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Enhancing Faculty Performance Review and Exploring MOOCs at TWU

This document outlines the initiatives and recommendations set forth by the Faculty Performance Review Task Force and the MOOC Committee at Texas Woman's University (TWU). Co-chaired by Ron Hovis and Jennifer Martin, the task force aims to evaluate and improve faculty performance review processes, focusing on aspects such as annual reviews, promotion, tenure, and post-tenure evaluations. Concurrently, the MOOC Committee investigates the implications of Massive Open Online Courses for TWU, assessing their potential benefits and threats. The collaborative efforts emphasize faculty involvement, effective evaluation methods, and faculty workload reduction while exploring innovative educational avenues.

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Enhancing Faculty Performance Review and Exploring MOOCs at TWU

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  1. Visioning 2 Committee

  2. 15,800 by 2018

  3. Faculty Performance Review Task Force

  4. Co-Chairs Ron Hovis, Interim Chair, School of Management, and Special Assistant to Academic Affairs Jennifer Martin, Senior Associate Provost

  5. Faculty Performance Review Components • Annual Review • Promotion • Tenure • Post-Tenure Review

  6. Tasks • Review TWU policies on faculty performance review and recommend revisions • Resolve ambiguities in current evaluation processes • Recommend additional approaches beyond student course evaluations to evaluate instructional effectiveness • Explore possibilities for reducing workloads associated with conducting performance reviews • Make recommendations regarding the possibility of adopting teaching and research faculty performance tracks, including criteria for each track

  7. Task Force Membership • 10 faculty including 4 Faculty Senate members • 2 Council of Chairs representatives • Representatives from Dallas, Denton, and Houston

  8. Methodology • Research performance review policies and practices at peer universities • Review literature on faculty performance review topics • Survey faculty perceptions of current TWU performance review policies and practices • Develop recommendations for policies and procedures • Conduct faculty focus groups on recommendations • Communicate with faculty throughout the process so that recommendations are viable when presented

  9. Summer 2014 Plan of Work: Subcommittees • Performance review systems • Methods for assessing teaching effectiveness • Faculty performance tracks

  10. Time Line for Completion April , 2015

  11. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

  12. MOOC COMMITTEE • What is a MOOC? A scalable internet-based course that provides structure, a social environment, and automated feedback on learning that is free to everyone with no expectation of direct interaction with an instructor.

  13. MOOC IMPORTANCE • Are MOOCs an opportunity for TWU? • Summer bridge programs • Do MOOCs pose a threat to TWU? • Reducing paid-for courses • Should TWU offer credit for MOOCs? • How should TWU award credit? • How will TWU measure quality for accreditation?

  14. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP • 6 Staff members • 4 Faculty members • Representatives from Dallas, Denton, and Houston

  15. Plan of Work • Complete a full MOOC Course - Completed • Survey TWU faculty - Completed • Review of the literature – In process • Survey peer institutions – Summer 2014 • Compose a report for the Provost – Fall 2014

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