UWC Audiographics Course

UWC Audiographics Course Evaluation

Dear Student- As you are well aware, the distance education format of this course differs in many respects from the traditional face-to-face format of traditional courses. We are interested in assessing how well this course met your needs in various ways, and how the format of the course affected the extent to which it met your needs.
At the beginning of the semester, you were asked to fill out a survey concerning your attitudes towards computer-aided instruction (CAI) and distance education courses. We would now like to get a sense of how you feel now that the course is over. An integral part of our analysis of the UWC distance education program will come from your experiences.
We have identified a series of factors that we think are important contributors to the success of any college course. For each factor, we would like you to answer three separate questions. The first question will ask you to evaluate the course you are taking on an absolute basis-- in other words, thinking about this course by itself. The second question will ask you to compare this course to other, more "traditional" courses-- e.g.- ones that meet "face-to-face" during the semester. Finally, we would like you to rate how important this factor is to you. All of these questions are important in assessing how well the UWC distance ed courses are working, especially given the differences between them and more traditional courses. Following each set of questions, we have left space for you to make comments specifically about the topic.
We have divided the survey into three sections. What we are interested in finding out in the first section is your level of satisfaction with the coverage of material. Did you get a broad enough perspective of the subject? How satisfied were you with the overall amount of material covered in the course? The second section deals with issues of teaching and course structure. The third section asks questions of a more global nature about the course and your performance in it. Of particular importance to us as we look at the UWC distance courses are the three open-ended questions at the end of the survey. These will take the most time, but will help us the most.
This information will be kept confidential (I will see it, but will not pass along any individual's responses to professors. They will see a summary of responses).
If you have any questions, please feel free to call or E-mail me. Thank you for your assistance.

Tom Creed, Professor of Psychology Saint John's University Collegeville, MN 56321

Section A: Coverage of content.

The first three questions concern how adequately the course covered the subject matter. The first question concerns the breadth of coverage in the course. In other words, how wide of a perspective on the topic did you get from taking this course? The second question looks at content from the perspective of depth of coverage-- i.e., how complexly were topics analyzed? The third question asks you to give an overall assessment of the amount of material covered.

The breadth of coverage in this course was:

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Not nearly enough the right amount Way too much

Compared to a "traditional" course:
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A much narrower range of material was covered About the same range of material was covered A much wider range of material was covered

How important is being exposed to a wide range of material to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
The depth of coverage in this course was:

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Not nearly enough the right amount Way too much

Compared to a "traditional" course:
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Material was covered in much less depth material was covered in about the same depth material was covered in much more depth

How important is depth of coverage to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
The amount of material covered in this course was:

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Not nearly enough the right amount Way too much

Compared to a "traditional" course:
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Much less material was covered About the same amount of material was covered Much more material was covered

How important is covering a lot of material to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
Section B: Pedagogy
The next four questions ask you to assess aspects of how the course was taught and structured.
The opportunity for discussion in this course was:

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Not nearly enough the right amount Way too much

Compared to a "traditional" course, the opportunity for discussion in this course was:
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is discussion to your learning?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
The opportunity to integrate material in this course was:

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Not nearly enough the right amount Way too much

Compared to a "traditional" course, how much of an opportunity did you have to integrate material?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is the opportunity to synthesize material to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
To what extent was critical thinking required in this course?

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Not nearly enough the right amount Way too much

Compared to a "traditional" course, to what extent was critical thinking required in this course?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is critical thinking to your learning?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
How effectively was the audiographics technology used in this course?

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Not very fairly effectively Very

Compared to the "traditional" course, how effective is an Audiographics class presentation?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important was the use of the Audiographics technology to your learning?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
How effectively was other technology, such as e-mail or a web site, used in this course?

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Not very fairly effectively Very

Compared to a "traditional" course, how well was e-mail, a web site, or other technology employed?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is the use of technology to your learning?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
Section C: Global Issues.
The final four questions ask you to give some global assessments of the impact of the course, and your effort in it.
How well will you be able to use the material in this course in the future?

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Not very well a fair amount Very well

Compared to a "traditional" course, how well will you be able to use the material in this course in the future?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is being able to use course material in the future to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
How much did you learn in this course?

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Not very much A fair amount A great amount

Compared to a "traditional" course, how much did you learn in this course?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is learning new material to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
How much did you enjoy this course?

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Not very much A fair amount A great amount

Compared to a "traditional" course, how much did you enjoy this course?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is enjoyment of a class to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
How much effort have you put into this course?

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Not very much A fair amount A great amount

Compared to a "traditional" course, how much effort have you put into this course?
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Much less About the same Much more

How important is working hard to you?
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Not important at all Fairly important Very Important

Comments:
The following open-ended questions are probably the most important part of this evaluation. Please take a few minutes to reflect on your experiences, then respond to the following questions:
What did you like most, or what was most beneficial, about taking this course in a distance education format?
What did you like least about taking this course in a distance education format? (Another way of thinking about this would be, "What did you miss most that you would have had if this course were taught in a "traditional" format?)
Is there anything else you think would be helpful to us to know in improving the distance education courses in the UWC system? Thank you for your cooperation!

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A much narrower range of material was covered				About the same range of material was covered				A much wider range of material was covered

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Material was covered in much less depth				material was covered in about the same depth				material was covered in much more depth

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Much less material was covered				About the same amount of material was covered				Much more material was covered

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Not nearly enough				the right amount				Way too much

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Not important at all				Fairly important				Very Important

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Not nearly enough				the right amount				Way too much

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Not important at all				Fairly important				Very Important

UWC Audiographics Course Evaluation

Section A: Coverage of content.

Section B: Pedagogy

Section C: Global Issues.

The following open-ended questions are probably the most important part of this evaluation. Please take a few minutes to reflect on your experiences, then respond to the following questions: