September 1, 2011

NSSE at UNB

This workshop presents what the University of New Brunswick Fredericton has learned through the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

Career Corner 2011

Presenter: David Kilfoil, educational analyst with UNB's Centre for Enhanced Teaching and Learning

Background of the Survey (9:14)



0:00 - 3:28        The theoretical foundations of student engagement
3:29 - 5:14        What is student engagement? How student engagement affects outcomes
5:15 - 6:49        NSSE background
6:50 - 8:07        How the NSSE surveys work
8:08 - 9:14        The NSSE survey at UNB

Utilizing the survey (9:19)



0:00 - 1:03        Survey participation at UNB and information processing
1:04 - 4:05        NSSE benchmarks
4:06 - 6:22        The application of NSSE in UNB faculties
6:23 - 7:26        Using NSSE data
7:27 - 9:19        Some things they learned when they began to look at faculty data

Renaissance College case study (10:27)



0:00 - 4:34        Renassaince College faculty survey story
4:35 - 5:56        What to do to promote better student engagement
5:57 - 10:27      Using NSSE data to create meaningful focus groups

UNB Wiki site (7:32)

0:00 - 3:12        What the site is
3:13 - 4:28        Including .pdf files on the wiki
4:29 - 5:40        More wiki features: movies
5:41 - 7:32        Wiki resources section

Survey results (9:58)

0:00 - 1:24        NSSE benchmarks for first-year students
1:25 - 3:25        NSSE chart: Student participation
3:26 - 5:34        NSSE chart: Amount of homework done by students
5:35 - 7:44        Comparing 2007 and 2010 data
7:45 - 9:58        NSSE data and Registrar data study

Data sharing and collection (5:14)

0:00 - 2:02        Sharing data between faculties
2:03 - 5:14        Avoiding duplication among surveys

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