IT-201 Podcast Survey |
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This optional survey has 22 brief questions and will take about 7 minutes to complete. By answering these questions, you'll help us to refine the Information Technology Workbook and podcasts associated with it as an economical alternative to expensive textbooks for use in IT-201, Introduction to Information Systems. Answers to all questions are optional. Responses to this survey are anonymous, it is not possible for the instructors who will view these responses to identify who submitted a response. |
| 1. Did you work at a job during the term you took IT-201? |
Yes
No
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| 2. In what age category were you when you took IT-201? |
Under 24 years old
24 years old or older
I prefer not to state my age category
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| 3. What is your gender? |
Female
Male
I prefer not to state my gender
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| 4. How much time did you spend studying outside of class each week for IT-201? |
Less than 2 hours
2 to 5 hours
More than 5 hours
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| 5. What percentage of your IT-201 study time did you spend using a desktop computer? |
None
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
More than 50%
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| 6. What percentage of your IT-201 study time did you spend using a portable laptop or notebook computer? |
None
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
More than 50%
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| 7. What percentage of your IT-201 study time did you spend reading (workbook or web link reading)? |
None
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
More than 50%
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| 8. What percentage of your IT-201 study time did you spend listening to the IT Workbook podcasts? |
None
Less than 25%
25% to 50%
More than 50%
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| 9. In what ways did you use the podcasts? (choose as many as apply): |
To go over material before reading it
Before a class session to get ready for a topic
After the class lecture on a given topic
While reading the matching printed material in the workbook
For review before a quiz or exam
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| 10. Where and when did you listen to the podcasts? (choose as many as apply): |
On public transportation (bus, 'el, Metra)
In a college study area like a lounge or library
At home
While driving
While riding a bicycle
While walking
While jogging or exercising
While watching television
While babysitting
While knitting
While doing something else
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| 11. How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: "The podcasts I listened to helped me understand and remember facts and concepts" |
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| 12. How much do you agree or disagree with this statement: "The podcasts I listened to helped me perform better on quizzes" |
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| 13. I think the best length for a podcast is about: |
Less than 5 minutes
5 to 10 minutes
Up to 15 minutes
As long as is needed to cover the topic
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| 14. Which podcast recording voice did you find clearest and easiest to understand? |
Human voice (the instructor)
Human voice (a person other than instructor)
Software-generated male voice ("Daniel")
Software-generated female voice ("Callie")
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| 15. The podcasts you listened to began with a short piece of music, which stopped when the voice began. Would you prefer to have music continue in the background throughout the podcast? |
No
Yes
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| 16. How frequently during the term did you listen to podcasts on a desktop or laptop computer? |
Never
Less than 5 times in the term
At least once a week
Many times a week
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| 17. How frequently during the term did you listen to podcasts on a portable .mp3 sound player (of any type)? |
Never
Fewer than 5 times in the term
At least once a week
Many times a week
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| 18. What kind of portable .mp3 sound player did you use the most? |
None
Apple iPod
Apple Nano
Apple Shuffle
SanDisk
Creative
IRiver
Other brand/model
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| 19. Is the type of portable .mp3 sound player you used the most capable of showing photographic images? |
No
Yes
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| 20. How much more would you be inclined to pay for the workbook in order for it to include all podcasts on a CD/ROM as .mp3 files, ready for loading to a computer or portable .mp3 sound player? |
Nothing, a CD/ROM would not be helpful to me
$1 more would be fair
$2 more would be fair
$3 more would be fair
Under $5 more would be fair
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| 21. Did the Information Technology Workbook podcasts meet with your expectations as learning materials? |
No
Yes
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| 22. What suggestions, if any, would you like to provide for making the podcasts more useful to students such as yourself? |
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