Distance Education Survey

Distance Education Survey
Developing Effective E-Learning for the World Wide Web

 

The following survey is derived from the works of Roger C. Schank, Ph.D.,
in his book "Designing World-Class E-Learning". The survey is designed to gauge the relative importance
of various E-Learning design and delivery principles to students enrolled in George Washington University's
EDUC265 "Developing World Wide Web Materials for Education"

  • Please rate the following Ten Powerful Design and Delivery Principles.
  • Click one of the radio buttons (1 through 9) for each principle (1 being total agreement with the statement, 9 being total disagreement with the statement).
  • Enter any amplifying comments based on your experience in the boxes provided below each section of the form.

  • To E-Mail your results, click on the Submit Form button at the bottom of the page.

  • Note: Select Yes in any Alert Boxes that may appear.

Demographic Data

Are you a Teacher/Instructor?            If yes, where do you teach?

Which grade do you primarily teach?      How long have you taught?

Age:           Sex:               Email Address (optional):

Which subjects have you taught? (Check all that apply):

Mathematics     Language Arts    History     Social Studies      Reading      Other(s)

1. Emotions
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  You remember best what you feel the most. Intense feelings stick with people; anything that packs an emotional or visceral punch imprints itself on your mind.
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2. Intelligence
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  Dumb students/trainees aren't born...they're made.
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3. Delivery of Training
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  Deliver Training Just in Time (or when a learner has just failed and really needs help).
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4. Failure
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  Failure can teach just about anything.
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5. Self-Instruction
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  You will teach yourself better than the world's best trainer. Teachers tend to think that they are more important to the learning process than they actually are. People naturally teach themselves.
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6. Memorization vs. Experience
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  Memorization without corresponding experience is worthless.
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7. Options
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  When designing an E-learning system, it is always best to include every possible option. This must be done because there are no such thing as different learning styles -- just different personalities. Simulations must give people options, recognizing that one individual will be confident and willing to try anything while another will be cautions and want to know reasons for taking a particular step.
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8. First Impressions
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  You should open any E-learning course that you develop with a BANG! Make your course immediately involving and fun.
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9. Experts
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  Students/trainees should be learning from the world's BEST. Capturing and integrating experts into a computer simulation or simply creating a database of expertise is something every organization can do.
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10. Simulation-based E-Learning
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  Simulation-based E-learning is best suited to large training populations.
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