My survey’s link is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G332NVZ
There wasn’t any particular reason why I chose SurveyMonkey other than a colleague used this particular tool while working towards their doctorate. It seems pretty intuitive. I am a big fan of randomization tools and in order to use question randomization, I needed to upgrade to pro. There are other tools provided when there is an upgrade, but I’ll let someone else pay for that one.
I would use this type of survey at the start of the course to give me and the students a sense of what their knowledge is on the subject. Let’s take for example the question on the survey about ceiling fans. They serve a dual purpose. Not only it cools/heats an area, it circulates the air. An individual may investigate this question about energy cost ($). In regards to the opinionated questions, this provides me an idea of the class mindset. Surveys in general seek this.
I sort of do this at the start of both my Residential wiring classes. At the beginning of the course I show images, ask them to write down what they see could be wrong (thank you EC&M). This is not a graded activity. At the conclusion of the course, we go over the answers they wrote. At that time they can witness their improvements (or stagnation).
These surveys, polls (ex. Polleverywhere) are readily available to us (anyone). With this easy access, we can monitor the type of students and possibly use tools to cater towards their thinking. Another advantage is anonymity. Surveys taken in F2F settings may be skewed (teacher’s eval from students), at least more than in an OL environment.
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