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Teaching Dynamics Online
Teaching Dynamics is a developmental service provided by Educational Designers to assist
academic staff with the identification of areas of strength in their teaching as well as areas for
improvement. Feedback from this service is meant to inform subsequent teaching practice. The
instruments can also be used for the purpose of peer review.
A Teaching Dynamics evaluation can be used to supplement reports from student surveys as well
as to further the development of a Teaching Portfolio. This service is undertaken at the request of
the individual academic staff member and all documentation is strictly confidential. The protocols
created for this service ensure that any discussion relating to the service is confined to the two
parties concerned.
Focus on activity
The Teaching Dynamics Online evaluation instruments have been designed to examine and
help compile useful developmental feedback on an online learning activity facilitated via
forums, Wiki, Chat, Blog and/or other interactive online technologies. Various aspects of the
activities are evaluated including their: design for learning, alignment with stated learning
objectives, engagement of learners, learning context, learner extension, practice for learners,
integration, and, technology suitability.
Two instruments
The two TD Online evaluation instruments engage with a common set of criteria, but provide
choice to academics and EDs regarding the format of feedback. The boxed question format is
more structured than the generalised question format which may appeal or be more
appropriate for broader or more general responses.
The criteria used and the design developed for the TD Online instruments was based on
evaluation instruments presented in:
Agostinho, S, Oliver, R., Harper, B., Hedberg, H., & Wills, S. (2002). A tool to evaluate the potential for an
ICT-based learning design to foster "high-quality learning". In A. Williamson, C. Gunn, A. Young., & T.
Clear (Eds.), Winds of change in the sea of learning. Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Auckland, New Zealand:
UNITEC Institute of Technology. pp. 29-38.
Herrington, T., Herrington, J., Oliver, R., Stoney, S. & Willis, J. (2001). An ECU framework for assessing
quality of on-line learning materials, Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from
http://www.ecu.edu.au/CLT/docs/quality_online_wg.doc
Reeves. T. (Presenter). (2008). Eight Dimensions of Effective eLearning Environments [Podcast lecture].
Wollongong University. Retrieved April 4, 2008, from http://www.uow.edu.au
Comments and/or feedback
Please forward any feedback or comment on the instruments to your Educational Designer.
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Teaching Dynamics Online information, LTS, 2009.