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BOCES Distance Learning Program Quality Access Support . .

CRB Distance Learning Project Teacher Survey 2002 – 2003 School Year



20 Capital Region Distance Learning teachers responded to the survey.

182

First Time DLTeachers

Veteran DL Teachers

Numbers of first time and veteran DL Teachers



Section A

TechnicalTechnical



Agree / Strongly Agree

Disagree / Strongly Disagree

1. I was able to clearly see all of my students at remote site(s).

85%

15%

Technical

Uncertain



65%

35%

2. I was able to clearly hear students and teacher aides at remote site(s).



Technical



10%

90%

3. Students at remote sites were able to hear me.



Technical

Uncertain



10%

90%

Uncertain

Agree Disagree Uncertain

**Student response*From remote site

perspective13%

15%

72%



3. Students at remote sites were able to hear me.

Technical

* Re: Hearing teachers, aides and students.



4. The Materials displayed over the network were clearly seen by students.



5%

95%

Technical

Uncertain



5. I felt comfortable using room equipment.



95%

5%

Technical



10%5%

85%

6. The room design was adequate for my teaching purposes.

Technical


Disagree / Strongly DisagreeUncertain



7. I was satisfied with the technical support I received in dealing with network difficulties.

Agree / Strongly Agree5%

95%

Uncertain

Technical




8. Technically, the distance learning system performed well this year.


Uncertain15%

10%

75%

Technical



Section A

LearningLearningEnvironmentEnvironment




1. I could interact with individual students as often as I wanted.


Uncertain15%

15%

70%

Learning Environment




2. My interaction and rapport with students at remote sites was comparable to students at my home site.


Uncertain

30%

15%

55%




3. The distance learning system provides an effective way to teach classes.

20%

80%


Uncertain




Section A

OverallOverallProgramProgram



16%

5%

79%


1. The system for transferring assignments between sites was adequate.


Uncertain

Teacher Response

Overall Program



5%

79%

16%

1. The system for transferring assignments between sites was adequate.

Uncertain

Agree Disagree Uncertain

**Student response*from remote site

perspective12%

8%

80%


Teacher Response


* From CRB DL student survey.

Overall Program




2. We had little trouble making up missed classes when necessary.


Uncertain

26%

16%

58%

Teacher Response

Overall Program



13%

65%

22%


2. We had little trouble making up missed classes when necessary.

Uncertain


Teacher Response

Agree Disagree Uncertain n/a

**Student response*from remote site

perspective20%

17%

15%

48%

N/A

Overall Program

* From CRB DL Student Survey




3. The overall coordination of the project was effective.


Uncertain5%

16%

79%

Overall Program




Agree / Strongly Agree 11%

89%

Uncertain

4. I would teach another course on the distance learning network.

Overall Program





89%

Uncertain

5. I would recommend taking courses on the distance learning network to students at my school.

Overall Program





89%

Uncertain

6. I would recommend teaching courses on the network to colleagues.

Overall Program





83%

Uncertain

7. Overall, I am satisfied with the experience I have hadteaching via DL this year.

Overall Program





100%

Uncertain

* First Year Instructors *1. The training I received prior to teaching on the distance learning

system prepared me well for teaching in the DL environment.

Overall Program





Uncertain


* First Year Instructors *2. Teaching via distance learning has lived up to my expectations.

50%50%

Overall Program



Section B

TeacherTeacherCommentsComments



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Ability to teach courses with low enrollment. Increase breath of offerings in a school. Elmo provides great tool for note display.

I meet students I otherwise would not and they receive classes they might otherwise not.

Students from 3 schools became friends. Course offered to schools that wouldn't otherwise have them. It's fun.

Allows small schools to pool resources to offer the quality caliber of instruction available to large schools.

Offers opportunities for other districts to offer higher level courses.

I always enjoy teaching through dl. Students are always excited to learn in this new and exciting environment.

Sharing of academic expertise.

1. What are the strengths of distance Learning?

Comments



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Inconsistency in academic policies.

It's hard to discipline from afar. The students were out of control in [another school]. It's hard to hear if more than one student is speaking.

Active participants may be less. Camera default when using Elmo should still show teacher and not students. Audio was a problem at times this year.

Some technical transmission of tests - much more effective when an aggressive aide or teacher is available at the receiving site ex. Mrs. Finch Berne Knox Westerlo - She was excellent.

Sometimes the logistics/technology are/is challenging. School schedules don't match.

Transferring assignments-we are at the mercy of the fax machines and competent aides in the other classrooms.

This year the sound was a real problem.

2. What are the weaknesses of Distance Learning?

Comments



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Keep class sizes at all sites to a total of 15.

Academic policies be consistent across districts.

I would suggest aides in remote sites be trained in how to discipline students who are late for class and who choose to be a nuisance by tapping on microphones or whispering. There is only so much I can do from the home site.

Be sure TA has e-mail so assignments could be sent electronically.

Stronger discipline from aides!

I think it is as effective as it can be realistically.

Computers in room 24-7 to e-mail work, etc. Limit remote site number to 9 students. Too hard to see back row of kids.

Multiple cameras White Board..total problem viewed at once. microphone allowing teacher to roam and write.

3. What changes would you suggest for distance learning classes?

Comments



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A Lack of timely transfer of course material.

I love teaching it and the splendid outcomes change yearly.

Disrespect from [one school’s] students- Something I have never experienced before.

A student from Cohoes went to the Sharon Springs prom (How cute is that?) with a student they met in class.

Students from the 3 schools went to each others games. It was a much more cohesive group than last year.

4. Are there any outcomes from teaching this course that you had not expected?

Comments



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I renewed terms and concepts before the units as opposed to using them for pre-test review. It was more effective.

I attempt to get BKW and Duanesburg students to interact through weekends and before school classes.

Blackboard.com

Not really-we shared 3 field trips and I visited the remote site more often.

(Small) group students across rooms. Student presentations, etc.

Use of graphing calculator on Elmo and computer. (Neither are really"new" to me.)

Group/presentation work, but limited by time and constraints of curriculum.

Primary sources field trips visits to distant site helped greatly.

Power Point. A lot more verbal interaction.

Comments

5. Did you use any new instructional methods to effectively teach in the DL classroom?



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Phone, on occasion.

We faxed notes at times.

Have used e-mail for years.

Blackboard.com worked quite well

I used US Mail to send materials for a whole unit at a time. No need for aides to make copies.

Email… I sent [the TA] exams and some instructions and questions about the students.

Visited sites, telephone, fax,email.

Comments

6. Did you use any other forms of communication with the students in addition to daily …...distance learning classroom instruction (such as e-mail or telephone)?



Comments

7A. Did you visit your remote sites?

Yes

No

71%

29%

There were 14 responses to this question.



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Visited sites as much as possible Some far away and not able to fit it in as many as I would have liked.

Six times, 1 each semester & 2 surprise trips.

Two or three times. Very important for teacher to do this early on in the course. Interaction with remote site students will be better.

Yes - also for open house but schedule permitted only one visit.

Yes every week. Very helpful getting to know students monitor this regular visiting need to be encouraged.

Yes, I visited about 3 or 4 times per class. I enjoy teaching those students face-to-face, but it requires re-arranging my schedule at BKW.

Yes--3 times a month. Advantages were better rapport, able to take care of business that can't be done over the network, set up binders and grading. Disadvantage was that Sharon Springs is a long way from Scotia.

Comments

7B. What were the advantages / disadvantages to visiting your remote school(s)?

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