Course Evaluation Form
(mailed to participants via email)

 

1. GENERAL

1.1. What did you enjoy most about this course, and why?

1.2. What did you enjoy least about this course, and why?

1.3. How would you change the course to improve it, to make it more relevant to your needs?

 

2. COURSE CONTENT/SYLLABUS

2.1. Which assignment did you enjoy most, and why?

2.2. Which assignment did you enjoy least, and why?

2.3. What new skills did you learn to complete the assignments?

2.4. What resources (WWW, manuals, instructor, other students) did you use most frequently for each of the new skills you acquired?

2.5. What resources or other support materials were missing, if any?

2.6. Please describe the balance between the discussions of curriculum- and classroom-related issues and tool-related issues. Would you include more or less discussions of any of the issues in future courses?

2.7. What more wide-ranging issues related to digital photography would you like to discuss in more detail (censorship on the Net, etc.)?

2.8. What other on-line courses would you like to see offered?

2.9. How could classroom students be included into an on-line course?

2.10. Please comment on the length of the course and the time available for each assignment. What assignments would you like to see incorporated into future courses?

 

3. TECHNICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

3.1. Please describe any technological difficulties you encountered during the course. What didn't work? What worked? (submission of your photos, etc.)

3.2. How important and useful were the following features in terms of providing you with an opportunity to communicate with others, to engage in a collaborative dialogue/conversation, and to build a sense of community? What would you change about the features, if anything?

a. general information on the ACOTNet Web site (syllabus, resources, member data base, etc.);

b. discussion boards (posting your photos and reflections, as well as other participants' comments, etc.);

c. chats (GlobalChat <--> RoundTable, format of the chats, banners, etc.)

 

4. MISCELLANEOUS

4.1. How would you describe a course like this to prospective students?

4.2. Would you be interested in participating in future courses as an assistant or instructor? What expertise would you be able to bring to the course?

4.3. What were the three most valuable things you learned for classroom use, and how will you be able to utilize what you learned into your daily curriculum?

4.4. If you are already a member of a group of photography teachers (local and/or on-line through list serves, etc.), how was this experience different? What were you able to get out of this experience you wouldn't have been able to get otherwise?

4.5. How might teachers go about communicating the value of this type of course/teacher training to administrators and Boards of Education?

4.6. How much would you be willing to pay for a course like this?

4.7. Anything else you would like to share with us?