Our courses rock!

We just closed out another quarter (July through September) of offering professional development courses to teachers throughout the country. From each student we collect some great quantitative and qualitative information through an online evaluation form at the end of their course and the information always amazes me.

First, it reaffirms to me that not only is Moodle a great place to host and deliver online courses but out facilitators and course authors are top-notch. Students love our teachers (and so do we).

Here are some highlights from the evaluations:

• Overall, on a scale of 1-5 our courses (127 taken this quarter) averaged 4.21 (1 = "poor"; 5 = "excellent")
• The subject area that scored the highest was ESL (4.42).
• 95% of students said they would take another course through GlobalClassroom.us

The qualitative comments about individual courses are great:

• About the Moodle course with Laurie Korte - "Moodle has great potential. Anyone interested in learning aspects of Moodle would benefit from the course."
• Digital Photography with Rusti Gregory - "I truly loved this class. I've never known so much about my digital camera before taking this class. I truly enjoyed being "forced" to read my manual! =0) And taking online courses has been a wonderful experience. With the completion of this class, I've completed my Master's Equivalency Degree!"
• Dr. Carmen Burds' new Methods and Materials for Students with LD and ADHD - "I really enjoyed this course. It is real life information that can have a positive impact on my students immediately."
• Dr. Barbara McKenzie's Infusing Technology Integration (Fundamentals) - "Dr. McKenzie provided helpful feedback to me during the course. Each assignment was returned with thoughtful, positive comments. The course also had many helpful strategies, examples and suggestions to help us along in our efforts."
• Carolyn McCarthy and the popular Podcasts for Teaching and Learning course - "I thought the course was very helpful in creating exciting podcast and blogs for educational purposes. It was nice to create things you can actually use in the class room and use right away."

How about a round of applause for our great facilitators? :D

Taking an online course can certainly be tough, but the facilitators really make the difference. So if you're interested in ever taking an online course, GlobalClassroom is definitely a good place to start.

Additionally if you want to capture feedback from your own students or want to improve your online course quality let us know. We've been at this for a long time so our experience and expertise can be a great resource: jthibault@globalclassroom.us or 802-735-2066 to reach me directly.