Lehre 4.0 | Legal Aspects of E-Learning

Evaluation of e-learning

What must be considered from a legal perspective in the evaluation of e-learning or after learning processes with e-learning shares? Which aspects have to be considered? What is allowed, what is not?

This subchapter would like to give you clues that you should consider from a legal point of view insofar as you intend to have your course evaluated electronically. In principle, it should be noted that the same legal framework conditions apply in the case of manual evaluation procedures (paper'n'pencil) as in the case of an electronic or digitally supported evaluation procedure. However, in electronic or digitally supported processes, differences due to the digital or electronic nature of the medium must be taken into account.

E-Assessments are conducted at different times and purposes. In particular, AFTER learning processes, the use of e-assessment methods for measurement of learning success (with score points), which means the comparison of the intended learning objectives with the actually achieved learning outcomes, or if you as a teacher would like to obtain a summative feedback from students in order to evaluate your own course (registration of the student course feedback). (See Servicecenter Teaching of University Kassel).
  • Be mindful handling personal data
    • Observe the legal provisions on data protection
  • Make sure that the anonymity of the participants is respected in any case
  • Make sure that the technical requirements are met (Hense 2010: 47)
    • Is the system fully usable with the technical requirements of all intended participants?
    • Is the system easy to use and largely self-explanatory (usability)?
    • Is the system technically stable and failsafe?
    • When selecting the evaluation system, program, or software, be critical to the storage and archiving of the data.
  • Observe aspects of accessibility

In any case, familiarize yourself with the respective evaluation tool or program / the respective evaluation software and critically check where, how long and how the data is stored or be deposited. Be particularly critical if you want to use freeware. For employees at JLU we recommend:

Contact the Service Center Teaching Evaluation if you are planning to evaluate your courses electronically.

In addition, the Chair of University Didactics & Evaluation of the JLU offers the online tools LENA - LehrEvaluations-Navigation as a useful supplement to teaching evaluation.

On Stud.IP it is possible for you as a teacher to create an evaluation under "Tools". For simple small polls/(opinion) polls, you can use the Survey Tool on Stud.IP.

At ILIAS there are various voting and evaluation tools at your disposal. For an evaluation AFTER an event, the survey tool can be recommended.



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