CRBFEHQuestar III BOCES Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey
CRB/FEH/Questar III BOCES Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Distance Learning Program 2008– 2009 School Year Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey 2008– 2009 School Year 32 CRB / FEH / Questar III DL Teacher Survey Responses Were Received Numbers of first time and veteran DL Teacher Survey Responses BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey 2008– 2009 School Year Section A Technical BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 1. I was able to clearly see all of my students at remote site(s). Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 2. I was able to clearly hear students and teacher aides at remote site(s). Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 3. Students at remote sites were able to hear me. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 3. Students at remote sites were able to hear me. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain **Student response* From remote site perspective 12% 10% 78% * Re: Hearing teachers, aides and students. BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 4. The materials displayed over the network were clearly seen by students. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 5. I felt comfortable using room equipment. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 6. The room design was adequate for my teaching purposes. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 7. I was satisfied with the technical support I received in dealing with network difficulties. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Technical 2008– 2009 School Year 8. Technically, the distance learning system performed well this year. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey 2008– 2009 School Year Section A Learning Environment BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Environment 2008– 2009 School Year 1. I could interact with individual students as often as I wanted. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Environment 2008– 2009 School Year 2. My interaction and rapport with students at remote sites was comparable to students at my home site. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Environment 2008– 2009 School Year 3. The distance learning system provides an effective way to teach classes. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey 2008– 2009 School Year Section A Overall Program BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 1. The system for transferring assignments between sites was adequate. Teacher Response Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 1. The system for transferring assignments between sites was adequate. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Teacher Response Uncertain **Student response* from remote site perspective 7% 7% 86% * From CRB/FEH/Q 3 DL student survey. BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 2. We had little trouble making up missed classes when necessary. Teacher Response Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 2. We had little trouble making up missed classes when necessary. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain Teacher Response N/A **Student response* from remote site perspective 14% 22% 16% 48% * From CRB/FEH/Q 3 DL student survey. BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 3. The overall coordination of the project was effective. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 4. I would teach another course on the distance learning network. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 5. I would recommend taking courses on the distance learning network to students at my school. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 6. I would recommend teaching courses on the network to colleagues. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year 7. Overall, I am satisfied with the experience I have had teaching via DL this year. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year * First Year Instructors Who Responded* 1. The training I received prior to teaching on the distance learning system prepared me well for teaching in the DL environment. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Overall 2008– 2009 School Year * First Year Instructors Who Responded* 2. Teaching via distance learning has lived up to my expectations. Agree / Strongly Agree Disagree / Strongly Disagree Uncertain BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey 2008– 2009 School Year Section B Teacher Comments BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 1. What are the strengths of distance Learning? ___________________________________ Offering new and challenging classes to schools that may otherwise not have that ___________________________________ class due to budget or lack of a capable instructor. ______________________________________________________________________ Teachers can reach out to other districts to teach other kids that are interested in that ___________________________________ topic but the course isn't offered in their traditional school. ______________________________________________________________________ Meeting other students from other districts, learning the equipment / technology was ___________________________________ very beneficial. ______________________________________________________________________ Interaction with other students and schools for the student as well as the instructor. ______________________________________________________________________ Being able to use different forms of technology quickly. ______________________________________________________________________ Having additional classes that wouldn’t have been offered otherwise. ______________________________________________________________________ We got to meet people we wouldn't normally meet. ______________________________________________________________________ Allows for college credit courses in high schools. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 2. What are the weaknesses of Distance Learning? Timely redistribution of graded work took several days and could span over a 5 day ___________________________________ week. ______________________________________________________________________ Some schools have poor aides, some schools have good aides. The TA's are critical to ___________________________________ keep students on task and it is important to have good ones. ______________________________________________________________________ It is difficult to do outside projects but I have learned over the years how to get more ___________________________________ hands-on learning in. ______________________________________________________________________ It is a little more difficult to have that up close and personal rapport with students. It ___________________________________ is difficult to make up classes. It is very difficult to have school calendars which don't ___________________________________ match. This year, I lost something like 21 days of instruction ______________________________________________________________________ Our site is getting very old and needs to be overhauled. ______________________________________________________________________ Cell phone signals from students can interfere with the sound. ______________________________________________________________________ Missing classes with different schedules is hard to make up classes. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 3. What changes would you suggest for distance learning classes? Better, more up to date equipment. ______________________________________________________________________ Counselors need to be diligent about students they let into DL. Students with ___________________________________ challenging attitudes or significantly immature students should NOT be allowed to ___________________________________ participate as it reflects badly on the district and affects other students learning. ______________________________________________________________________ Often students are placed in the course for graduation credit not because they desire ___________________________________ to learn the topic. ______________________________________________________________________ It is a shame that field trips were forbidden by 2 of our sites. I think some wonderful ___________________________________ friendships could have developed had the students met in person. ______________________________________________________________________ Set aside extra time at the end of the year to make up class time missed. ______________________________________________________________________ It would be nice to meet twice a year with the students at a remote site. ______________________________________________________________________ It would be good to have computers in all DL classrooms. ______________________________________________________________________ Better training for the lab assistants at remote sites. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 4. Are there any outcomes from teaching this course that you had not expected? ___________________________________ It was easier than I thought. ______________________________________________________________________ I___________________________________ am more comfortable with the technology than I used to be. ___________________________________ New friendships with TA's at other schools. A better understanding about how other ___________________________________ school districts operate. ______________________________________________________________________ Yes, the laziness, tardiness and absenteeism of one of my connecting sites. ______________________________________________________________________ The difference in schedules ( vacations, exams ) takes away from total face to face ___________________________________ teaching time. ______________________________________________________________________ Major discipline problems with students. They were eventually taken out of the class. ___________________________________ Would have preferred they were taken out earlier. ______________________________________________________________________ I___________________________________ really enjoyed it and I didn't think I was going to! ___________________________________ There was an exceptional rapport among the students between the sites. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 5. Did you use any new instructional methods to effectively teach in the DL classroom? ______________________________________________________________________ Later in the year I began using some Power. Point presentations and slide shows and I ___________________________________ plan to use it more next year. Also many you tube clips to support instruction. ______________________________________________________________________ Media, blackboard, pictures and internet. ___________________________________ I___________________________________ tried to use the computers more, but the receiving school did not have the latest ___________________________________ generation of computers. My students found it very frustrating & (I think the system) ___________________________________ definitely has room for growth in this area. ______________________________________________________________________ I used Power. Point presentations a lot and hyperlinked videos/songs into them. I ___________________________________ think they were effective, students performed well on the follow up activities. ______________________________________________________________________ The Elmo equipment was very useful it allowed me to incorporate good visuals that ___________________________________ might not be on the internet or not as clear. ___________________________________ I___________________________________ used the Smart Board on the PC screen for the first time this year. The Elmo, BBC ___________________________________ programs, and DVD's also apart of the program. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 6. Did you use any other forms of communication with the students in addition to daily …. . . distance learning classroom instruction (such as e-mail or telephone)? ___________________________________ Students would call my answering machine with a French message, or would email me ___________________________________ home work from time to time. ______________________________________________________________________ Blackboard, and email are both very effective. ______________________________________________________________________ Blackboard is a life saver. ______________________________________________________________________ Communicated by email to TA's during class, so the students couldn’t see. Did spoken ___________________________________ exams over the phone. ______________________________________________________________________ E-mailing assignments and other information. ______________________________________________________________________ I visited both schools. Scotia had several visits where I taught there in addition to after ___________________________________ school review classes one day every week. ______________________________________________________________________ The phone to communicate with lab aide and emails occasionally. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 7 A. Did you visit your remote sites or arrange for them to visit you? Yes No There were 26 responses to this question. BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
CRB/FEH/Questar III Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey Comments 2008– 2009 School Year 7 B. What were the advantages / disadvantages to visiting your remote school(s)? Snow is the only disadvantage in area sites. Far away sites like Tupper Lake are an ___________________________________ impossibility to visit. ______________________________________________________________________ Visiting is necessary to really get to know your students. I'd suggest mandatory visits ___________________________________ during every quarter to each school. Otherwise it's too hard to get to know the kids [ ___________________________________ Well maybe because my course has them on the computer so much. ] ______________________________________________________________________ Budget constraints made this impossible this year, but next year it should be less of an ___________________________________ issue. ______________________________________________________________________ I did not, I think that I should have. ______________________________________________________________________ Yes, gave the opportunity to meet face to face. But students were pre-occupied with ___________________________________ my presence rather than listening to the material. ______________________________________________________________________ I visited with a guest speaker. ______________________________________________________________________ I did but not as often as I would like. It is great for everyone when you change host ___________________________________ sites and teach from another location. ______________________________________________________________________ BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality. Access. Support
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