EDER 671, Lecture 20 (Jacobsen, Spring 2001) - Course Evaluation

Thank you for your participation in this course. I am grateful that you are taking the time to respond to my request for information about your experience in the course and the graduate program. Your feedback will help me to improve the quality of my teaching, and the organization and design of EDER 671. -Michele


Please fill in the blanks or check the appropriate choice(s). For questions involving a scale of responses, please read each statement and then check the response which best shows what you think.

NOTE: If there are any questions you feel uncomfortable with, please skip them and move on to the next item.

1. How many courses have you taken in the Distance Graduate Program?
2. Clarity of course objectives and expectations:
3. Rate your level of agreement that the stated and implied objectives of the course were reflected in the methodologies used to teach the course.
4. To what extent do you agree that the problems and topics addressed in this course relevant and based on real world issues?
5. Usefulness of course content to your personal or professional needs:
6. Quality of required course materials (i.e., online readings, textbooks):
7. Quality of web-based course materials:
8. Usefulness of in-class discussion:
9. How would you rank the usefulness of each of the course assignments to your learning?
a. Electronic Portfolio: Publish responses to readings on a web site
b. Email/CMC discussions
c. Class summary/interpretations
d. Review of TLT Websites
e. Final project proposal
f. Final project
10.  To what extent do you agree that students were engaged in learning for this course?
11. Grading was fair and consistent:
12. Feedback about the quality of my work was useful, timely, relevant
13. The course content was at about the right level of difficulty:
14. Instructor's knowledge level:
15. Instructor's teaching style:
16. Instructorís responses to questions were clear and complete:
17. Instructor was considerate and courteous:
18.  Was the course more teacher-centered (TC) or student-centered (SC)?
19. I was able to interact with the instructor (communicate, question and exchange ideas) as much as I wanted or needed to:
20. I was able to interact with fellow students (communicate, question and exchange ideas) as much as I wanted or needed to:
21. I would take another course with this instructor:
22. When I began this course, I was worried about the delivery method:
23. At this point in the course, I am comfortable with the delivery method:
24. I like this delivery method because it gives me flexibility in my studies (e.g., time, place, location). 
25. If this course was not offered in this delivery method, I would be unable to enroll in  it.
26. This course requires taking more personal responsibility for learning than does a conventional on-campus course:
27. What is the average length of time you use your computer each week (for any purpose, including viewing EDER 671 Course Web site)?
28.  On average, how often do you use a WWW browser (for any purpose, including viewing EDER 671 Course Web site)? 
29. How often did you access other student's web pages (for any purpose)?
30. On average, the amount of time required for this course was more than that required for a traditional classroom course:
31. Overall Course Rating:

Please click your mouse in the text fields below to type your responses to the following open-ended questions.

Please comment on the value of online and textual resources chosen for this course. Do you believe that these resources should be required in future offerings of this course?

When it was your turn to post a summary of our class session, a) what methods did you use to record and transcribe the interaction and discussion, and b) approximately how long did it take?

A variety of discussion formats were used in this course: a) an open format in which everybody could participate, b) a small group format in which students were split into separate discussion groups, c) panel discussion with guest speaker(s), d) classic debate, and e) round robin in which everybody takes turns contributing. Please comment on the discussion format(s) that you believe worked best, and those that did not.

Comment on whether you believe the course materials taught a) specific skills and knowledge, or b) served to stimulate discussion and debate of relevant issues to foster an understanding of the use of technology as a thinking tool?

Comment on whether you believe that students are evaluated on their retention of facts or on their ability to demonstrate the ability to construct knowledge:

Have you had any problems taking this course (e.g., complications with admissions, inconvenient time, technical troubles, delay in receiving mailed materials)? If yes, please be specific about the problem and its impact.

On average, how many hours per week did you spend working on this course? Please estimate, for example, time spent travelling to and from class, time spent in class, time spent reading the textbooks, writing responses, composing the summary of class discussion, participating in group work, completing assignments and the final project, constructing and uploading HTML documents, and any other course related tasks.

What changes to the technology requirements, if any, do you think are needed? Please give specific examples.


Major strengths of the class:

Recommended improvements for the class:

Are there any other questions, and your comments, that you would like to have seen on this questionnaire?

When you have completed all of the survey items above, please submit your responses by clicking on "Submit Responses" below.


Thank you!! I know it was a looooong questionnaire. I appreciate your valuable feedback! When I have received all of the surveys, I will summarize the results and send each of you a copy. -Michele

Created by Michele Jacobsen, April 1999; Edited June 2001