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Blended Learning Spaces Questionnaire
Kanda University of International Studies, ELI

 

Thank you for coming to the BLS online questionnaire website. Your thoughtful responses will greatly help us to determine how the the BLSs are currently being used by teachers and will help us offer future workshops on various aspects of BLS and KALLS use. This information will help us recommend ways to incorporate technology into KUIS's language classrooms and develop online language learning resources.

The information that you provide will be kept confidential and no reports of this research will ever include your name. We ask for your name to look up your class information and to give you some small compensation for the time you've taken to fill out this questionnaire; however, if you feel more comfortable, you do not have to tell us your name.

If you have any questions regarding this questionnaire, please contact either:

Michael Fitzgerald (office 6-210, 043-273-1382, mafjrcall@yahoo.com) or
Christine Rosalia (office 6-208, 043-273-1359, rosalia@kanda.kuis.ac.jp).


Section 1: Computer Experience

 

Your name:

 

1. How would you describe your word processing skills? (please click one)

Excellent. I can do most anything I like using tables, text, pictures and page layout. I can make my page look exactly as I want through formatting commands and menus.
Good. I can do almost anything I like, but sometimes need help moving objects to where I want them on the page or in using tables. I can insert special text and pictures.
Fair. I can usually manipulate given documents, but have trouble producing my own.
Poor. When I want to add a picture, graph, table, or special text, I cut and paste manually (with scissors and glue).

2. Have you ever designed a functioning website containing links to other websites or documents? (click one)

More than twice Once Never

 

If you have designed a web page, when did you design your latest web page(s)? (click one)

Over 2 years ago Within the last 2 years

If you have designed a web page, how did you design your web page(s)? (click all that apply)

I wrote the HTML code myself. I used a WYSIWYG program (i.e. Dreamweaver, FrontPage…)
I used an online template (i.e. Yahoo, Excite, Moodle/KALLS). I asked someone to design it for me.
Other (please specify)

 

3. Do you use a computer at home? (click one)

Yes No

If yes, do you have home Internet access? (click one)

Yes

No

If you do not have access from home, would you like to have access? (click one)

Yes No

 

4. Have you ever: (click all that apply)

Taken an online course (as a student or for professional development)

 Done simultaneous chat
Posted or replyed to a discussion board Sent documents or files as attachments
Commented to and edited electronic text on screen Edited a document online simultaneously with someone (file sharing)
Used Track Changes in Microsoft Word Found research materials online (articles and studies)
Earned a degree through distance education Used a web-camera to talk with people online
Down- or uploaded files from peer-to-peer networks Recorded audio clips
Listened to live online audio or video  


5. Have you ever used online materials in your teaching (websites, search engines, downloads, etc.)? (click one)

Yes No

If yes, please tell us what sorts of materials you have used and how you have used them in your classes. (please describe)

 

6. Have you ever designed online course materials? (click one)

Yes No

If yes, please describe the typed of materials you have designed.

 

If you have designed online materials, how much time and effort did it take to produce those materials?

Quick and easy. It wasn't difficult and I wouldn't hesitate in doing it again. It didn't take much more time than similar print-based materials would take to produce.
Not so time consuming but somewhat difficult. I wouldn't mind doing it again, but it wasn't really very easy. I could have used some help.
Time consuming but pretty simple. The materials were pretty easy to design, but they took more time than similar print-based materials would take to produce.
A long and difficult process. It took far more time than designing similar print-based materials and it was pretty difficult too. I probably wouldn't do it again.
Other. Please explain:

 

If you have not designed online materials, which item most closely describes your expectations? (please select one or describe in "other")

Quick and easy. It will be as easy as making similar print-based materials.
Time consuming, but as easy or only somewhat more difficult than making similar print-based materials.
Time consuming and much more difficult than making similar print-based materials.
There is no way I could produce online materials without professional help.
Other. Please explain:

 

Section 2: Current uses of the BLSs

7. How often (on average) each week do you use the BLSs? (please fill in a number)
time(s) per week

8. Which classes and levels do you have in the BLSs? (please fill in class title and mark their year)

Class title Class year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year
1st year   2nd year   3rd and/or 4th year


Are there any classes that you do not have in the BLSs that you wish you did? (please tell the class name and why)


9. Do you use other KUIS computer facilities besides the BLSs? (please mark with and how often)

Location Frequency of use so far this semester
Building 4 laptop computer room Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times
Building 3 CPU 1 & CPU 2 Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times
KELP room Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times
Media Plaza classrooms Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times
SALC workstations Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times
MPR rooms Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times
Other (please specify): Once or twice   3-5 times   more than 5 times

 

10. When you have your classes in the BLSs, how often do you students use the computers? (select one)

More than 75% of the time   50-75% of the time  25-50% of the time   0-25% of the time

Could you give examples of online tasks/activities that you have given to your students using the computers? (please give up to 3 examples)

 

Could you give examples of offline tasks/activities that you have given to your students using the computers? (please give up to 3 examples)

 

11. When you have your classes in the BLSs, how often are you using the teacher's computer but students are not using their laptops? (select one)

More than 75% of the time   50-75% of the time  25-50% of the time   0-25% of the time


12. How would you like to use the BLSs in the teaching of your classes? (please explain)

 

13. What would you like to know how to do in the BLSs that you're currently not able to do? (please explain)

 

14. What are some reasons for not using the computers in your BLS classes? (give as many examples as you can)

 

15. Do you ever assign homework that requires students to use computers? (please check)

Yes No

If yes, please give examples of assignments you have given requiring computers. (fill in blanks)


16. How do you think the BLSs encourage or discourage learning? (please provide examples)

 

17. How do the BLSs encourage or discourage teaching? (please provide examples)

 

Section 3: KALLS (Moodle)

 

18. Do you know how to access KALLS?

Yes No

If you use KALLS, how do you use it? (check all that apply)

To share materials with my research committee To post student materials/course information
For students to post materials For student discussions
For student surveys For student quizzes
For student journals For student peer-editing
To provide feedback to students To post website links
To post pictures/graphics To post audio files
To view other teachers' materials To team teach
For material storage Others (please specify):

19. Which of the above aspects of KALLS would you like more information or a workshop on? (please specify from the above list)

 

20. Please use the space below if you have any other comments, questions, or suggestions relating the BLSs, uses of computers KUIS, or KALLS.

 

Thank you very much for your time!