Survey questions for first course cycle (March - May 2013)

Facilitated courses include:

• Copyright 4 Educators (US) 
• Copyright 4 Educators (AUS)
• Creative Commons for K-12 Educators 
• Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond 

Reference for what makes a P2PU course a School of Open course: http://pad.p2pu.org/p/school-of-open-guidelines

Goals for the survey: 

• Get feedback on how the courses went, to improve them for the next cycle
• Better understand how these courses shaped participants' perception and understanding of "open"
• How we can increase enrollment for next cycle?
• How to maintain participation?

Resources:

• Wikipedia course initial survey: https://docs.google.com/a/wikistrategies.net/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHBGZjI5RnJPcUxuR3dfLWRENDRsQXc6MA#gid=0
• Helpful link about student feedback in online courses: http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2012/06/01/how-unfavorable-student-feedback-improves-online-courses/

Vanessa:

• Green:
  • Would you recommend the course to others is a great question.
  • Length--short, sweet precise. Of course I have suggested additions.. :)
• Yellow:
  • Do you want to know what the most effective tool was (email hangouts etc) and least effective tool?
  • Did all courses have virtual meetings? Survey assumes yes. 
  • This question: "The course organizer’s involvement in the course through announcements, discussion forums, and individual communication was… (likert scale)" you may actually want to parse out--were some organizers more active in discussion forums? Announcements? And which method was most effective? Do you want to know if they were helpful?
  • Might parse out "I interacted with and learned from my peers (1 - not at all, 5 - frequently)" into specific # of times because frequently might mean different things to different people.
  • I might ask "What were you surprised by in your course?" Will get people talking about what they remember most...
  • Do you want to know if the course material was interesting and engaging?
  • Do you want to know if people met or came into contact with a peer they really got along with or admired?
• Red:
  • I don't really understand the numbering, but I assume that will get squared away :)

Sara FB (Wikipedia class)

• This is great!!! Looking forward to feedback (ulp).
• The term K-12 is US-focused I think; not sure most of our students would use it. Add "primary"?
• Typo in "Wikipeda" >> "Wikipedia"
• Ask about use of P2PU platform in conjunction with other(s): suggestions for simplifying linking between multiple platforms, if relevant?
• Ask what % of "live" classes they actually attended/watched, to correlate with their response re: whether these were effective?
• For our class, "finish the course" = "complete final project"....
• Also ask whether they plan to continue using/studying Copyright, Creative Commons, Wikipedia now that course is completed?
• Thank you :)

= List of questions (draft 2) =

1. Country
2. Role
3. [ ] Educator (primary-secondary/K-12)
4. [ ] Educator (post-secondary)
5. [ ] Librarian or resource staff
6. [ ] Instructional designer
7. [ ] Student
8. [ ] Other, please specify:

4.  Which course did you take? (If you took multiple, select only one and answer the survey for that specific course. You may take the survey again for additional courses.) 

• [ ] Copyright 4 Educators (US) 
• [ ] Copyright 4 Educators (AUS)
• [ ] Creative Commons for K-12 Educators 
• [ ] Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond 
• What was your reason for participating in this course?
• How well would you say you understood _(Copyright, Creative Commons, Wikipedia)_ before taking this course? (likert scale)
• How well do you understand _(Copyright, Creative Commons, Wikipedia)_ now? (likert scale)
• Course assignments for each week were easy to locate and clearly described. (’1? not at all easy and ’5? very easy to  find).
• Projects and/or assignments were aligned with the learning objectives described for the course. (likert scale)
• Course material was interesting and engaging
• I spent the following number of hours on average each week on course activities (range of hours: less than 1 hour, 1-2 hours, 3-4 hours, 5 or more hours)
• If your course had "live virtual meetings (eg. webinars, Google hangouts), what % of them did you attend? 
  1. Were they effective in communicating the course concepts and content? (’1? not at  all effective and ’5? very effective, also field for n/a)
• What course tool(s) (including communication related) did you find the most useful?
• Using multiple places to host course content and assignments was ('1' confusing; '2' fine; '3' effective; '4' other: )
• My course organizer was involved in the course through ( '1' announcements, discussion forums, and individual communication)
  1. The facilitation method most helpful for me was… 
  2. Rate your organizer's involvement (likert scale)
• The organizer provided meaningful and timely feedback on assignments. (likert scale)
• I interacted with and learned from my peers (1 - not at all, 5 - X times)
  1. Did you meet anyone in particular that helped you alot or that you admired? Share your story here: 
• What were you surprised by in the course?
• What did you like least about the course? 
• Did you finish the course/complete the final project? 
  • [ ] Yes.
  • [ ] No. I was not able to finish the course because: 
• Would you recommend this course to others?
  • [ ] Yes
  • [ ] No. Why not?: 
• What other courses would you like to see as part of School of Open?
  • If you are interested in creating this course, email schoolofopen@p2pu.org or join https://groups.google.com/group/school-of-open
• I have a better understanding of "open" now that I have taken this course. (likert scale)
• Do you plan to continue using and or learning about copyright, Creative Commons, or Wikipedia now that the course is completed?
• Do you have any other feedback? If you would like to pat your facilitator on the back, leave a thank you note here.

= List of questions (draft 1) =

About the participant (demographics)

1. Country
2. Are you an educator? [I'd scrap this, unless you have a specific question related to profession, in which case I'd give options that let you test it]
   1. If so, who and what do you teach?
   2. If not, what do you do for a living?
3. Level of 'conventional' education
   1. Completed high-school
   2. Completed some level of higher-education

4. Which course did you take? (If you took multiple, select only one and answer the survey for that specific course. You can add addiitonal comments at the end). 

• [ ] Copyright 4 Educators (US) 
• [ ] Copyright 4 Educators (AUS)
• [ ] Creative Commons for K-12 Educators 
• 
  
• [ ] Writing Wikipedia Articles: The Basics and Beyond 

5. What was your reason for participating in this course?

Specific to "open"

1. How well would you say you understood _(insert topic specific to course, eg. copyright or CC)_ before taking this course? 
   1. Likert scale
   2. If yes, explain what they are in your own words. [this seems like a "test" - I'd not want to answer this. why are we asking this question?]
2. How well do you understand _(insert topic specific to course, eg. copyright or CC)_ now that you have taken the course?
   1. [should this be a likert scale/self-rating (1-10)?]
3. Rate your understanding of "open"
   1. Likert
4. What did you like best about the course? week or topic did you find the most interesting/learn the most? [I like asking about things people are excited about, but this will be very different from course to course. Hard to analyze the responses.]
5. What did you like least about the course? 
6. What questions do you still have?

Course organization and facilitation
PS: I'd do this section as one red/yellow/green (and take away some of the details questions). A lot of these questions are really hard to answer and you'll get fuzzy data.

1. Was the course well organized? (Yes; No; Yes, but ___) The coursework that I needed to complete for each week was easy to locate and clearly described. (’1? not at all easy and ’5? very easy to find).
2. The projects and/or assignments were aligned with the learning objectives described for the course. (Likert  scale)
3. Was the course well paced? (Yes; No; Yes, but ___)  I  spent the following number of hours on average each week on  the course  activities, including reading, working on assignments,  watching  lectures and taking exams/quizzes. (range of hours i.e. 10 to  12, etc. –  4 options)
4. The virtual meetups and/or video recordings were effective in communicating the course concepts and content. (’1? not at all effective and ’5? very effective) - also number for n/a
5. The course organizer’s involvement in the course through class  discussion forums, individual communication or professor news board  posts was… (Likert scale)
6. The organizer provided meaningful and timely feedback on assignments.
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7. Do you feel like you learned from your peers? (Yes/No) I interacted with my peers (1 not at all 5 frequently)
   1. If not, how do you suggest this could be improved?
8. Did you join a synchronous webinar/hangout? Why or why not.. 
9. What communicational tool(s) did you find most useful in this course? 

General

1. What did you expect to get out of or learn coming into the course? 
2. Would you say you expectations were (met; exceeded; not met; met, but ___) - I learned what I came for (1 no 3 yes 5 I learned more than I ever imagined!)
3. Would you recommend this course to others? (Yes/No)
   1. If not, why?
4. What other courses would you like to see as part of School of Open? [PS: I like this]
   1. Are you interested in creating this course, or co-creating it with others?
5. Did you finish the course? 
   1. If yes, what made you stick with the course?
   2. If no, what prevented you from finishing?
6. Do you have any other feedback? If you would like to pat your facilitator on the back, leave a thank you note here.