Rob Anson

Rob most certainly has his heart in his work. He is demanding of students and gives honest opinions. Some students didn't agree with those opinions but for the most part, I did. He chose informative articles to read as homework and required a short essay to ensure they were read. I feel two areas of his class need work, projects and tests. Projects, the class uses Rational Rose software in order to visually model development of an information “system”. The software is complex and somewhat temperamental. Rob has made aware to the Corporation the software is being used and even has a company representative as a guest speaker. This software is required to complete the project but is only available in the business building lab (lab is somewhat inconvenient and software wasn't fully loaded some of the time) or for a two week evaluation on the company website. Learning this software will promote development of the Rational Corporation. I feel at the very least Rob should make the software easier to learn by providing the student a copy for the semester. Tests, both of my tests consisted of a speedwriting essay of which I was left with no time to review. Some students were unable to complete the essay. I feel an essay is fine for his homework evaluations but not for mid and final exams. Rob should re-evaluate his testing technique using procedures he taught in class. This re-evaluation will undoubtedly yield a better method.