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Getting feedback during a class

Updated: Mar 13, 2022



I spend my Chinese New Year holiday in Shanghai this year.  As usual, I feel like being in the war zone here during the Chinese New Year – the firework is everywhere.  The atmosphere is the strongest on the new year eve and the day 4 of the Chinese New Year.  (On day 4, people are supposed to receive the god of fortune by playing firework. As such, the businessmen generally spend a lot on day 4 on firework.)  Anyway, back to the topic….


Before the Chinese New Year holiday, a few colleagues and I reviewed the learning from Dr Rothwell’s classes.  We talked about course evaluation.  Normally when we talk about evaluation, it is about end of class evaluation – e.g. the famous Kirtpatrick 4 levels of evaluation.   However, some raised a question on that day ”How to get feedback on your class before it finishes?’  This is a valid question especially for courses of longer duration e.g. over 1 day.  It makes sense to check how the learners think and – the course as much as possible.


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