CRBFEH Distance Learning Project BOCES DL Aide Assistant

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project BOCES DL Aide - Assistant Survey Distance Learning Program 2004 – 2005 School Year . . Support Quality. Access

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project DL Aide - Assistant Survey 2004 – 2005 School Year 2. What did you like about the Distance Learning experience? ___________________________________ Very cooperative teachers and interesting classes. ______________________________________________________________________ Interacting with the other schools. ______________________________________________________________________ It is a very good way to bring electives into our school. It allowed the students to take ___________________________________ courses they would not have had the opportunity to take. ______________________________________________________________________ It offered a greater variety of educational opportunities and opportunities to meet new ___________________________________ people. ______________________________________________________________________ It provided a chance for our students to take poetry which is not offered at our school. ___________________________________ In addition, the students were exposed to a “Master Teacher” who truly loves the ___________________________________ subject matter she teaches. ______________________________________________________________________ I enjoyed the teachers and the other students from different schools. ______________________________________________________________________ I think it is an excellent way for us to interact with other schools. I enjoy the diversity ___________________________________ of classes that can be offered to the students. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project DL Aide - Assistant Survey 2004 – 2005 School Year 3. What did you dislike about the Distance Learning experience? Class time is a bit short, especially since we do not always have the same days off. ______________________________________________________________________ Our system was new this year so we had many minor technical problems. Although ___________________________________ the BOCES staff was very helpful. ______________________________________________________________________ One particular teacher seemed to greatly favor the students at her school and the ___________________________________ other remote site. Our students always felt second rate. “Her students” could chit-chat ___________________________________ but if one of our students asked another student a question she was all over them. I ___________________________________ had no problems with any other instructors. ______________________________________________________________________ Some students are not held accountable at receiving schools. ______________________________________________________________________ Schools not having the same starting times. ______________________________________________________________________ There was no time to talk to the teacher privately. ______________________________________________________________________ Our students had to travel [4 hours] to the host site for lab work. ______________________________________________________________________ My school did not arrange for training before I was put into class. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project DL Aide - Assistant Survey 2004 – 2005 School Year 4. Did you feel comfortable calling the DL toll free number for technical support? ______________________________________________________________________ All those who responded said , “Yes, I did. ” ______________________________________________________________________ Comments: ______________________________________________________________________ Always ______________________________________________________________________ Very comfortable. The support is extremely good and reliable. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project DL Aide - Assistant Survey 2004 – 2005 School Year 5. Were you satisfied with the assistance of the BOCES support team? ______________________________________________________________________ All responded , “Yes, I was satisfied. ” ______________________________________________________________________ Comments: ______________________________________________________________________ Yes – very much so. Thanks! ______________________________________________________________________ They always were very pleasant and helped greatly with any problems. ______________________________________________________________________ Very comfortable as well. They are very nice and very understanding. ______________________________________________________________________ They made you feel like no question is stupid. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project DL Aide - Assistant Survey 2004 – 2005 School Year 6. What changes would you offer to improve the DL program? ______________________________________________________________________ Provide all schools with DVD players to stay up on technology. ______________________________________________________________________ Have all schools come on at the same time for the same course. ______________________________________________________________________ _[I wish my school had arranged] training for me as the aide. ______________________________________________________________________ Better scheduling between schools. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access

CRB/FEH Distance Learning Project DL Aide - Assistant Survey 2004 – 2005 School Year 7. General Comments ______________________________________________________________________ This year I feel that there was one class that didn’t receive what they could have ___________________________________ from the instructor. It seemed as though the instructor assumed that they knew a ___________________________________ lot more than they did. ______________________________________________________________________ The host teacher was not able to explain well or keep our students attention. ______________________________________________________________________ I think that you should review limits on the number of students to ensure small ___________________________________ class size. Twelve students can be too many in these rooms. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program . . Support Quality. Access