Being new to the teaching field, I am always looking for feedback from students. The Academic Commitee of IIM Raipur recently collected interim course feedback for my operations management - 2 course. Here are my responses to the points raised in the feedback provided to me.
Case studies have been really appreciated by the batch. A very high percentage of the class seems to be satisfied with the current format. Thanks for the feedback. The case method is most effective when the students are deeply engaged. I found a "very high percentage" of students sincere in their efforts to contribute to the class. Many students feel that the speed with which cases are dealt with is a little fast for them to catch up and retain. Speed is an issue in case teaching, especially with highly engaged students like you all. The flow of the discussion is unpredictable and might vary across sections. In the interest of homogeneous coverage of all relevant issues , I tend to give cursory treatment for a few issues. This might make the discussion seem fast. Anyways, from now on I shall definitely try to slow down a bit, reinforce all relevant points at regular intervals during the class. Excel sheets those were being used in the class during the case discussions are sometimes difficult to understand. Point taken. I shall be more careful while dealing with excel sheets from now on. In fact, after the next couple of sessions, the need for excel sheets might be minimal. All excel sheets apart from case solutions are shared in the website. Include more practical examples Cases are meant to be practical examples which we deal with in depth. For cursory examples, you can refer to the textbooks. I shall however strive to include more examples during the class as well. Please allow laptops to the class during the case discussions where we can practice You can get them. However, anybody found facebooking, tweeting in class could be penalized. To include videos in the class along with the online portal. Even I would love to do this. The classroom infrastructure is not conducive enough for this to be done. That is the problem. If that gets fixed, I am all for usage of videos during class. Some students feel that quiz was a bit tough. Quiz was meant to be tough. How else can I separate out the men and women from the boys and girls! Nothing to be done on this front.
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