True Learning

Online Journal keeping track of the ideas and development of my current research.

Entries Tagged as 'methodology'

Sharing the results

May 31st, 2006 · Comments Off

UHI Learner Survey
I have sorted the survey data into various files that show individual course results and have sent the specific data to the course leaders – for the following courses:
BA Child and Youth Studies
Bsc Environment & Heritage
Bsc Rural Development
BA Cultural Studies
BA Social Science
BA Health Studies/Health & Welfare/Rural Health
Bsc Natural Science
BA/Hnc Tourism
Hnc Working with Communities
There [...]

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Tags: findings · methodology · survey

Feedback question

May 24th, 2006 · Comments Off

One thing I forgot to ask about in the UHI How You Learn survey was about tutor feedback to discussion posts, assignments and email queries.
If I was to do the survey again, the question would be something like this:
What kind of feedback would learners like from their tutors and how quickly would they like to [...]

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Tags: methodology · research · survey

Surveys Completed

May 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off

HOW YOU LEARN SURVEY
The UHI learners survey was completed by 205 respondents – 90% female and 10% male – which reflects the general gender ratio of the online courses.
110 people answered the open question:
What would make learning online more enjoyable for you?
88 people also provided additional open-ended comments about online learning.
64 people have agreed to [...]

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Tags: methodology · survey

Conducting interviews by email

May 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

About 20% of the survey respondents who agreed to a follow up interview have completed the email interview I sent out. A few more have said that they will complete it when the exams and final assessments are over at the end of May.
To state the obvious: I have found email interviewing to be different [...]

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Tags: interview · methodology · research

Survey Launch

April 24th, 2006 · Comments Off

20 question survey was made available to UHI learners today via WebCT & Blackboard (including a request for interview participants). Here is the request that was posted on both VLE’s:
Survey: How You Learn Online
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Please take a little time to let us know your views about the way you like to learn online so that we [...]

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Tags: methodology · survey