the entire student feedback cycle in a centralized manner. I will not review the product here, but instead present some reflections on the discussions and cases presented at the seminar. First, some background information to this topic…
Read moreThanks to our phenomenal feedback system (‘pulstagningar’), I have been able to have a look at what kind of online (or actually blended) courses our students prefer. The third week after a course has started our students can give feedback about that course. As a result of the feedback the teachers have the opportunity to make necessary changes in the course. Two of the questions are about our online course…
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