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Use of Synchronous Tools in Online Teaching and Learning

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Launch Date  03/21/2004 6:40PM
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This survey is designed to canvas attidudes on the importance or otherwise of synchronous interaction in online courses. If you are not an advocate of synchronous interaction you have less questions to answer - just skip the ones that don't apply.

    
1. How important is synchronous interaction in online courses?

Unimportant


8

10%
Important
44 54%
Very Important
30 37%
  82 100%

    
2. If you have ever been an online student, did you make use of synchronous interaction in any online course?

no


11

16%
yes, a bit
31 46%
yes, regularly
25 37%
  67 100%

    
3. If you have ever been an online teacher, did you make use of synchronous interaction in any online course?

no


9

14%
yes, a bit
31 48%
yes, regularly
25 38%
  65 100%

    
4. If you answered yes to either of questions 2 or 3, did you use synchronous interactions for any of the following:

one on one communications


37

50%
small group work
43 58%
whole class meeting
35 47%
whole class instruction
16 22%
all of the above
15 20%
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Other, Please Specify
8 11%

    
5. Which synchronous tools have you used in online classes as a teacher or student?

Text Chat


66

90%
Voice Chat
27 37%
Instant Messaging
35 48%
Virtual Classrooms (eg Talking Communities, HorizonLive, Elluminate, Centra, etc)
27 37%

    
6. If you were a teaching or studying online in the future which synchronous tools (if any) would you recommend be used in the course?

Text chat


58

73%
Voice chat
51 64%
Instant Messaging
47 59%
Virtual Classrooms (eg Talking Communities, HorizonLive, Elluminate, Centra, etc)
52 65%
None
1 1%

    
7. If you think synchronous interactions ARE IMPORTANT in online classes please say why. (You can give 1, 2, 3, or 4 reasons.)
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75 Responses

    
8. If you think synchronous interactions ARE NOT IMPORTANT in online classes please say why not. (You can give 1, 2, 3, or 4 reasons.)
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10 Responses

    
9. Which synchronous tools do you consider to be the most useful?
1
not useful at all
2
no opinion/neutral
3
useful
4
very useful
1. Text Chat 3%
2
9%
7
56%
45
33%
26
2. Voice Chat 9%
7
12%
9
48%
37
31%
24
3. Instant Messaging 7%
5
20%
15
43%
33
30%
23
4. Virtual Classrooms 1%
1
20%
14
37%
26
41%
29
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10. Are there any further comments you'd like to make about the use of synchronous tools in online teaching and learning, or about this survey?
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42 Responses

    
11. Thanks for taking the time to complete this survey. May I contact you to follow-up on your answers to this survey?

yes


67

84%
no
13 16%
  80 100%

    
12. If you answered "yes" above, please provide your name and contact information.
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68 Responses

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