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+==3.4. Evaluation of the VCSE Courses==
 To get an insight into the success of the different courses, a set of evaluation tools was developed and tested. The course-spanning tools have been the following:
-•	A pre-entry questionnaire, which all students filled out before entering the course. The focus lies on students’ competencies in using e-learning, their experiences in working in international/interdisciplinary groups as well as their attitude towards and prior knowledge about sustainable development.
+*	A pre-entry questionnaire, which all students filled out before entering the course. The focus lies on students’ competencies in using e-learning, their experiences in working in international/interdisciplinary groups as well as their attitude towards and prior knowledge about sustainable development.
-•	A final questionnaire is focusing on learning in terms of ‘environment’, ‘content’, ‘process’, and ‘outcomes’. Information about the degree to which students think they understand the issues addressed in the seminar is collected through self-reporting about the learning process. This information might be combined with the actual assessment in the course.
+*	A final questionnaire is focusing on learning in terms of ‘environment’, ‘content’, ‘process’, and ‘outcomes’. Information about the degree to which students think they understand the issues addressed in the seminar is collected through self-reporting about the learning process. This information might be combined with the actual assessment in the course.
-•	With the help of learning records, there became able to study both the learning process and the drivers and barriers for student involvement. At certain milestones in the learning process the students filled out a pre-structured learning record to reflect their own learning process.
+*	With the help of learning records, there became able to study both the learning process and the drivers and barriers for student involvement. At certain milestones in the learning process the students filled out a pre-structured learning record to reflect their own learning process.
 In addition to these general evaluation tools, all courses are free to add their individual evaluation tools to cover the specific needs of a course. For example, the European Virtual Seminar includes group reflection reports to monitor the group process during the course. At the Prague and Graz Universities, qualitative evaluation based on open-ended questions was used to gain additional perspectives from the students’ point of view; this was in particular feasible as the number of participants was not very high. Moreover, Charles University used the discussion forum scripts for analyzing communication styles as reflection process for tutors, while spontaneous feedback from students during the semester also provided useful feedback.