Collecting—and responding to—student feedback can help us make informed changes that enhance the quality and efficacy of our course materials, teaching strategies and learning activities.
Ohio State's end-of-semester Survey of Student Learning Experience (SSLE) is a summative feedback tool that offers Ohio State students the opportunity to provide end-of-course feedback on their learning experience. In addition to Likert-scale questions, two open-ended prompts invite students to comment on effective aspects of the course and their suggestions for improvement. While this open-ended feedback can provide valuable insights, the sheer volume of responses can make it difficult to identify common concerns, synthesize themes and plan next steps. Explorance, the vendor behind the SSLE survey management system (Blue), has developed MLY (pronounced mil-LEE), an AI tool that helps educators and academic units summarize student feedback to make data-informed decisions.
In collaboration with the University Registrar, Explorance and the Office of Faculty Affairs, the Drake Institute is offering three workshop sessions to help Ohio State users access and interpret MLY summaries. Each session of Turning Student Feedback into Actionable Insights is tailored to the practical needs of a specific audience—instructors, course coordinators or academic leaders like deans and department chairs.
Register for an upcoming virtual session to get started with using MLY for your course or program.
MLY for Course Coordinators (Jan 28)
MLY for Departmental Leaders (Feb 9)
If you're unable to attend a MLY workshop, an asynchronous training is also in development—stay tuned for further announcements.