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Entries Tagged as 'survey'

Finding: Social support vs Learning

May 30th, 2006 · Comments Off

One of the survey findings shows the learners’ perceptions of what online learning is useful for.
Q: “I feel that online learning is most useful for:”
- Learning (information, opinions) 85.1%
- Social communication (peer support) 14.9%
(Total Respondents [...]

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Tags: findings · learning · survey

Findings: Feedback online learners like

May 29th, 2006 · Comments Off

Is getting enough prompt and accurate feedback the single most important variable for improving learning online?
The following is a definitive answer recieved from a UHI learner for the tutor feedback question that I posted on the results page – What kind of feedback would learners like from their tutors and how quickly would they like [...]

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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

Analysing survey and interview data

May 9th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Starting to analyse the data from the UHI learner survey and follow up email interviews as well as the data from the email interview/survey completed by online course developers and facilitators sampled through CIDER.
The first task is to pull the information together in order to make meaningful observations and interpretations, and draw conclusions.
Survey monkey has [...]

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Tags: analysis · interview · survey