Summary of Survey Results: Faculty Survey for Targeting Technology Training Priorities (October 2007)

Forty-five people took the survey, which a response rate that exceeds 40 percent. There was good representation from all programs.

• Jump to Results for General (Basic) Questions (below)
• Jump to Results for Training Questions (below)

Results from Basic Questions:

Question #3. Have you used a course management system (CMS)?

• No: 12 people
• Yes: 33 people (Check all that apply: 22 WebCT/WebVista; 14 Moodle; 6 other)

Question #4. Are you planning on using a CMS in your teaching? If so, when? (Check all that apply).

Question #5. If you are using (or are planning to use) a course management system in your teaching, how would you use it?

• For management/tracking in a traditional classroom setting = 14 people
• To put portions of a course online = 29 people
• For a completely online course = 18 people

Question #6. Have you developed/delivered a course (or courses) where online activities replaced classroom seat time?

• Yes = 28 people (62%)
• No = 17 (38%)

Question #7. If you have taught online, how would you describe your course(s)? (Check all that apply).

• Results were spread across all types of online delivery: totally online, to supplemented with online, to some seat time replaced by online.
• We lack a precise or clear definition or accepted terminology of delivery system differences (i.e., hybrid, blended, partially online, etc.)

Results from Training Questions:

Table 1. Tool Proficiency (self-reported ratings)

Table 2. Tally of Comments ("yes" indicates an interest in training)

• Our greatest need for training, according to this survey, is for the course management systems (Moodle and WebVista) and streaming audio/video.
• Dreamweaver, eGradebook, and ePortfolio training also rank quite high.

• The number of partially online and entirely online courses is somewhat surprising.
• On the flip side, proficiency ratings on the various tools (including Moodle and WebVista) are lower than expected.
• There is room for a lot of training on these tools. A comparison of proficiency to interest in training will help with planning of training.