Online Subject Evaluation/Who's Teaching What Project

Over the past year and a half, MIT has been moving its central subject evaluation system online and away from paper-based forms. In parallel, there have been efforts to improve the quality of teaching data and the ease with which it is collected via a new "Who's Teaching What" web-based application. This website chronicles these efforts and describes the project plans in detail.

This is a multi-year joint project of the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education and Information Services and Technology. DUE's Office of Faculty Support administers the Institute subject evaluation process. Contributing expertise and leadership for this project are additional staff from the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (DUE) and the Student and Administrative Information Services (IS&T).

Since 2006, many people from around the Institute have researched MIT policies and processes, examined practices at other institutions, determined requirements, and interviewed potential software vendors. The project team is now implementing their recommendations; for more information, see Background.

Pilots were run in Spring 2008 (22 subjects in four departments), Fall 2008 (53 subjects in nine departments), and Spring 2009 (226 subjects in sixteen departments). Fall 2009's pilot expands to include an estimated 463 subjects in 27 departments. For more information, see Project Plan.

To address the many policy and process issues that have been identified, the Office of Faculty Support has formed an Advisory Group composed of faculty, students, and staff who began deliberations in Spring 2008.

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A Joint Project of the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education (DUE) and Information Services & Technology (IS&T)